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Glasgow in 'top 10 world cities'
by Dave Keating | October 15, 2008 at 01:44 am | 89 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
It will certainly surprise more than a few Brits to learn that Glasgow was the only UK city to feature in a new ranking of the top 10 world cities. Glasgow has a reputation for being a very industrial, gritty place, with the local accent being so strong it is sometimes almost incomprehensible for foreigners.
Glasgow has made it into a list of 10 top world cities compiled by the travel guide company Lonely Planet.
Scotland's largest city was the only UK entry on the list, which appears in the firm's Best In Travel 2009 publication.
The guide states: "Forget castles, kilts, bagpipes and tartan. You come for the cocktails, cuisine and designer chic (plus the legendary native wit)."
"Glasgow has shaken off its shroud of industrial soot and shimmied into a sparkling new designer gown."
Included in the "what's hot" in Glasgow list is actor James McAvoy and pan-fried scallops.
October 15, 2008 at 01:44 am by Dave Keating, 89 views, 2 comments
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agdobsonat 10:58 on October 15th, 2008
Never believe a word Lonely Planet says!
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bordergliderat 10:09 on October 31st, 2008
It's certainly one of the top ten cities in the world for violence with over 2000 stabbings per year - the highest in all of Europe.