Why Belfast?

Belfast will surprise you; most visitors to our city have some preconceived ideas garnered from media coverage over the past four decades. So be prepared to be positively surprised and enchanted. Belfast is a culturally rich city; Ulster is the heartland of Irish lore and legend reaching back beyond recorded time; Belfast has inherited this heritage in music and storytelling; its is a literary city that has produced many outstanding writers; it is a musical city that has produced some of the great names in music today; it is an art rich city that is producing some of today’s most progressive art; you can be part of this.

Belfast is hospitality city. Be prepared to be surprised by the welcome that you will receive; a recent Sunday Times article rated Belfast as the friendliest place in Britain. Belfast people genuinely love strangers and believe in the adage ‘a stranger is just a friend you haven’t yet met’; so don’t be surprised be open to the charm of the people and make the most of their hospitality; you can be part of it.

Belfast is a small city with a great big heart; it’s compact and easy to navigate; it’s a walkable city with all the attractions, restaurants, bars and night clubs focused close to the centre of the city. Shopping is located is easy to access pockets, such as the city centre Castle Court, Victoria Square and a myriad of streets around the centre that abound in boutiques and specialist shops; the Lisburn Road is known as ‘style mile’; the Boucher Road; Forestside; and St George’s Market; Donegall Pass is a haven for antique hunters. Belfast will surprise you.