HealthyCitiesBelfast2003.com
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Healthy Cities Conference
Description
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. A modern and growing city, Belfast is renowned for the friendliness of its inhabitants and has seen an unprecedented boom in recent years following greater political stability. The waterfront of the river Lagan, which runs through the city centre, has been extensively developed and modernised in the last few years, making it a hub for conferences and entertainment virtually in the city centre. However, historically Belfast has been an industrial city with shipbuilding, linen manufacture and ropemaking prominent industries, and the industrial tradition is represented in the city landscape. Belfast is also a compact, walkable city with most amenities within a short distance from the city centre, and the countryside with some breathtaking landscapes is only a few miles away.
The impressive City Hall lies in the heart of the city, and is both a tourist attraction and facility for Belfast City Council services. Finished in 1906, the building by Crumwell Thomas was erected to mark that Belfast was a city "equal to other cities in the world". The building features marble interiors, as well as a multitude of historic objects and documents. The stained glass windows, which are all originals, portray various events in the history of Belfast, and there are a number of historic memorials in the City Hall grounds. Guided tours of the City Hall are available daily.
For more information on what to see and do, see the links below. This section also provides some general tourist information.
Contact
- Belfast City Council
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- Gloucester
- UK BT1 4LS
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- +44 28 90244832
