Glasgow

Glasgow has successfully reinvented itself following the demise of its primary industries, shipbuilding and heavy engineering. (In its Victorian heyday, it was the fourth-largest city in Europe.) Nowadays, software development and biotechnology flourish in an area known as “Silicon Glen;” there is a lively arts and restaurant scene in the bohemian West End close to Glasgow University; new buildings such as Sir Norman Foster’s Clyde Auditorium rise from an ocean of red brick; and there are some notable museums such as The Burrell Collection.