"BELFAST" Belfast by wanderingbilly

WELCOME TO MY BELFAST TRAVEL PAGE.
AFTER YEARS OF BOMBS.. BULLETS.. LOST JOBS AND MORE TO THE POINT LOST LIVES BELFAST IS ABOUT TO HAVE ITS DAY IN THE SUN..BUT LETS FACE IT BELFAST HAS AN IMAGE PROBLEM DUE TO ITS RECENT TROUBLED HISTORY...BUT NOW WITH STABLE GOVERNMENT BELFAST WILL HAVE ITS CHANCE TO SHINE..AND NOT BEFORE TIME. BELFAST HAS A LOT TO OFFER FROM A BATCH OF NEW HOTELS..TRENDY NIGHTSPOTS.. DESIGNER CLOTHES STORES AND NOT FORGETTING THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE TITANIC.
YES WE ALL KNOW THAT IT SANK..BUT AS WE SAY HERE IN BELFAST "IT WAS ALRIGHT WHEN IT LEFT HERE" YEP THATS GOOD OLD BELFAST HUMOUR, TO BE ABLE TO LAUGH IN THE FACE OF DISASTER AND AT OURSELVES..I THINK ITS A GREAT STRENGTH.
SO PUT ALL YOUR OLD OUT OF DATE THOUGHTS OF BELFAST OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND COME AND SEE WHAT THIS GREAT WEE CITY HAS TO OFFER, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT ? I THINK YOU'LL LOVE IT !!!
BELFAST HAS ARRIVED...SPREAD THE WORD...

NEW BELFAST...THE WATERFRONT HALL

THE FACE OF BELFAST IS CHANGING..AND CHANGING AT SOME PACE.
YOU CAN TELL HOW WELL A CITY IS DOING BY THE NUMBER OF CRANES THERE ARE AND HERE IN BELFAST THE SKYLINE IS FULL OF THEM..
NEW HOTELS....NEW SHOPPING CENTRES.. TRENDY APARTMENTS AND NIGHT CLUBS THAT ARE BRINGING LIFE BACK INTO THE CITY..AT THE HEIGHT OF THE TROUBLES BELFAST MORE OR LESS CLOSED DOWN WHEN THE SHOPS SHUT...NOW AS THEY SAY BELFAST IS BUZZING.
THE WATERFRONT AREA IS ALIVE WITH PEOPLE, BARS,CONCERT HALLS,
TRENDY CAFES..FANCY APARTMENTS AND SOON IT WILL BE HOME TO THE TALLEST BUILDING IN BELFAST..ONCE AGAIN CHANGING THE FACE OF BELFAST...BUT NOT ALL IS NEW, BELFAST HAS A SOUL AND A HISTORY THAT HAS TO BE EXPLORED..
THE BUS AND TRAIN NETWORK IN NORTHERN IRELAND MEANS THAT YOU CAN BE IN ANY PART OF THE PROVENCE IN A MATTER OF HOURS..OR EVEN TAKE A DAY TRIP TO DUBLIN BY TRAIN, AND BE THERE IN TWO HOURS AND BE BACK IN BELFAST THE SAME DAY..LOTS OF PLACES TO VISIT AND ENJOY WHILE ON A TRIP TO BELFAST.

WHITE STAR LINE-TITANIC-

TITANIC WAS BUILT RIGHT HERE IN BELFAST..
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS CITY WATCHED AS THE TITANIC TOOK SHAPE AT THE FAMOUS HARLAND AND WOLFF SHIPYARD RIGHT HERE IN BELFAST.
THOUSANDS OF ULSTER MEN WORKED TO BUILD WHAT WAS THEN THE BIGGEST SHIP THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN..
SHE WAS THE SHIP OF DREAMS.. HER NAME WAS.. TITANIC !!
THROUGH MY TIPS PAGES I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO VISIT THE PLACES MADE FAMOUS BY TITANIC..
PLACES SUCH AS, THE DRAWING OFFICES, HER SLIPWAY, THE THOMPSON DRY DOCK, THE PUMP HOUSE, AND NOMADIC, THE LAST LINK WE HAVE WITH TITANIC.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY OF TITANIC..BUT FEW KNOW THAT RIGHT HERE IN BELFAST WE HAVE A WEALTH OF TITANIC HISTORY..
THIS WAS WHERE SHE WAS DESIGNED..BUILT..LAUNCHED..AND FROM WHERE SHE SAILED INTO HISTORY !!!
BELFAST WAS AND STILL IS HOME TO TITANIC...DONT MISS IT !!

• Pros:THE PEACE..THE PEOPLE..THE PUBS..THE POSITIVE FUTURE ..AND NOT FORGETTING THE FAMOUS ULSTER CRAIC !!!!!
• Cons:THE IMAGE PROBLEM... BUT YOUR TRIP CAN HELP CHANGE THAT.
• In a nutshell:BACKWARD BELFAST IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD.