Places to see in ( Belfast - UK )
Places to see in ( Belfast - UK )
Belfast is Northern Ireland’s capital. It was the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, which famously struck an iceberg and sunk in 1912. This legacy is recalled in the renovated dockyards' Titanic Quarter, which includes the Titanic Belfast, an aluminium-clad museum reminiscent of a ship’s hull, as well as shipbuilder Harland & Wolff’s Drawing Offices and the Titanic Slipways, which now host open-air concerts.
Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, the second largest on the island of Ireland, and the heart of the tenth largest Primary Urban Area in the United Kingdom. Belfast was a centre of the Irish linen, tobacco-processing, rope-making and shipbuilding industries: in the early 20th century, Harland and Wolff, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world's biggest and most productive shipyard. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, and was a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. It has sustained a major aerospace and missiles industry since the mid 1930s. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast Ireland's biggest city at the beginning of the 20th century.
Today, Belfast remains a centre for industry, as well as the arts, higher education, business, and law, and is the economic engine of Northern Ireland. The city suffered greatly during the Troubles, but latterly has undergone a sustained period of calm, free from the intense political violence of former years, and substantial economic and commercial growth. Additionally, Belfast city centre has undergone considerable expansion and regeneration in recent years, notably around Victoria Square.
Belfast is served by two airports: George Best Belfast City Airport in the city, and Belfast International Airport 15 miles (24 km) west of the city. Belfast is a major port, with commercial and industrial docks dominating the Belfast Lough shoreline, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and is listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as a global city.
Alot to see in ( Belfast - UK ) such as :
Botanic Gardens
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Ulster Museum
SS Nomadic
Belfast City Hall
Golden Mile
Cavehill
Belfast Castle
Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Waterfront Hall
Belfast Zoo
Carrickfergus Castle
Mount Stewart
Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park
Ulster Hall
Divis
Northern Ireland War Memorial
Belfast Exposed
RISE
Irish Republican History Museum
Milltown Cemetery
Titanic Belfast
HM Prison Crumlin Road
Titanic Quarter
W5
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Stormont Estate
Ormeau Park
St George's Market
Colin Glen Forest Park
Victoria Park, Belfast
Wallace Park
Linen Hall Library
The Big Fish
Lagan Valley
Titanic's Dock And Pump House
Game of Thrones Tours Ltd Coach Pick Up
Stormont Castle
St George's Market
National Trust - The Crown Bar
Belvoir Park Forest
Peace Wall Belfast
Clonard Monastery
HMS Caroline
St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
The Palm House
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
Titanic Boat Tours
Scrabo Tower
( Belfast - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Belfast . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Belfast - UK
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The Golden Mile
The Golden Mile
Belfast City Apartment, Belfast, United Kingdom HD review
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Stay in the Heart of Belfast
In the heart of the city centre, the Belfast City Apartment is just 1 minutes' walk from the bars and restaurants on Belfast's Golden Mile. Free Wi-Fi and a computer are available and the apartment has a private entrance.
A 32-inch LCD TV with Sky channels and a DVD player features in the open-plan living and dining area. A fully-fitted kitchen with a cooker, fridge/freezer, washing machine and microwave is also included in this 2-bedroom apartment.
Each bedroom at the Belfast City Apartment has simple decor and a modern tiled bathroom with a bath, electric shower and hairdryer. There is a double bedroom and a further twin bedroom.
Castle Court Shopping Centre and Belfast Cathedral are both a 15-minute walk away. The Titanic Quarter, an entertainment area with a Titanic-themed attraction, is 10 minutes’ drive away. Belfast Waterfront and the Odyssey entertainment venue are just a 15-minute walk from the apartment.
Belfast Grand Opera House Theatre Outside Views
I'm on Belfast's 'Golden Mile'. I'm on the very busy Great Victorian Street and I'm here to film the marvellous Belfast Grand Opera House.
The Grand Opera House is a theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by the most prolific theatre architect of the period, Frank Matcham. It opened on 23 December 1895.
According to the Theatres Trust, the magnificent auditorium is probably the best surviving example in the United Kingdom of the oriental style applied to theatre architecture
History
It was renamed the Palace of Varieties in 1904, although it reverted to its original name in 1909. Variety programmes dominated in the 1920s and 1930s and the theatre saw performances by Gracie Fields, Will Fyffe and Harry Lauder. It became a repertory theatre during World War II and at the celebrations to mark the end of the war, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Alanbrooke attended gala performances at the theatre. The Grand Opera House was acquired by the Rank Organisation, which led to its use as a cinema between 1961 and 1972.
