Belfast is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on
the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest
city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest on the island of
Ireland.
3 Places to visit in Belfast
Titanic Belfast
Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to
Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland &
Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was
built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and
sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS
Olympic and HMHS Britannic.
The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has
around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space,
featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art,
archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local
history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and
geology. It is the largest museum in Northern Ireland, and one of the
components of National Museums Northern Ireland.
The Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park is a park in South Belfast,
Northern Ireland, covering almost 130 acres (0.53 km2) and is
accessible from the Upper Malone Road. It includes meadows, woodland,
riverside fields, formal rose gardens, a walled garden and a Japanese
garden, as well as a children's playground, coffee shop, an
orienteering course and many walks.
