48 Reasons You Should Stay In Glasgow Forever

We don't need Banksy, we've got Rogue One.

The Clyde could definitely beat the Thames in a fight.

Would you really want to live in a city where you weren't constantly serenaded by 11 year old buskers?

As if playing host to legendary wah wah hut King Tut's wasn't enough, we also get the Barrowlands, 02 Academy, 02 ABC, Òran Mór, and the Arches. Amazing.

It's hard to believe that Ruthven Lane is just a stone's throw from busy Byres Road.

Ashton Lane has everything you could possibly need for a perfect evening: great bars, amazing restaurants, and - of course - fairy lights.

It's the fourth oldest university in the entire world. Eat your heart out, Edinburgh: sixth oldest is barely even a thing.

This 100-year-old West End institution boasts some great vintage decor and, more importantly, Gino's incredible home made ice cream.

It looks as if it's about to blast off and land on a comet.

The truth is out there.

Glasgow boasts some of the UK's finest clubs and attracts the best DJs. You haven't lived until you've sampled Sub Club's legendary Friday night offering Optimo.

Pride Glasgow is the biggest annual LGBT event in Scotland.

Glasgow was named the most vegan-friendly city in the UK by PETA thanks to amazing vegetarian bars and cafes like Stereo, Mono, The 78 and The 13th Note.

This giant burger at Lebowski's isn't even the biggest on the menu: the plus sized "Big Lebowski" is twice as large. You can read a review of it here.

And we aren't afraid to use it.

"Guys, let's run around with a load of chairs then do a dance with giant Tunnocks Teacakes, because sport."

Where else in the world can you buy four hats, three bars of tablet, a two foot long sausage baguette and still have change out of a tenner?

The mausoleum-filled Necropolis is the most beautiful - and creepiest - place in Glasgow.

Kelvingrove houses works by Salvador Dali, Van Gogh and Rembrandt, multiple stuffed animals, and a Spitfire LA198. Beat that, everywhere else.

Who needs a messy network of branching lines when you could just go in a nice tidy circle?

This is the Isle of Arran as seen from Bute, just 90 minutes away from Clydebank.

♫ Whaur me an' my true love will ne'er meet again, on the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond ♫

Edinburgh and Aberdeen can keep their grey rocks and granite: sandstone is where it's at.

Quirky Czech cafe Tchai Ovna sells 80 varieties of tea, the stunning Willow Tea Rooms were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and the Hidden Lane Tearoom is a wee gem.

The School of Art's beautiful Mackintosh building was badly damaged by fire earlier this year. You can donate to the rebuilding appeal here.

This is the Victorian walled garden at Bellahouston Park, next to the sumptuous House For An Art Lover designed by Rennie Mackintosh.

...instead of trying to have about 100 all in one month. I'm looking at you, Edinburgh.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 40-year-old bookshop Voltaire and Rousseau sells every single book ever published.

Hang on... is that David Bowie up there?

Though it's even better if you're actually there, of course. 'MON SCOTLAND!

As did our engineering, industrial machinery, bridge building, garment-making, leather processing, furniture-making, printing, and publishing industries. So there.

Who needs the Bridge of Sighs? We've got the Bridge of Ayes.

It's like shopping in Santa's grotto.

Cherry blossoms in Kelvingrove Park, crocuses in the Botanics, geraniums at Pollok House... it's the finest (and most colourful) time of year.

You can travel across the city for under a tenner. It's almost cheaper than walking.

"A palace of pleasure and imagination around which the people may place their affections and which may give them a home on which their memory may rest."

The Citz is based in the Gorbals and is committed to engaging with the local community. Local kids get reduced rate tickets and access to free workshops.

After all, you can't host the MTV EMAs in a castle.

All cities should be as spacious and leafy as Glesga.

Merchant City is home to the UK's first Versace store. Sorry, London.

We're literally tripping over old banks and majestic Georgian buildings over here.

Are those sleeves regulation length, officer?

Here's the bell that never rang, and here's the fish that never swam, here's to the bird that never flew, from off the tree that never grew. Hurrah! Let Glasgow Flourish.