One Day in Belfast, Northern Ireland | Most UNDERRATED City in the UK
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Travel Vlog | Belfast, Northern Ireland is a wonderful city. Belfast's Maritime History. especially relating to the Titanic and other manufacturing is incredibly interesting. Belfast is where the Titanic was built, as well as where many other World War Naval Vessels were construct. Belfast City Centre and City Hall were also extremely fun to be in. While many people say Belfast is a dying city, especially as manufacturing jobs start to disappear, I see hope for Belfast. Belfast is the most underrated city in the UK.
Sites visited: Belfast City Hall, Maritime Mile, SS Nomadic, RMS Titanic Launching Site, Titanic Museum, HMS Carolina, Belfast City Centre, St.Anne's Cathedral, First Presbyterian Church, Albert Memorial Clock, Victoria Square Shopping Center, Castle Court Shopping Center, St.George's Market, Belfast Outskirts
Alternative titles: Spending One Day in Belfast Northern Ireland, Belfast City Centre and Maritime History, Belfast: The Site of the Titanic Launch, Wow I love Belfast, Spending One Day in Belfast United Kingdom, United Kingdom's Most Underrated City, Belfast is a Must Visit if You are in Ireland
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0:00 - Hello Belfast
1:47 - City Hall
2:53 - Maritime Mile
5:59 - SS Nomadic
7:40 - Best in Belfast
8:30 - Manufacturing History
10:17 - HMS Carolina
10:39 - Belfast Tourism
11:59 - City Centre
15:10 - St.Anne's Cathedral
15:50 - First Presbyterian Church
16:11 - Albert Memorial Clock
17:12 - Victoria Square Shopping Centre
18:16 - Castle Court Shopping Centre
19:02 - St.George's Market
19:27 - Outskirts
19:52 - Final Thoughts
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Cool vid! Thanks for saying nice things about our wee city ❤ Happy travelling!
I’m glad you liked it! And I’ll definitely be back in Belfast
cool video mate belfast born & Bred you knowlege history is absolutrely amazing the promotion of city is done by two different tourist organisations competing against each other
Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for watching! And tell those one of those tourists organizations to hire me haha. I have so many ideas on how to promote Belfast because I think the city deserves far more visitors than it receives!
Good video - yes the city population is 350k and the suburbs around 600k. Although the city was larger before and is designed for more people - lots of people left during the troubles. That's why some of the architecture like the City Hall is more befitting of a bigger city. Belfast has only really started to see the population grow again in the last 10 years,and is only now starting to look like a proper developed city again
Hopefully the city can return to the population that is was before. That is great that it is getting back there. Belfast has so much potential (especially relating to tourism)!
@@landonkissell No to many people living in urban areas as it is.I would disagree 2 days is enough in dublin 40% of the republics population lives in dublin and the adjoining counties and belfast is similar in that regard about 30% of NI around belfast and in belfast.The peace walls coming down and parity of esteem between the two identities is more important.Irelands soul is in the country we are not an urban nation the less live in cities the better.
I enjoyed your report of your day trip to Belfast. You seem to have done some research on the place, which is good as you are making content for others. I hope that when you come back again, you get to do a good tour, which might help you understand more of our complex history. There is much that even most of the residents of the city don't know about the place! I think for a relatively small city, Belfast has a lot to offer. It has changed so much for the better in the 26 years of relative peace we have enjoyed since the agreement that ended the troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
It has a large student population with two Universities, good shopping, a lively music and arts scene, a resident professional Symphony Orchestra, several large sports venues and facilities and it has become much more international in recent years with a good population of Chinese, Eastern European and increasingly Indian and African folk. Housing is much more available than in the cities of the Republic, and still relatively affordable. This old guy, who grew up here during the worst of the troubles, travelled widely, then returned for family reasons to a city still blighted by sectarianism, death and destruction, never imagined Belfast could possibly evolve into what it has become. It still astonishes me! Our future surely looks pretty bright.
Wow, thank you for all of this information! Next time I return I will definitely include a lot of historical information. I have learned so much since I was there. Complex history. I am very very glad that you have seen how much Belfast has changed for the better since the Good Friday Agreement. The city has SO MUCH potential, especially from a tourism standpoint. I’m rooting for Belfast to continue to develop strongly.
