Glasgow

Glasgow is for travelers who find Edinburgh's Royal Mile more costume than city. Music is the draw: UNESCO named it the UK's first City of Music in August 2008, and the city hosts around 130 music events a week, from tiny bars to arenas. Victorian merchant architecture, Charles Rennie Mackintosh's buildings and the free Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum make the daytime just as full. Edinburgh still has the more dramatic setting, with its castle rock and its festival summer. Glasgow is rougher around the edges, warmer in welcome and more fun after dark.