‘Escape to remote Glasgow’, tourists urged
New York Times praises restaurants, art galleries – and city’s location
Readers of the New York Times have reacted with surprise to a travel article that suggested Scotland’s biggest city was “remote” and somewhere to “escape to”.
The piece, called 36 Hours in Glasgow, by a writer called Evan Rail, heaped praise upon the city, praising its restaurants and art galleries.
However, it was references to Glasgow’s geographical place in Scotland and the UK that baffled some of the paper’s 2.2 million online subscribers.
Mr Rail wrote: “The remote setting is also part of the appeal. Located four-and-ahalf hours north of London by train, or an hour’s travel west from Edinburgh, this city on the River Clyde makes it easy to really escape for a few days.”
Responding on social media, Jean Kelly wrote: “Remote??”
Samantha Oliver wrote: “That’s what I thought, maybe someone should tell the NYT that Glasgow has an airport!”
Another reader said: “Remote location? 4 1/2 hours from London? Try Kintyre.” Glasgow North East MP and shadow Scotland minister Paul Sweeney retweeted the article, and added: “Always interesting to see how others see us; in this case the @nytimes. Though I think Glasgow is far from remote!”
Less controversially, perhaps, Mr Rail informs readers: “The favorite form of entertainment in Glasgow is probably an evening in a pub, though theater is also popular.”
He mentions some wellknown and much-loved pubs, art galleries and restaraunts in the article, including the Citizen’s Theatre, the Necropolis, and Oran Mor.
And Mr Rail even ventured out to Glasgow Cathedral, of which he wrote: “The church retains several unusual features,
“Always interesting to see how others see us; in this case the @nytimes. Though I think Glasgow is far from remote!”