All of this insight you provided is really fascinating to learn about, especially relating to the student population, cultural life, and housing / cost of living as that is all things I am very fascinated it.
The last port of call for tittanic was cobh in co cork ireland
nice!
@@landonkissell dont forget to visit cork city man and cobh town
@@landonkissell limerick is also a great city and swords north dublin😁
If their was a united ireland the tourist industry would be much greater in northern ireland😊
Nonsense , if Republicans instead of hindering actually helped ,then it would develop into a tourist attraction more so than now
@@cassie08100 you dont know how a united ireland would help signifigantly the whole island as a whole without divided ireland you just wouldent understand it at all
@@cassie08100 the fault is not with republicans its with unionists and their hate for ireland
Wow ok yeah it seems like this topic definitely brings A LOT of debate and controversy
@@cassie08100 Ireland as in the island of ireland is already marketed as one by tourism ireland and the Wild Atlantic way is scheduled to include the causeway coastal route
Yo fella I've been reading the comments and might I just add if you are thinking about checking out Cork city or Limerick city then I suggest you do it in May and September these are the best months for tourist in these two cities. Hope you come fella if you can.
will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks for the insight with that! Is there anything special happening during those months, or are they just overall the best months?
@@landonkissell yeah lot's and lot's of concerts and festivals do be going on in each city in the months of May to September you have the Riverfest festival in Limerick city that attracts over 150k people each year it's on from the 3rd - 6th of May and you have the Marquee festival in Cork city on the 31 of May it attracts over 200k each year.
but there's loads of other concerts and fun things happening in both cities from May to September there's just to much to mention really, like singers like Bruce Springsteen and Take That will be playing at Cork's Marquee and you have singers like Liam Gallagher, Snow Patrol, Paolo Nutiui, Kingfisher and Pillow Queens who'll be playing at Limerick's Thomond Park.
So the cities are usually full and popping off on these months. so we hope you'll come to have lots of fun in Cork and Limerick in these months, like you can come anytime of course, but I just believe you'd have the best experience and fun in these months in these two cities.
'Ello there.
Hello 👋
@@landonkissell Glengormley is the *_BEST!!_*
Hey bro, I was just thinking, so do ya really think Belfast is a small city? but it's got over 345k pop in the city area and its got 671k in its metro area and the city isn't much smaller than Washington DC that is 68k sq mi whereas Belfast city area is 51k sq mi.
But you want to see the biggest city in the whole of Ireland by sq mi than you have to visit Cork City cos Cork that has a city area that is 72k sq mi in area and that makes Cork city bigger than even Washington, DC ,USA by city area. Cork cities area is bigger than Dubin's and most UK cities as well.
So, I'm gonna say it again my dude, ya shoulda saw Cork city and Limerick city, cos they're the real cities of Ireland not Dublin, Belfast or even Galway. they're just big towns my friend just like Washington, DC cos Cork city is bigger than it.
I agree what's he talking about saying Belfast is a small city. is he on drugs or what?
Because of my perspective as a New Yorker, I would consider Belfast a small city. I think of cities such as London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, etc. to be the large cities across Europe. Anything not in that tier I consider small such as Belfast, Galway, Porto, Antwerp, etc. So comparatively, it is definitely much smaller.
And relating to Washington DC (which I consider a medium size city), even though land area is close, DC has a population twice as much and its metro population is over 5.5 million. I think of more population when I am thinking of city size.
Just because I do not consider it a large city (with my New York perspective) does not mean I did not enjoy it. I loved my time in Belfast! It has so much charm and I recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity of visiting.
I hope I can make it to Cork and Limerick soon. I have heard great things and would love to see more of the charm across the isle of Ireland. 😊
@@landonkissell 💯 mate, yeah, you'll definitely adore Cork city and Cobh town where the Titanic had its last pick up before it headed to New York, Cork has a total population of around 530k people.
Limerick city has around 102k population in its city area with it's metro at about 260k, and it's the only city in the whole of Ireland that's classed as a major city, and with it being the capital of the Midwest region of Ireland, it has a total population of around 350k people.
