Northern Ireland is excellent walking country, but not every rewarding walk requires boots, bog, packed lunches and a suspiciously cheerful route description involving the word …
The best urban walks in Northern Ireland
Belfast
The perfect 7 day Northern Ireland summer staycation
Northern Ireland is compact enough for an easy week away, but rich enough to feel far bigger than it looks on the map. In seven …
Belfast City Hall, the great stone stage at the centre of Belfast
Belfast City Hall is one of those buildings that seems to steady the city around it. Grand without being stuffy, ornate without tipping into absurdity, …
10 of the best easy weekend city breaks in the UK
There comes a moment in adult life when you realise that a weekend city break is one of Britain’s great civilised inventions. You leave on …
Festive city breaks for winter weekends with character
Winter city breaks can go one of two ways. They can become a blur of overcrowded markets, damp gloves, and the sort of decorative reindeer …
Belfast, or how to build a city out of smoke, ships and stubbornness
Belfast is one of those cities that seems to have lived several completely different lives and kept souvenirs from all of them. It was a …
15 Reasons to visit Northern Ireland in summer (besides the obvious one with the giant’s footsteps)
Northern Ireland, in summer, is what happens when somebody leaves the fridge door open just long enough for the butter to soften and the whole …
Northern Ireland, rain, ruins and remarkably friendly people.
Northern Ireland is the kind of place that sneaks up on you. It doesn’t announce itself with grand gestures or oversized souvenirs. It simply welcomes …