The film World War Z (2013) starring Brad Pitt turned George Square and the Georgian streets of central Glasgow into a Philadelphia ravaged by the apocalypse, the city's grid architecture lending itself to American settings. Glasgow has since doubled for many North American cities on screen.
Glasgow means the dear green place in Gaelic, and the city's motto celebrates prosperity through the preaching of the word. Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect and Art Nouveau figure, left a major mark here; the Glasgow School of Art he designed tragically burned twice, in 2014 and then in 2018.
Slip into The Horseshoe Bar, a Victorian pub with one of the longest continuous counters in Britain and legendary karaoke nights. With a data eSIM in your pocket you can scout the evening's gigs, Glasgow being a UNESCO City of Music.