And it's Saint Mary's cathedral that's right in the city centre is 850 years old and it's the only Grade 1 cathedral building in the whole of Ireland which means it's just as important as Tower Bridge in London as the Tower Bridge is also a grade 1 stutaure.
Limerick's cathedral has the largest altar in Ireland and the UK, and this is one of the reasons why it's a grade 1 building, also the Prince Milo of Montenegro is buried on the cathedral's graveyard.
Limerick is also home to the international Irish rock band (The Cranberries) and the two time Oscar nominated actor Richard Harris from the Harry Potter movies. Limerick also has the longest footbridge in Europe at the Limerick University called UL for short.
it has over 30k international students. And as I've said previously it's the city is where New York got its gridblock city plan from. Just look up it my buddy, just type it in on Google, type.
( A Brief History Of Georgian Limerick)
You'll then read all about Limerick's city history and Christopher Colles who then went on to build New York's gridblock city plan after he finished Limerick cities. cheers my buddy, I'm looking forward to your next trip and like I've said my man I'll keep commenting so that your vlog will grow and grow even more. 💯👍
Hey as a Cork man I want him to go to Cork first, facts@@AlexJ.Goldsmith
@@AlexJ.Goldsmith wow, thank you for all of the information! This is incredibly interesting to learn about (especially relating to the Cathedral being Grade 1. The historical significance with it being 850 years old is so important).
Limerick seems like such a great city, and if/when I make it there, there will be so much to explore, and to also include all of this fascinating information in my videos. I am planning on making multiple NYC videos this summer and am definitely going to include how the grid plan is based on Limerick.
And thank you!!! I really appreciate your support!
The catholics as of last census outnumber protestants in Northern Ireland .However it was never really a religious conflict it was more of an ethnic one because catholics are primarily native irish and protestants are mainly descended from people of the english scottish border.The pink colour is meeant to be a neutral colour to keep both groups happy.
That is really interesting with it being more of an ethnic conflict than a religious one (especially with Northern Ireland having more Catholics now)
And I really like that as that being the reason for pink. Loving the unity.
Are there still lasting impacts of “the troubles” or have those effects since gone away?
@@landonkissell Well as i am from the Republic there is a limit to how much i know,but the two communities are very separate they go to different schools,play different sports andt folk music.The british queen dying was a huge thing for protestant/unionists whereas for for catholics she was just a grandmother and there sympathy is just a human sympathy as they would never have considered her there queen.Except for the folk music they have been separate for 400 years its not just the troubles There is a big group in the middle between them but in working class areas the division is very strong with actual walls separating communities and no sign of them coming down.
@@gallowglass2630 ahh gotcha, thanks for the insight. The thing with the walls is crazy.
Did the troubles have a big impact on people from the republic?
No
@@gallowglass2630Who’s been separated for 400 years?
The troubles were a civil war in all but name, also you mentioned the north being majority protestant, it never has been, the largest denomination in the north is Catholics, the troubles started as a result of a civil rights movement that seeked the end to gerrymandering, oppression and equality for Catholics in the north, the British Army opened fire on innocent people at this peaceful protest on a day now known as 'Bloody Sunday' and that is widely regarded as the spark that started the troubles, many attrocities commited against innocent protestants and catholics on both sides of the divide.
The area cordoned off as Northern Ireland ie the 6 counties was majority protestant until recently but you are right in terms of ulster never having a protestant majority
thanks for this insight! And thanks for tuning in!
Belfast is not the UK.
Belfast is in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. Therefore, Belfast is in the UK.
@@landonkissell Belfast is Irish. Irish land occupied by the British.
@@oliverjumelle Northern Ireland is recognized by the entire world as being part of the United Kingdom. Nobody disputes it
@@landonkissell There was a 30 year war about people disputing it.
@@paddypoohead yes. But today, politically it is a part of the United Kingdom and that is not something disputed in the international community
Not a different country. It’s a statlet, 6 counties of the 9 counties of the province, of Ulster, under a different jurisdiction within the UK. The people they can choose to be citizens of Ireland or the UK.
It originally started out as a civil rights activism, because Catholics did not have the right to vote own land or access to jobs. They based their civil rights activism on the activism of Martin Luther King.
Catholics actually out number protestants at this point. Brexit is actually bringing the 6 counties and Republic closer together.
