Many people will continue to remember 1990 only for the events they experienced - The Big Day, The Bolshoi Opera, The Ship, Glasgow All Lit Up; the European Special Olympics, the opening of the Royal Concert Hall and a series of outstanding concerts; visits by important international companies like Peter Brook, the Stuttgart Ballet or the Wooster Group; major exhibitions of the works of Camille Pissarro or Vincent Van Gogh, or of innovative European visual and performing artists such as Fabro and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Others may recall their own involvement in a play, making music, or participating in projects such as Call That Singing!, Big Noise, Keeping Glasgow in Stitches, the Glasgow Kite Festival, Rarin' to Go, StreetBiz, the Glasgow Fair, and dozens and dozens more. Most residents and visitors will have their own private, individual experiences, not easily forgotten.

Source: "The 1990 Story, Glasgow Cultural Capital of Europe", Glasgow Development Agency