As business slowed in the early 1970s with the onset of the Troubles, Rank initiated plans to sell the theatre to a property developer, who proposed that the building be pulled down and replaced with an office block. However, following the action of Kenneth Jamison (director of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland) and Charles Brett (founder member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and ACNI board member), the building was bought by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and listed in 1974. The Permanent Secretary of the Department of Education, Arthur Brooke, lent his support to the project and his department provided the funding for extensive renovatation of the theatre. The Grand Opera House reopened in 1980.
The building has been damaged by bombs on several occasions, usually when the nearby Europa Hotel had been targeted. It was badly damaged by bomb blasts in 1991 and 1993. The theatre continued, however, to host musicals, plays, pantomimes and live music.
In 1995 the running of the theatre was taken over by the Grand Opera House Trust. An renovation was undertaken in 2006 with the addition of the Baby Grand performance space together with extended foyers, extended stage wings and artist accommodation and access for customers with disabilities. A restaurant called The Hippodrome was added on the third floor, while on the ground floor a daytime bistro named Luciano's opened, as well as space for corporate meetings and functions.
The building is intended to host smaller musical, dramatic and comedy performances as well as educational events. The theatre reopened with a Gala event on 21 October 2006. The capacity is 1,063.
Benedicts Hotel, Belfast, United Kingdom HD review
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Benedicts Hotel sells fast on our site. The boutique-style Benedicts is on Belfast's vibrant Golden Mile and has a very popular music bar, a restaurant and excellent, stylish rooms.
Bedrooms have free Wi-Fi, luxurious bedding and wide-screen TVs with Freeview digital channels.
Located at Shaftsbury Square, the cosmopolitan hotel is a 5-minute walk from Queens University and the Botanical Gardens. The main shopping area is a 10-minute walk.
The award-winning music bar serves food from 12pm to 2:30pm and hosts live bands during the week and local DJs on weekends. There is an outdoor smoking area. For more formal dining, the second-floor restaurant offers a fine fusion of Asian and European cuisine, with Irish favorites and special promotions.
Inside The Crown Bar Liquor Saloon, Belfast
I'm on Belfast's 'Golden Mile'. I'm on the very busy Great Victorian Street and I'm here to visit what is arguably one of the world's greatest bars. This is the iconic Crown Bar or Crown Liquor Saloon, The most famous pub in Belfast.
The Crown Liquor Saloon is a pub in Great Victoria Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Refurbished in 1885, and at least twice since, it is an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace, and one of Northern Ireland's best-known pubs.
You will find The Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast within a short stroll of Europa Hotel, Grosvenor Road and Glengall Street - however you won't find another like it. The Crown is both ageless and priceless, a gem of Victoriana and in our view one of the great bars of the world. Formerly known as The Liquor Saloon in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, it was one of the mightiest Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in the industrial cities of the British Isles. The Crown Liquor Saloon is one of many rare gems in the Nicholson's collection of great pubs, reputed for their distinctive buildings, intriguing history and vibrant atmosphere.
I'm particularly fascinated by the ornate interior with it's carved-mahogany booths, etched-glass, plus gas lamps feature in an 1820's pub, famed for its decor.
History
Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
Interesting Festures
The exterior is decorated in polychromatic tiles. This includes a mosaic of a Crown on the floor of the entrance. The interior is also decorated with complex mosaics of tiles. The red granite topped bar is of an altar style, with a heated footrest underneath and is lit by gas lamps on the highly decorative carved ceilings.
The Crown has ten booths, or snugs. Built to accommodate the pub's more reserved customers during the austere Victorian period, the snugs feature the original gun metal plates for striking matches and an antique bell system for alerting staff.[3][4] Extra privacy was then afforded by the pub's etched and stained glass windows which feature painted shells, fairies, pineapples, fleurs-de-lis and clowns.
Belfast City Hall Bike Race 1957
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Outside view of famous Belfast Europa Hotel
I'm on Belfast's 'Golden Mile'. I'm on the very busy Great Victorian Street and I'm here to visit what is arguably one of Belfast's best known hotels. This is the iconic Belfast Europa. It has the unfortuanet claim to faim of being the world's most bombed hotel. For some strange reason the IRA during their terror campaign of the 1970s and 80s especially appear to have had some extreme umbridge against the Europa. They left bomb after bomb outside it. more often than hot the ir were no windows/glass in the front of the building. how it survived is anyone's guess. The Europa was a well known place of refuge for many cross the water and foreign correspondents reporting on out troubles so maybe the IRA were trying to annoy them. Who knows. Thankfully the Europa is still here.
The World Famous Europa Hotel in Belfast is located in the heart of Belfast City Centre.
With a choice of 272 hotel rooms in Belfast City Centre – including 92 Executive Bedrooms and Suites. The elegant décor, contemporary bistro, bustling bar and relaxing piano bar lounge make the four star Europa Hotel the hotel of choice for business and leisure guests visiting Belfast.
