Belfast Entertainment Guide with Argus
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Rent A Car recommends Donegal Square as being your starting point
in exploring the city, it's Belfast's central point and the easiest
place to begin. The city can be walked on foot, it would take about
an hour to do this, and thats a great thing from the tourist's point
of view. Belfast has a huge port and the Titanic was built here,
and it now has the world's largest dry dock. This city has some
magnificent architecture especially from the Victorian and Edwardian
period. City Hall is a proud building that stands in the main shopping
area of Belfast. The majestic Belfast Castle is open to the public
and well worth a visit. Ulster museum with over 300,000 visitors
a year, holds large collections of art, history and natural sciences.
Nightlife in this city is buzzing and it has great restaurants and
pubs all filled with that famous Irish hospitality that can't be
matched anywhere else.
There are also a large collection of theatres and concert
halls to choose from:
- Grand Opera House - everything from panto to
opera.
- Belfast Civic Arts Theatre - popular shows,
comedies, musicals.
- Lyric Theatre - Irish plays, new plays, international
theatre.
- Group Theatre - home and local dramatic societies.
- Old Museum Arts Centre - new plays, fringe
theatre.
- Golden Thread Theatre - new plays, community
plays.
- Ulster Hall - everything musical from rock
to organ recitals.
- Whitla Hall, Queen's University - concerts,
recitals, occasional dramatic and operatic performances.
- King's Hall - large-scale exhibitions, superstar
concerts.
Pubs, as always, are the focal point of any form
of night life in Irish cities. Here's a quick listing of some of
the better pubs.
- Duke of York off Lower Donegall St,
- Kitchen Bar Victoria Square,
- Front Page Donegall St,
- Kelly's Cellars Bank St,
- Frames Too Little Donegall St,
- Maddens in Smithfield.
- Morrisons, Opposite the BBC in Bedford St
- The Errigle Inn is on the Ormeau Rd running
south from the city.
- Atmospheric docks pubs are Pat's Bar Prince's
Dock St,
- Rotterdam Pilot St,
- Muldoon's Bar Corporation Square,
- Liverpool Bar Donegall Quay.
And finally Art galleries are always a good place
to spends a few hours. Argus Rent a Car has chosen the following
selection of art galleries:
- Ulster Museum - includes paintings by Sir John
Lavery, Andrew Nicholl and William Conor - all Belfast born.
- Arts Council Gallery (56 Dublin Rd) - contemporary
art, bookshop.
- Bell Gallery (13 Adelaide Pk) - Irish artists,
graphics.
- Tom Caldwell Gallery (40 Bradbury Place) -
living Irish artists.
- Cavehill Gallery (18 Old Cavehill Rd)- living
Irish artists.
- Crescent Arts Centre (University Rd) - contemporary
exhibitions, craft demonstrations.
- Eakin Gallery (237 Lisburn Rd) - established
Irish artists.
- Emer Gallery (88 Great Victoria St) - Irish
artists.
- Kerlin Gallery (134 University Ave) - modern
artists.
- Magee Gallery (455 Ormeau Rd) - established
painters.
Argus
Rent A Car recommends Donegal Square as being your starting point
in exploring the city, it's Belfast's central point and the easiest
place to begin. The city can be walked on foot, it would take about
an hour to do this, and thats a great thing from the tourist's point
of view. Belfast has a huge port and the Titanic was built here,
and it now has the world's largest dry dock. This city has some
magnificent architecture especially from the Victorian and Edwardian
period. City Hall is a proud building that stands in the main shopping
area of Belfast. The majestic Belfast Castle is open to the public
and well worth a visit. Ulster museum with over 300,000 visitors
a year, holds large collections of art, history and natural sciences.
Nightlife in this city is buzzing and it has great restaurants and
pubs all filled with that famous Irish hospitality that can't be
matched anywhere else.There are also a large collection of theatres and concert halls to choose from:
- Grand Opera House - everything from panto to opera.
- Belfast Civic Arts Theatre - popular shows, comedies, musicals.
- Lyric Theatre - Irish plays, new plays, international theatre.
- Group Theatre - home and local dramatic societies.
- Old Museum Arts Centre - new plays, fringe theatre.
- Golden Thread Theatre - new plays, community plays.
- Ulster Hall - everything musical from rock to organ recitals.
- Whitla Hall, Queen's University - concerts, recitals, occasional dramatic and operatic performances.
- King's Hall - large-scale exhibitions, superstar
concerts.
- Duke of York off Lower Donegall St,
- Kitchen Bar Victoria Square,
- Front Page Donegall St,
- Kelly's Cellars Bank St,
- Frames Too Little Donegall St,
- Maddens in Smithfield.
- Morrisons, Opposite the BBC in Bedford St
- The Errigle Inn is on the Ormeau Rd running south from the city.
- Atmospheric docks pubs are Pat's Bar Prince's Dock St,
- Rotterdam Pilot St,
- Muldoon's Bar Corporation Square,
- Liverpool Bar Donegall Quay.
- Ulster Museum - includes paintings by Sir John Lavery, Andrew Nicholl and William Conor - all Belfast born.
- Arts Council Gallery (56 Dublin Rd) - contemporary art, bookshop.
- Bell Gallery (13 Adelaide Pk) - Irish artists, graphics.
- Tom Caldwell Gallery (40 Bradbury Place) - living Irish artists.
- Cavehill Gallery (18 Old Cavehill Rd)- living Irish artists.
- Crescent Arts Centre (University Rd) - contemporary exhibitions, craft demonstrations.
- Eakin Gallery (237 Lisburn Rd) - established Irish artists.
- Emer Gallery (88 Great Victoria St) - Irish artists.
- Kerlin Gallery (134 University Ave) - modern artists.
- Magee Gallery (455 Ormeau Rd) - established
painters.
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