I’m considering taking the train to Glasgow for the Spring Bank Holiday (Memorial Day) Weekend. Oddly I can’t find any good tourist guides online to tell me what’s there. Last fall I visited Edinburgh. I liked it because I could walk to a number of interesting attractions without hiring a car or taxi. Is Glasgow like that, easily traveled by foot? What should I see while I’m there? Also is this a busy weekend? I’d rather not have to deal with large crowds–London, I’m looking at you!
The train to Edinburgh runs every half hour and only takes 50 mins 
j/k - I only really know Glasgow for bevvying and shopping. I do the bevvying whilst my wife does the shopping - it is outstanding for both. It’s obviously a large city but I find the centre to be quite compact and very easy to walk around, although it has a grid-like feel to it that makes it easy to get lost at first (could just be me). It’s a great city for fun-stuff, night life, restaurants etc - I’ve not participated in any of the more cultural attractions myself but there’s surely loads on offer that other posters can tell you about. I know the West End round the university reasonably well, very picturesque spot with the Botanical gardens and the university buildings - good cafes / pubs etc.
Do you like hiking / the outdoors etc? If I was coming up to Glasgow from the South I’d be looking to get some hill walking in, but I understand this is not everyone’s cup of tea. The train north to Fort William is a stunning route, so even an hour on this up to Arrochar way, say, will give you a glimpse of the real mountains and the opportunity to take in the Highland air. You’d get back to Glasgow in plenty of time so it wouldn’t have to take a whole day.
It’s a pretty compact centre and there’s the small Underground system (not to be referred to as the Tube). There isn’t that sheer density of obvious tourist stuff that you get in the likes of the Old Town in Edinburgh, so things may feel a bit more scattered about.
The main tourist attraction that’s a bit out of the way is the Burrell Collection, but there’s a railway station reasonably close by - and the surrounding park is nice anyway.
You could also visit a preserved tenement house (now owned by the National Trust for Scotland) to see what inner-city living was like 100 years ago.
Thanks all. You’ve given me a lot to look at.
Learn something new every day … never would’ve guessed that holiday is observed in the UK. Does it always coincide with Memorial Day in the U.S.?
Yes. They’re both the last Monday in May since 1971 when they moved the Whitsun bank holiday to that date. Christmas and New Years are the other two holidays that share the same date between these countries. Now if we just get them to agree when Daylight Savings Time begins and ends we’d be set.