International travel publication Time Out has revealed their list of the 50 neighbourhoods to visit right now. Kelvingrove is placed at number 37 on the list.
Time Out’s local editors and travel experts asked more than 27,000 city-dwellers around the world about the best, most overrated and most undervalued neighbourhoods in their home town.
Glasgow’s Kelvingrove joins a selection of cool areas that is topped by Arroios in Lisbon, Shimokitazawa in Tokyo and Onikan in Lagos.
Local businesses named in the guide entry, written by Malcolm Jack, include Broken Clock Cafe, Inn Deep, Webster’s Theatre and Bananamoon.
What Time Out Say About Kelvinbridge
Titled after the Victorian cast-iron river crossing at its heart and the subway station beneath, Kelvinbridge has long been a hub of Glasgow’s student-friendly West End. But recent years have seen a spate of new additions to the neighbourhood’s already rich cultural and social fabric. From riverfront craft beer bar Inn Deep to dependably unchanging traditional boozer The Doublet, there are good watering holes galore. The café scene thrives thanks to places like whole foods institution Roots, Fruits and Flowers and cosy Kelvin Pocket. The long-empty Lansdowne Parish Church, with its towering gothic spire, now hosts Webster’s Theatre and bar-bistro, while independent music station LP Radio broadcasts from a record shop turned studio across the road. It’s all brought a fresh buzz to an area packed with historic architecture and lush green spaces.
EAT Just try walking past peerless patisserie Broken Clock, with its eye-grabbing window display of luxurious cakes, and not stepping inside.
DRINK Berlin meets Glasgow at pre-clubbing nightspot Bananamoon, a stylish retro-modern corner bar that could have been someone’s front room in the ’60s.
DO Kelvinbridge is where it’s at for boutique shopping in Glasgow, whether it’s fashion or design, vintage or contemporary. Try on some cool secondhand threads at Glasgow Vintage Co and Retro, and complete the look with a handmade watch from Paulin.
STAY Spanning four floors of a refurbished Victorian townhouse, The Alfred is a smart and simple sister hotel to Òran Mór – the unmistakable church-turned-bar, restaurant and venue further down Great Western Road. It’s the ideal base for exploring the area.
LOCALS SAY ‘Warmth of community, interesting people young and old, indie shops and new cool cafés… I’m so full of appreciation for my neighbourhood right now.’
