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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November Glasgow finds its culture By D1AHANN Herald Special The following is the- first of a fourpart travel series on Scotland- Art opera dance theatre or chestras fireworks architecture wealth of culture and cultural events for every day of 1990 Ah you say that sounds like Edin burgh all right Well Edinburgh does have all those things but Glasgow will be the 1990 Cultural Capital of Europe Yes really Glasgow will be the cultural capital of Europe in Dont laugh its true Glasgow has had to a worldwide reputation for poverty ugliness and workingclass origins to be a credible candidate for this honor Since 1985 Athens Florence Amsterdam Berlin and this year Pans have had turns holding the title In Glasgow will be the first British city to join this select elite Say Glasgow to the average tourist and images of soccer fans slums and depression come to mind But this is no longer the case After a multimillion pound investment facelifts renovations and a lot of hard work Glaswegians have a centre to be proud of a city with a great deal to offer to any traveller a worthwhile stopping place on the grand tour of Scotland Visitors will find an array of first class accommodation both inside and outside the city You can stay in a modern American style hotel in the heart of town five stars and all to an exquisite country house on the Clyde River 20 minutes from the centre There are also bed and breakfast places and self- catering accommodation available Glasgow is not an sive city and caters to budget So youve taken the big step and committed yourself to a few days Glasgow Your friends will say cant you skip that bif Edinburgh is so much nicer Dont pay atten What to do For starters you can visit the Collec tion a treasurehouse of art and objects darts that sits on the grounds of historic House Located on the outskirts of the ci ty House is a beautiful 10th century house that features soma lovely Spanish paintings including two El Grecos as well as Glasgows only Highland Cattle they live in the park though not the house In the building that houses the Burrell Collection was opened on the grounds Sir William Burrell was a native Glaswegian who amassed an astonishing number of pieces ranging from ancient Egypt and China through medieval tapestries and stained glass to Im pressionist paintings Today the collection contains 8000 pieces No matter what your taste the Burrell Collection will have something to interest you Sir William we are assured loved a bargain and lived up to the Scots reputation for The Museum of Transport is a marvelous place to take the fami ly There is a fine exhibit of every kind of transport from carnages to trains ships to bicycles There is a replica of a Glasgow street circa 1938 and a subway station There are many more museums and galleries in Glasgow too many to describe in detail here Art lovers will have enough to keep them oc cupied for weeks Glasgow is full of fine examples of Victonan architecture an in heritance Glaswegians are proud of and ready to highlight in Buildings and furniture designed by Charles Mackintosh a native of the city are especially A major proponent of art Mackintosh designed the famous Glasgow School of Art which still operates as a school but also welcomes visitors The 1990 program will offer events for everv day of the year beginning with a fireworks spec on New Years Eve with seven of Europe s leading fireworks companies taking part There will be rock concerts street dances specially commissioned plays operas concertos and choral works and the Scottish debut of Luciano Pavarotti in May The multiplicity of events is IWsWoar 26 Quslph St Georgetown I Division Floor Faihloni Lid Ifrolol by Rafeh Lauren ffl NOW AVAILABLE 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE Prepared by the International Institute the association ol professional drycleaners launderers Seeing spots before your eyes It is important to take care of a spot on your cloth ing as soon as possible There 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paradise where you can have your palm read as you look for sweaters Glasgow offers some superb restaurants with numerous ethnic cuisines as well as fabulous Scot tish fare We had a brilliant lunch at The on Exchange Place the restaurant is decorated in the same fashion as the Queen Mary the Cunard liner Its a marvelous way to absorb the joys of Glasgows architecture and in terior design not to mention the chance to consume some delicious food Dinners at our hotel the Hospitality Inn and at Gleddoch House a gorgeous country hotel on the Clyde were both excellent In Sunquest will be laun ching a Scotlandonly brochure and will feature packages that in clude Air Canada flights coach or selfdrive tours weekend breaks at great prices for some five star hotels a large selection of ac commodation ranging from and Bs to country inns and city stay packages that include Glasgow See the best of country at Royal Winter Fair TORONTOYou dont have to convince the agricultural com muni ty about the importance of the Royal Agn cultural WinterFair Many of the people who visit the fair at Torontos Canadian National Exhibition grounds each year are from outside the big city and fair publicist Sue Bundy says the agricultural community understands its importance However the same cant be said for Torontos own inhabitants Bundy says many big city people dont know what the fuss is about and the fair is hoping to bring more urban residents to its grounds this year You see the best of the country You see the best cows the best guernsey cows and theyre right there in front of you The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair which runs Nov to Nov is the largest annual indoor agricultural fair in the world About animalshorses poultry sheep swine goats and cattleare shipped to the Royal for its 12day run Many national agricultural com petitions are held at the Royal and Bundy says the size of the fair makes a victory in one of the categories a chensed accomplish Entries come from across Canada There is 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