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The countdown to 2012 has begun. No, not the London Olympics; 2012 is also the 100th
anniversary of the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, the iconic ocean liner that was built by
Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyards. And it is that year that Belfast has chosen to showcase
the city’s heritage to the world.
It may seem strange for a city to identify with a ship that is famous for sinking on its maiden
voyage, but Belfast built what was the most advanced piece of technology in the world at that
time and takes pride in the innovation, skill and engineering genius that went into making
the Titanic. And as the locals constantly remind you, ‘She was fine when she left here’.
Once lumped with Beirut, Baghdad and Bosnia as one the four ‘B’s for travellers to
avoid, Belfast has pulled off a remarkable transformation from bombs-and-bullets pariah
to hip-hotels-and-hedonism party town. The city’s skyline is in a constant state of flux as
redevelopment continues apace. The old shipyards are giving way to the luxury waterfront
apartments of the Titanic Quarter, and Victoria Sq, Europe’s biggest urban regeneration
project, has added a massive city-centre shopping mall to a list of tourist attractions that
includes Victorian architecture, a glittering waterfront lined with modern art, foot-stomping
music in packed-out pubs and the UK’s second-biggest arts festival.
So as 2012 approaches it seems somehow fitting that Belfast should celebrate the Titanic’s
creation, building new pride and optimism out of the wreckage of past disaster. Get here
early and enjoy it before the rest of the world arrives.
Belfast
HISTORY
Belfast is a relatively young city, with few
reminders of its pre-19th-century history.
The city takes its name from the River Farset
(from the Gaelic feirste, meaning sandbank,
or sandy ford) which flows into the River
Lagan at Donegall Quay (it is now ch
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