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It has the best live music scene in Britain, the art nouveau of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and a trail of huge murals across the centre.\r\n\r\nGlaswegians are famously friendly, and strangers will talk to you. Two or three days is right, with Loch Lomond close by.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in from the airport | Airport Express bus, about 20 minutes\r\nGetting around | On foot and the Subway\r\nLanguage | English, with a strong accent\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants, never in pubs\r\nTap water | Excellent\r\nHow long to stay | Two or three days","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The centre and the West End are the bases. 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The Riverside Museum, a transport museum on the Clyde, and the reopened Burrell Collection in Pollok Park are also free.\r\n\r\nGlasgow Cathedral is the only medieval mainland cathedral in Scotland to survive the Reformation intact, and the Necropolis on the hill behind it has the best view in the city.\r\n\r\nFollow the City Centre Mural Trail, and see Mackintosh at the Mackintosh House in the Hunterian and the Willow Tea Rooms.\r\n\r\nAt weekends, the Barras market in the East End is the old market of the city.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Kelvingrove | Free, with Dal\u00ed\r\nRiverside Museum | Free, on the Clyde\r\nNecropolis | The best view\r\nMural trail | Across the centre","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Glasgow","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Glasgow","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Kelvingrove, the Riverside Museum, the Burrell Collection and the Gallery of Modern Art are free.\r\n\r\nThe cathedral, the Necropolis, the mural trail and the city's parks are free.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Museums | Most are free\r\nCathedral | And the Necropolis\r\nMurals | Free trail\r\nParks | Kelvingrove and Glasgow Green","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Glasgow","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Glasgow","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Glasgow's food is cheap and varied, from curry houses to Finnieston's restaurants. 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King Tut's, the Barrowland Ballroom and SWG3 are the famous venues, with gigs most nights.\r\n\r\nAshton Lane in the West End, the Merchant City and Sauchiehall Street are the bar districts.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34.50 to \u00a36, cheaper than Edinburgh.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"King Tut's | The famous venue\r\nBarrowland | The ballroom\r\nAshton Lane | West End bars\r\nA pint | \u00a34.50\u20136","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Glasgow","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Glasgow","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is walkable. 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A careful day is \u00a345 to \u00a360.\r\n\r\nFrom 25 January 2027, a 5% visitor levy will be added to accommodation for the whole length of the stay, and bookings made now for stays after that date already include it.\r\n\r\nThe currency is the pound sterling, and Scottish banknotes are legal tender. 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