A couple chatting in Buchanan Street underground station in Glasgow as the train comes in, August 1990.placeholder image
A couple chatting in Buchanan Street underground station in Glasgow as the train comes in, August 1990.

21 photos taking you back to Glasgow during Capital of Culture year in 1990

Nineteen-ninety was a memorable year for Glaswegians as they celebrated their city being crowned the European Capital of Culture.

We’ve scoured the archives at Scotsman towers to bring you 20 photographs to take you back three full decades to Glasgow in 1990.

Here are some of the best images from Scotland’s biggest city taken during that year.

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