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Titanic Hotel, former Harland and Wolff drawing rooms

The Titanic Hotel is a luxury hotel. It website says it is ‘located at the heart of Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the legendary Harland & Wolff Headquarters and Drawing Offices is now the world’s most authentic Titanic hotel, offering an unforgettable…

Titanic Belfast

Titanic Belfast  opened in 2012 as a museum, visitor attraction and monument to Belfast’s maritime heritage. It is built on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city’s Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was constructed.…

Thompson Graving Dock

The Thompson Graving Dock was constructed by the Belfast Harbour Commissioners and opened in 1911. It was designed to accommodate the new mammoth White Star liners Olympic and Titanic that had been built by Harland and Wolff. The docks were…

The Quarters of Belfast: a city of eight?

If a city has an area named a ‘quarter’ then it would be logical to suggest that any such place would have four such zones. From the brief research carried out for this article, Belfast has eight quarters. Wikipedia defines…

The Odyssey

The SSE Arena is owned by the Odyssey Trust Company.  The complex originated in 1992 and opened in December 2000. The complex consists of: a multipurpose arena, science centre and shopping centre. The shopping centre houses a movie theatre and…