Welcome to Batman’s Hometown. Wait, Is That Glasgow?
GLASGOW—There is a dingy, narrow alleyway around the back of the Horseshoe Bar here that looks like a place where something unpleasant could happen. It is also one of the reasons Scotland’s biggest city has landed a recurring role as Batman’s hometown.
With its mix of neoclassical archaeology and what are being described as “crimy” back streets, location scouts have noted Glasgow similarities to Gotham City, hometown to The Batman.
Notably, Glasgow has been voted as European top “city of culture” –
“:Glasgow has been named the UK’s top cultural and creative city as part of a landmark report by the European Commission.
The report puts Glasgow ahead of London, Bristol, Brighton and Manchester which make up the rest of the top five in the UK. Edinburgh is ranked 6th in the list. As befits the city’s ‘People Make Glasgow’ slogan, the report also ranked Glasgow as Europe’s leader for ‘openness, tolerance and trust’.
https://www.sec.co.uk/news/detail/glasgow-crowned-as-the-uks-top-cultural-and-creative-city
