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Square
George Square
The principal civic square of Glasgow, one of six squares in the city centre.
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Merchant City & City Centre: things to do
Places worth your time in Merchant City & City Centre
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Things to do in Merchant City & City Centre
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Civic building
Glasgow City Chambers
Category A listed headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, on the east side of George Square.
Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art
Glasgow's main gallery of contemporary art, in the centre of the city.
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Square
Royal Exchange Square
Public square between Buchanan Street and Queen Street, south of George Square.
Station
Glasgow Central station
Category A listed terminus and the busiest station in Scotland, with 25 million passengers in 2024-25.
Street
Buchanan Street
One of the main shopping streets of Glasgow, forming the central stretch of the shopping district.
Art school
Glasgow School of Art
Art school on Garnethill; Mackintosh's building was damaged by fire in 2014 and destroyed in 2018, with rebuilding planned.
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Historic house
Tenement House
Historic house museum in a Glasgow tenement, owned and run by the National Trust for Scotland.
Library
Mitchell Library
The largest public reference library in Europe, in Charing Cross and the centre of Glasgow's public library system.
Theatre
Theatre Royal
The oldest theatre in Glasgow and the longest running in Scotland, at 282 Hope Street.
Concert hall
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Concert and arts venue owned by Glasgow City Council and operated by Glasgow Life.
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Cinema
Glasgow Film Theatre
Independent cinema in a Category B listed building that first opened in 1939.
Music venue
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Live music venue and bar on St Vincent Street.
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Theatre
Tron Theatre
Theatre in the Merchant City, in the former Tron Kirk.
Cultural centre
St Andrew's in the Square
Category A listed 18th-century former church, now Glasgow's Centre for Scottish Culture.
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Gallery
Glasgow Print Studio
Arts charity founded in 1972 to promote printmaking through exhibitions, learning and support for artists.
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Glasgow
More areas to explore
14 sights · 21 places to eat
Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
Cranes, bridges and museums on the Clyde, with Finnieston's bars and restaurants behind
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15 sights · 24 places to eat
The Southside
The Burrell Collection, big parks, Mackintosh and Thomson buildings and Scotland's national stadium
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14 sights · 12 places to eat
Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun
The medieval cathedral, the oldest house in the city, a Victorian hilltop cemetery and Dennistoun
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- Merchant City & City Centre (area photo): Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
- George Square: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow City Chambers: Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
- Gallery of Modern Art: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal Exchange Square: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, source
- Glasgow Central station: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Buchanan Street: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Glasgow School of Art: John a s, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tenement House: No machine-readable author provided. Twid assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mitchell Library: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Theatre Royal: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Glasgow Film Theatre: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tron Theatre: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- St Andrew's in the Square: Andy Rennie, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside: Rosser1954, 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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