Due to its prime location, the Europa Hotel is a short distance from many of Belfast’s top visitor attractions including the Ulster Museum, Grand Opera House, City Hall, Titanic Belfast, the Waterfront Hall and the Odyssey Arena.
The Europa Hotel has an international reputation for hosting prestigious events and looking after many of the celebrities and VIPs who visit Belfast.
Belfast Europa is part of the Hastings Hotel Group
British Pigeon Racing In The UK 1960'S
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Air Craft Noise In The UK 1960'S
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Belfast and the Best of Northern Ireland
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide | We start in bustling Belfast's City Hall and Ulster Museum, then head out to Northern Ireland's favorite resort: Portrush, along the Antrim Coast, where we taste-test Irish whiskey, scramble over some six-sided geology in the Giant's Causeway, drop in on a world-class golf course, and stomp our feet to some traditional music.
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RMSP Amazon - Royal Mail Line - Amors arrow waltz
RMSP Amazon was a British ocean liner that was torpedoed and sunk by SM U110 in the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles North by West off Malin Head, Ireland , while she was travelling from Liverpool, United Kingdom to Brazil. Amazon was constructed in 1906 at the Harland & Wolff Ltd. shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom. She was completed in 1906. She was named Amazon and served from 1906 until her demise in 1918. On 15 March 1918, Amazon was on a voyage from Liverpool, United Kingdom to Brazil with 24 passengers and without escorts. She had left Liverpool on 14 March and was forced to sail at slow speed due to a thick fog. On the morning of 15 March 1918 at 9.30AM, when she was traveling in a zigzag manoeuvre at about 51 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland. She was hit by a torpedo at hold number four, where the coal bunker was located.
In just fifteen minutes the Amazon sank stern first beneath the waves. All passengers and crew were rescued by the destroyer HMS Moresby.
The destroyer still managed to sink the SM U110 with depth bombs and rescued 9 of the 48 crewmembers from the German submarine.
Tonnage: 10,037 GRT
Length: 156 metres (511 ft 10 in)
Beam: 18 metres (59 ft 1 in)
Installed power: 1 x 4 cyl quadruple expansion engine
Propulsion: Screw propeller
Speed: 16 knots
Capacity:
870 Passengers
300 First Class
70 Second Class
500 Third Class
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Ireland's Treasures Uncovered
Ireland's Treasures Uncovered - Alice Roberts and Gavin Hughes investigate Ireland's most valuable treasures In Belfast and Dublin
Things to do in Belfast 2019 - Belfast Tourism / Belfast City - Fun, Free things to do in Belfast
Things to do in Belfast - My Favourite Belfast City Attractions that I recommend to all my visiting friends.
Europa Hotel - 4 star and is known as the “Most bombed hotel in Europe and even the world” having suffered 36 bomb attacks during the troubles, it was such a symbol of Belfast and is today. It was opened in 1971 on the site of the former Great Northern Railway station. It has 272 bedrooms, lobby bar, a Piano Bar Lounge; great for tea and looking out at Belfast go by… Bill and Hillary Clinton stayed here and had a suite renamed the Clinton Suite!
Crown Liquor Saloon (opens 11.30 to midnight Monday to Saturday, 12.30-11 pm Sunday) AKA The Crown Bar – best-known pub in Northern Ireland – opened as “The Railway Tavern” and it was sold in 1885, renamed and refurbished in 1885 and only twice since then! Italian craftsmen were bought to Ireland to work on the many churches being built at the time and the pub owner persuaded these guys to work in the pub after hours (maybe paid in beer!)
Robinsons next door would also be very famous and is a large bar filled with Titanic memorabilia. It was opened in 1895 and has Fibber Magee’s with traditional music, lunch and more.
Golden Mile, stretches from Great Victoria Street, Dublin Road, Bradbury Place to University Road, includes the Crown Salon and Grand Opera House and would be a main area for clubs, bars, restaurants and theatres in Belfast. It would have been the main area back 20 years ago.
Queens University Part of the Queens Quarter of Belfast, which is one of 6 cultural areas. It opened in 1810, being granted university status in 1908. It is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland and has a global reputation for research, attracting many international students. Famous alumni include former Irish President Mary McAleese, poet Seamus Heaney and actor Liam Neeson
Ulster Museum
Located in Botanic Gardens, it’s the largest museum in Northern Ireland, 8,000 sq meters of display from fine art especially Irish Art to archaeology to treasures from the Spanish Armada and walks through local history. A more recent addition was the Game of Thrones Tapestry, a temporary exhibition which was created from Linen from one of the last surviving linen mills in Northern Ireland. This dictates many of the famous scenes from the TV show and is a celebrate of the shows creation in Northern Ireland. (
Botanic Gardens - 28 acres opened in 1828, opened all year. It started as a private park and became public when the Belfast council purchased it in 1895. It has its own Palm House Conservatory which opened in 1840 and is one of the earliest cast iron glasshouses in the world. There are 2 wings, the cool wing and tropical wing and includes 400 year old plants! So anyone into plants will love this stop.
