Interesting Facts About Glasgow
- Glasgow is the largest and most populous city in Scotland with a metropolitan area population of around 1.85 million people.
- Glasgow has the largest urban economy in Scotland, and is the second-largest shopping hub in the United Kingdom.
- The world’s first international football game was played in Glasgow
- The most popular UK dish Chicken tikka masala was invented in Glasgow
- The first-ever ultrasound machine was developed in Glasgow.
- The first place you could ever watch TV was in Glasgow. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird transmitted the first moving images to Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow’s Central Station.
- There are trees in Glasgow older than the dinosaurs
- There’s a reason some people still call their raincoat a “Mackintosh” - and it’s thanks to a Glaswegian , Charles Macintosh who invented it
- Glaswegians Call It The Real ‘City Of Love’ as the the bones of St Valentine after whom Valentines day is celebrated reside in a church in Glasgow
Interesting Economic Facts About Glasgow
- Glasgow City Region is at the heart of the Scottish economy. It provides almost 30% of the country’s business base and 34% of its jobs.
- Scotland's first city Innovation District is located in Glasgow's city centre, bringing business, academia and government together to enhance its health, life sciences and engineering sectors using digital technology.
- Pacific Quay - Glasgow's Digital Media Quarter - is home to BBC Scotland, the most advanced broadcasting centre in Europe, and Film City Glasgow.
- European HQ for Encompass Corporation, the Australian fintech developer, has located its fast-growing European HQ in Glasgow.
- In 2018 the US software company AcuSoft opened their first European Head Quarters in Glasgow.
- JP Morgan's European Technology Centre in Glasgow employs more than 1,500 highly skilled technologists, developing complex software and technology services for use by JP Morgan across the globe.
- Glasgow is home to the UK's largest renewable electricity company, SSE, as well as a number of other organisations at the forefront of low carbon developments including the likes of SPR Iberdrola and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
- The University of Strathclyde's Institute for Energy and Environment is one of the largest electrical power engineering and energy technology research groups in Europe.
- Glasgow is home to the largest medical physics research division in the world
- Scotland's space industry contributes more than £130 million to the economy and over the last two years, Glasgow has built more satellites than any other city in Europe.
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