The Republic has just invested $700 million for infrastructure in the north.
Since the six counties are still in the EU common market in the UK is not. Many programs of being extended to the universities in the north through Erasmus+ it is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
Oh wow can they actually choose to be either Irish or UK citizens? And that is really interesting with the civil rights activism aspect and basing it on MLK. Are the impacts of “the troubles” still affecting the present day or not really.
With Northern Ireland being more anti-brexit, I wonder how close we may be towards unification. That is crazy with 6 counties still being in the common market! The geo-politics in this part of Europe seem so complex, wacky, and different😅
@@landonkissell I haven’t spent much time in the north I was up there when I was a kid to do shopping in Belfast in the 80s. I was just recently up there in September. I spent a few days in Dublin but I spent time with my friends Dáithí and James in co. Armagh so I spent a day in Belfast, I went to Derry, which I loved.
While I was in Belfast, I did a tour of the peace walls that are up there. They were supposed to all be torn down by 2012. But the protestants want to keep them. The Catholic seem to have embrace their freedom. They have a higher percentage of university graduates most of the areas that are closed off are Protestant. Sadly, there are some people just resistant to integrating . I think they see that as surrendering to the inevitable reunification. The election of the Sinn Féin first minister Michelle O’Neill who is a Republican nationalist hopefully with the next selection Sinn Féin wins in the Republic and the whole island will have Sinn Féin in power.
@@landonkissell one of the greatest heroes of Irish nationalism, was Wolf Tone he led the rebellion in 1798 he was an Irish protestant, great hero to nationalist. Most protestants in Northern Ireland probably wouldn’t even know who he was. But he organized Catholics and protestants to fight against British rule in Ireland. I just want to give you that tidbit at one time, Protestants and Catholics were on the same side
@@jgg59- Another numpty from ROI sticking his nose in and dictating what he has no right to. Like it or not, N.I. *is* a country. Focus on your own part of the world and leave us good Northern Irish people to our own devices...🫠😉😃
@@landonkissell You can chose either citizenship but you also dual citizenship,but its only for Northern Ireland in the republic you can't do that band there is no wish for that however there a common travel area where irish and british citizens can move freely and live in the respective countries.
Silly, silly boy.
silly about what lol
'Little Britain', known as 'Ireland' from the 9th Century AD has never been 'united'. It has always had a North-South split and was first partitioned in the 3rd Century BC by the Great Wall of Ulster. Dublin has never ruled the whole island.
There's no point being ruled by Dublin nowadays because Dublin is ruled by Brussels/ Strasbourg.
😂😂😂😂
haha so I take it you definitely side with Northern Ireland remaining with the UK (and therefore being pro-brexit)
@@landonkissell according to him, we live in Northern Little Britain 😂😂😂
@@jamesdevlin6373 Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. That’s a fact haha
@@landonkissell I didn't say otherwise.
He calls the island of Ireland "little Britain", not me, so we must be Northern Little Britain.
You're finally in Belfast my man, hey ten years from now you bro, ya might be coming back to Belfast and It'll be called Belfast, Ireland, once it unites with the whole of Ireland once again like it was years ago, and the word UK will be dead and gone from whole of Ireland for good. So ya enjoy our Ireland city dude.
Yep I finally made it! I really enjoyed my time here. I loved the city itself, and then the maritime history was incredibly fascinating for me, especially due to how it shaped the World Wars, and continues to shape the industry today.
And if / when the day of re-unification finally comes, that will be HUGE! I wonder if that day will be in the near future, or if it will drag out decades and decades more
😂 lay off the glue mucker
@@landonkissell 12 years at the earliest i would say as it has be done right.The biggest party in the local legislature is the irish nationalist sinn fein party doesn't mean that there is a majority for unification but thats how the trajectory is going.
@@crankfastle8146 no clue what this means haha
@@gallowglass2630 (because of the Good Friday agreement) is it as simple as once a majority are in favor of unification then there can be unification
Saying you should only take one day in Belfast is insulting. Shame on you.
I made one of the most positive video on Belfast there is and yet that is your takeaway😅. You can definitely see the whole city in just one day. I think you can see all of Dublin in just two days if you really tried