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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Glasgow

86 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Glasgow, Scotland

Updated July 8, 2024

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Main Hall

Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow Hunterian Museum

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
'Body of Saint Valentine'

Glasgow, Scotland

St. Valentine’s Bones

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Glasgow Necropolis

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Fossil Grove

Glasgow, Scotland

Fossil Grove

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.
A portion of the Millennium Clock.

Glasgow, Scotland

Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

Glasgow, Scotland

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Saint Mungo.

Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow City Center Mural Trail

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
The spiral staircase.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Lighthouse

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The exterior of the fabled pub.

Glasgow, Scotland

The Scotia Bar

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

Glasgow, Scotland

Sir Thomas Lipton’s Grave

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Tchai-Ovna House of Tea

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.
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Glasgow, Scotland

Panther Milk Bar

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”
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Stories About Glasgow

Podcast: Stone of Destiny

An unassuming rock in a Scottish bar may have quite a royal history.
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February 21, 2024

Can an Old Coin Solve the Mystery of a Lost Roman Emperor?

Examining whether a ruler slipped through the cracks of a tumultuous century.
by Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
January 17, 2023
The Kelvingrove haggis, in all its glory.

The Myth and Mystery of Scotland's Wild Haggis

The creature is said to be the source of the iconic Scottish dish.
by Anne Ewbank
January 15, 2019
Mackintosh's tea rooms were revolutionary in their design.

Restoring Glasgow's Tea Rooms to Their Art Nouveau Glory

On the 150th birthday of its designer, a famed tea establishment reopens.
by Anne Ewbank
June 11, 2018

Lists Featuring Glasgow

Latrines.
The public toilets could get quite crowded.
The abbey ruins.
The stone latrines in the baths at Dougga.

6 Old Latrines Worth a Visit, Even If You Can't Use Them

March your tuchus to these historic bathrooms to see how people used to take care of business.

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Including Latrine Poems at Museo de la Natividad, The Public Toilets of Ephesus , and Egglestone Abbey

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