Trainspotting Locations: 6 Trainspotting filming locations you can still visit in Glasgow

Trainspotting had its world premiere in Glasgow almost 30 years ago.

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.

Danny Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald and Robert Carlyle all turned out to launch the movie with a premiere screening at the Odeon cinema on Renfield Street.

Here are six Trainspotting locations you can still visit in Glasgow today.

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