Belfast City Hall
Located in Donegall Square, opened in 1906 it stands on the site that was one the White Line Hall, an international Linen Exchange. The street from the back of the Hall is in what is called “the Linen Quarter” and the street name is “Linen Hall Street”. (
St Anne’s Cathedral or Belfast Cathedral is the Church of Ireland and was also completed in 1904. It was built on the grounds of an old parish church that existed since 1776 called “St Anne “. Originally only the nave of the cathedral was built with other sections added through the years. The “spire of hope” was added in 2007 which is a 40 metre steel spire. (
Brings you out to “Albert Clock” Completed in 1869 – another famous landmark of Belfast. It was built on wooden piles in Marshy reclaimed land around the River Farset, the top of the tower leans 4 feet to the side. (
Walk through Queens Square to St. George’s Market, last covered Victorian market in Belfast. It was built between 1890 and 1896 and today up to 300 traders, crafters, musicians and amazing food are available on site. Free entry and open Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the weekend days the biggest. Holds events during the week.
SS Nomadic It was launched in 1911 and owned by White Star Line. It was a passenger ship to the RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic and is the only White Star Line vessel in existence today. It was built in slipway 1, Olympic was in slipway 2 and Titanic in slipway 3.
Titanic Belfast Opened in 2012 , a monument to Belfast maritime history on the former site of H&W shipyard where the Titanic was built. It tells the complete story of the Titanic which sunk hitting an iceberg in 1912. It has been voted one of the best tourist attractions in the world.
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Trappist Afterland - Lucifer Mosquito
The second promo clip for the new Trappist Afterland album, 'Afterlander'. To be released in August 2015 through Sunstone Records.
Trappist Afterland will be playing in Denmark, Ireland and England, during July and August 2015. Tour dates are as follows:
Trappist Afterland - Afterlander 2015 Denmark/UK tour:
Friday 24th July - Fano Free Folk Festival, Fano Island, Denmark
Sunday 26th July - Ambition Festival, Croydon London, England
Tuesday 28th July - Vinyl Deptford in-store, London, England
Thursday 30th July - The Night and Day, Manchester, England
Friday July 31st - Heretic Folk Club, Sheffield, England
w/ Sharryn Krause & Kitchen Cynics
Saturday 1st August - Golden Eagle, Chester, England
Sunday 2nd August - Ravens Folk Club, Chester, England
Friday August 7th - Biggs Life Arts Centre Benefit Gig, Belfast, Ireland
w/ Kitchen Cynics
Sunday 9th August - Eight Miles Higher Festival, NN Cafe, Northampton, England
w/ Circulus, Junipers, Lords of Thyme and Hanging Stars.
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Self Catering Accommodation Belfast - City Centre Serviced Holiday Apartments
Self Catering Accommodation Belfast provide affordable 4 Star holiday accommodation in Belfast city centre for tourists, business people & families. They are each N.Ireland Tourist Board Approved & Certified.
They have free parking, free wifi and are situated in the lively bustling centre of Belfast just off the Dublin Rd on 'The Golden Mile'.
Self Catering Accommodation Belfast - Affordable Serviced City Centre Apartments
Self Catering Accommodation Belfast provide affordable 4 Star holiday accommodation in Belfast city centre for tourists, business people & families. They are each N.Ireland Tourist Board Approved & Certified.
They have free parking, free wifi and are situated in the lively bustling centre of Belfast just off the Dublin Rd on 'The Golden Mile'.
Queens Promo
Queen's University is a member of the Russell Group of top 20 research led universities in the UK. With more than 25,000 students, it is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom.
The University has more than 250 buildings and is located at the edge of Belfast's famous 'Golden Mile' of pubs, clubs, cafe bars, restaurants and entertainment venues. These, combined with cultural options such as museums, galleries and theatres, provide a vast choice of activities for our students.
Scottish Power at Belfast 2011
Scottish Power Pipe Band under its Pipe Major Christopher Armstrong playing in the Grade One competition at the European Pipe Band Championships at Belfast on 30 July 2011.
The band's medley is:
Castle Dangerous, The North Star, The Millstead, Salute to Jack Henderson, Struan Robertson, The Hag at the Churn, Hanter Dro, and Golden Brown
Scottish Power Pipe Band was placed fourth overall in the Grade One Competition and becomes a pre-qualifier for the final of the Grade One World Pipe Band Championship in August in Glasgow.