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Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, there has been significant urban regeneration in Belfast including Victoria Square, Queen's Island and Laganside as well as the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. The city is served by two airports: The George Best Belfast City Airport adjacent to Belfast Lough and Belfast International Airport which is near Lough Neagh.
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Big Fish,
Cathedral Quarter,
Crown Liquor Saloon,
Grand Opera House,
Linen Hall Library,
Queen's University,
Spirit of Belfast,
Titanic Memorial,
Victoria Square,
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BELFAST BOTANIC GARDENS
Belfast Botanic Gardens is a public park in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Occupying 28 acres (110,000 m2) of south Belfast, the gardens are popular with office workers, students and tourists. They are located on Stranmillis Road in Belfast's university area, with Queen's University nearby. The Ulster Museum is located at the main entrance ...
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BELFAST CASTLE
Belfast Castle is set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland in a prominent position 400 feet (120 m) above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough. The original Belfast Castle, built in the late 12th century by the Normans, was located in the town itself ...
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BELFAST CITY HALL
Belfast City Hall is the civic building of the Belfast City Council. Located in Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, it faces north and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre. The site now occupied by Belfast City Hall was once the home of the White Linen Hall, an important international Linen Exchange ...
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THE BIG FISH
The Big Fish is a printed ceramic mosaic sculpture by John Kindness 10 metres long constructed in 1999 in Donegall Quay in Belfast, near the Lagan Lookout and Custom House. The Big Fish's image appears on Belfast and Northern Ireland related tourism material. The ceramic tiles are decorated with texts and images relating to the history of Belfast ...
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CATHEDRAL QUARTER
The Cathedral Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland is a developing area of the city, roughly situated between Royal Avenue near where the Belfast Central Library building is, and the Dunbar Link in the city centre. Part of the area, centred on Talbot Street behind the cathedral, was formerly called the Half Bap ...
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CROWN LIQUOR SALOON
The Crown Liquor Saloon is a public house in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Refurbished to a high standard in 1885, it is an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace, and is one of Northern Ireland's best-known pubs. Originally opened by Felix O'Hanlon and known as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Flanagan ...
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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' ...
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LINEN HALL LIBRARY
The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Northern Ireland. The Library is physically in the centre of Belfast, and more generally at the centre of the cultural and creative life of the wider community. It is an independent and charitable body ...
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QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
Queen's University Belfast is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The university's official title, per its charter, is the Queen's University of Belfast. It is often referred to simply as Queen's, or by the abbreviation QUB. The university was chartered in 1845, and opened in 1849 as Queen's College, Belfast, but has roots going back to 1810 ...
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SPIRIT OF BELFAST
The Spirit of Belfast is a public art sculpture by Dan George in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The sculture was unveiled on 25 September 2009 after a series of delays and is located on Arthur Square, close to the main point of access to Victoria Square. As with other public works of art in Northern Ireland the sculpture has been given a nickname, the Onion Rings ...
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TITANIC MEMORIAL
The Titanic Memorial is a memorial in Belfast, Northern Ireland to those who died in the RMS Titanic disaster. It is located in the grounds of Belfast City Hall. For some time it was obscured by the Belfast Wheel which was removed in 2010. Sir Thomas Brock designed the marble figure of Thane, the Titanic Memorial to the victims of the sinking ...
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VICTORIA SQUARE
Victoria Square is a commercial, residential and leisure development in Belfast, Northern Ireland developed and built by Multi Development UK over 6 years. it is the biggest and one of the most expensive property developments ever undertaken in Northern Ireland. A key element in the development is two covered, multi-level streets linked to the massive glass dome ...
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