A defining movie of the 1990s, Trainspotting was set in Edinburgh but almost entirely filmed in Glasgow, like Danny Boyle’s previous film, Shallow Grave. The memorable run along Princes Street set the local context, but the majority of the scenes in the movie were played out here, shot in just seven weeks in the summer of 1995. Locations included Maryhill, Hopehill Road, Buchanan Street and Firhill.
Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald and Robert Carlyle all turned out to launch the movie in Glasgow with a premiere screening at the Odeon cinema on Renfield Street.
Here’s 11 pictures to show why Trainspotting is the best Glasgow movie of the 1990s.
Here’s 11 pictures to show why Trainspotting is the best Glasgow movie of the 1990s.
![The school attended by Diane was Jordanhill in the West End, which appears in one scene.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/21/14/386265_399836530084002_1169795352_n.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=646)
9. Jordanhill
The school attended by Diane was Jordanhill in the West End, which appears in one scene. | Trainspotting
![The pub where Francis Begbie throws a pint glass as his friends watch on from the balcony was the Crosslands bar in Maryhill, now The Brewhaus on Queen Margaret Drive.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/21/14/1618057_633431000057886_1188972673_o.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. Pub
The pub where Francis Begbie throws a pint glass as his friends watch on from the balcony was the Crosslands bar in Maryhill, now The Brewhaus on Queen Margaret Drive. | Trainspotting
![The cafe Spud and Renton share a milkshake is Cafe D’Jaconelli](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2023/08/21/14/13406771_1110699788997669_5848453050178860463_n.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=728)
11. Maryhill
The cafe Spud and Renton share a milkshake is Cafe D’Jaconelli | Trainspotting