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Museum
Riverside Museum
Transport and technology museum in a Zaha Hadid Architects building, opened in 2011 and European Museum of the Year in 2013.
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Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside: things to do
Places worth your time in Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
Top places
Things to do in Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum ship
Tall Ship Glenlee
Steel-hulled three-masted barque built in 1896, now a museum ship beside the Riverside Museum.
Science centre
Glasgow Science Centre
Visitor attraction on the south bank of the Clyde, opened in 2001, with a Science Mall and an IMAX cinema.
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Venue
SEC Armadillo
Concert and conference venue on the Clyde, originally called the Clyde Auditorium, part of the Scottish Event Campus.
Arena
OVO Hydro
Indoor arena designed by Foster + Partners that opened on 30 September 2013 within the Scottish Event Campus.
Landmark
Finnieston Crane
Disused giant cantilever crane kept as a symbol of the city's engineering heritage; it loaded locomotives onto ships.
Bridge
Bell's Bridge
Pedestrian swing bridge over the Clyde, built in 1988 to coincide with the Glasgow Garden Festival.
Bridge
Clyde Arc
Road bridge over the Clyde linking Finnieston with Pacific Quay and Govan, known locally as the Squinty Bridge.
Landmark
BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay
Headquarters of BBC Scotland, with its main television and radio studios, at Pacific Quay.
Bridge
Tradeston Bridge
Pedestrian bridge opened in 2009, known as the Squiggly Bridge, linking Anderston to Tradeston across the Clyde.
Venue
SWG3
Independent venue in Kelvinhaugh hosting clubs, gigs and arts events.
Church
Govan Old Parish Church
Church site in use since the 5th or 6th century, home to the Govan Stones, early medieval carved stones.
Heritage centre
Fairfield Heritage Centre
Former Fairfield shipbuilding offices of 1889-91 on Govan Road, restored as a heritage centre.
Waterfront
Broomielaw
Thoroughfare along the north bank of the Clyde in the city centre, facing Tradeston.
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The Southside
The Burrell Collection, big parks, Mackintosh and Thomson buildings and Scotland's national stadium
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Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun
The medieval cathedral, the oldest house in the city, a Victorian hilltop cemetery and Dennistoun
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Glasgow Green & the East End
The city's oldest park, a carpet factory, the Barras and Celtic Park
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- Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside (area photo): Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Riverside Museum: Cutkiller2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tall Ship Glenlee: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Glasgow Science Centre: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, source
- SEC Armadillo: Tim Bekaert, Public domain, source
- OVO Hydro: Fraser MacDonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Finnieston Crane: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bell's Bridge: Anthony O'Neil, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clyde Arc: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay: Batchelor at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tradeston Bridge: "Do that which is Right" (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- SWG3: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Govan Old Parish Church: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fairfield Heritage Centre: Colin Quigley, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Broomielaw: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Southside: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Green & the East End: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Partick & Hyndland: James Petts, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shawlands & Langside: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Charing Cross & Garnethill: Sonictiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- West End & Kelvingrove: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Merchant City & City Centre: Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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