How to Shop in Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow, one of the largest cities in Scotland, one of the most cosmopolitan, sophisticated, stylish and exciting cities in the entire United Kingdom. It's a great historical and cultural city, and it also is a wonderful place to shop. Here are some great places to go shopping if you live in Glasgow or plan on visiting any time soon.

Things You'll Need

• appreciation for shopping
• transportation to Glasgow, Scotland if you don't already live there

Instructions

Shopping in Glasgow, Scotland!

1. Go to Buchanan Galleries. A sprawling shopping center located in downtown Glasgow's bustling, crowded Buchanan Street, you can find anything you want at this shopping center. With standard mall favorites like the Gap and H&M to every boutique in between, this is perhaps Glasgow's main mall attraction.

2. Stop by Princes Square. Also located on Buchanan Street, this multi-leveled, elegant shopping center caters to a slightly more sophisticated crowd than many other shopping centers. With higher end shops like Karen Millen and the cosmetics store Space NK, this mall is a great place to shop in a calm and relaxed environment. It also hosts a multitude of exciting restaurants on the lower and upper levels.

3. Visit St. Enoch Shopping Centre in St. Enoch Square, the center of Glasgow. This large mall is a great place to go if you want to look for more inexpensive items. There's a lot of standard high street shops here, including the beloved UK clothing chain Topshop. There are also more inexpensive chain department stores such as Bhs. Altogether a great mall to find the best bargains in town. To top it all off, the upper level also hosts a great food court.

4. Shop on the high street. In the United Kingdom, the "high street" usually means a main street of a town or city where most of the commercial activity is located, including shops, businesses, and restaurants. The Glasgow high streets (Sauchiehall Street and Buchanan Street) have countless amazing boutiques and chain stores. For example, just walking down the high streets you can easily encounter large stores like Topshop, Primark, the department store House of Fraser, Monsoon, and Dorothy Perkins--all without having to step inside the confines of a shopping center. What could be better than that?

Tips & Warnings

• Glasgow is one of the best shopping cities in the UK - on a nice day you can walk around aimless and most likely find something great. Good luck and have fun shopping.

• Glasgow, just like the rest of the UK, has a tendency to get pretty expensive. Be careful when you shop--prices can easily add up.