Glasgow has made the press a lot recently. It was reported in the Independent last week, that “Glasgow is the only European city in a top-10 list of the world’s ‘must see’ places for 2006 by the travel publisher Frommer’s“.

I’m going to paraphrase (or rip big quotes out) for you…

“Glasgow features radiant Victorian architecture, and encompasses a large artist community with museums; fine art and contemporary galleries as well as music venues. Although cosmopolitan, Glasgow’s parks provide the city with a real outdoor feeling. A 45 minute drive can take you to the outskirts of the Highlands.” It’s also, we are delighted to hear, “more cosmopolitan and modern than its traditional rival, Edinburgh!”

This sends a big raspberry to the United Nations who last year reported that “Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world“.