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Where to live in Belfast during spring 2013?

Posted on March 28, 2013October 17, 2022 by Belfast Guide

Are you coming to Belfast this spring and you are still looking for a place to stay? We have look around at the different hotels in Belfast and here you have some recommendations from us!

Belfast is not the biggest city, so there are not thousands of hotels to choose between. Since the hotel is quite small it is important to find a hotel with a central location, because then you will not need to spend much time using public transportation. Instead you can enjoy your days in Northern Island shopping, visiting the Titanic museum and checking all the other famous Belfast attractions on foot.

Here you can find three hotels in Belfast which can be warmly recommended to all visitors coming to town during spring 2013.

Recommended spring hotels in Belfast
Jurys Inn Belfast (***)
Hilton Belfast (*****)
Mamaison Belfast (****)

Late night art tours in Belfast

Posted on March 22, 2013March 20, 2013 by Belfast Guide

The capital of North-Ireland, the wonderful Belfast offers several program opportunities to tourists, it could be day or night. There are several museums and galleries in the city which wait for the visitors with lauds of great exhibitions. If you like culture, you would like the next program description, especially if you like night fun too.

There are several museums and gallery in Belfast which invite people to an exciting cultural program on the first Thursday of every month. You can choose the program in walking or bus version too. The program starts on 6.30 PM until 9 PM, so you won’t be tired next day. The walking late night art tours’ meeting point is at the Exposed Gallery at 6.30 PM, and the end is at The Black Box at 8.30 PM. The bus tour starts at The Naughton Gallery at Queens University at 6.30 PM and ends at the Black Box around 9 PM. The bus tour isn’t free, but it’s a more convenient way of the tour, because you have an ordered bus what drive you from A to B. For the bus trip you can buy tickets in person in the Belfast Welcome Centre. The tours’ extra service in addition to the exciting night time is, visitors can hear different artists’ speeches.

Do not miss this interesting program in Belfast on the first Thursday of every month!

Andy Warhol exhibition in Belfast

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Belfast Guide

Andy Warhol, the king of the pop-art culture is a worldwide known figure. His famous works appear on bags and t-shirts nowadays too, so those people know these pictures too, who aren’t interested in this weird, blond gentleman’s art.

Andy Warhol was born in 1928. He was one of the most popular pop-artist. He started as an advert drawer, and after that he became famous because of his paintings and avant-garde films. However there were several gossips around his sexuality, but he was openly homosexual. His most famous works for example the paintings about the Campbell soup cans and Marilyn Monroe’s portraits. He was a weird man, a real artist, whose pictures spellbind everybody nowadays too.

In Belfast, in the popular MAC, or Metropolitan Art Centre there is a fantastic exhibition from Andy Warhol’s works between 8 February 2013 and 28 April 2013. On the exhibitions people can see Warhol’s most popular films and pictures.

Do not miss this probably unforgettable exhibition of one of the most famous pop-artists’ works. Be a witness of the underground culture, and let the psychedelic world and life philosophy of the 60s to whirl you for one night. It is sure, you won’t disappoint about the pictures, films and people. It will be a fantastic program, do not miss it!

Andy Warhol exhibition
Metropolitan Art Centre
February 8th – April 28th

Bruno Mars Belfast 2013

Posted on February 24, 2013October 17, 2022 by Belfast Guide

Nowadays almost everybody know the name of Bruno Mars in the whole world, first of all because of his most famous songs like Just The Way You Are or the Grenade. Bruno Mars, who became popular after his first album, the Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which was released in 2010, had a strong relationship with music since his childhood. But who is Bruno Mars?

Peter Gene Hernandez was born in the capital of Hawaii, Honolulu in 1985. He grew up in musician family, so it isn’t a surprise; music is very important part of his life. He learned to play on several instruments, for example guitar, drums, bass guitar, keyboards and harmonica, but the audience mostly knows him as a singer. His first album, the Doo-Wops & Hooligans released in 2010. The most successful track on the album, the Just The Way You Are deserved a Grammy Award on 2011 in the best man pop singer category. His newest album, the Unorthodox Jukebox released in December 2012 and it became successful immediately.

Because of his new album, Bruno Mars will go around the world in 2013 to show the fruit of his newest work to his fans in live too. One station of this monumental tour will be the capital of the wonderful Northern Ireland, Belfast. Bruno Mars will concert here on 2 October 2013 in The Odyssey Stadium.

Do not miss the biggest concert experience of this autumn. Buy your ticket as soon as possible to Bruno Mars’ overwhelming concert! Have a great time!

Bruno Mars concert in Belfast

October 2nd
Odyssey Arena

Tickets: WorldTicketShop – Viagogo

Boyzone concert in Belfast november 2013

Posted on February 21, 2013October 17, 2022 by Belfast Guide

Most boy bands from the 90s have ended their time together. But the Irish group Boyzone is still going strong and in November you can get to see and hear them live in Belfast.

The band includes five guys and it formed in 1993. The members were Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikex, Graham, Ronan Keating and Shane Lynch. They broke up for a little time in 2000, but they reunited in 2008. Unfortunately there was a terrible tragedy a little after the restart. Stephen Gately died in 2009. But boys haven’t given up, they continue the band today too, and they are very successful, especially in the island country.

They wrote several popular songs meanwhile their career, and these melodies were number one tracks on Irish and British top lists. The reason of their tour in 2013 is their 20th anniversary. They will appearance in Ireland and Great Britain too. Fans could except for fantastic concerts, doesn’t matter where they listen one of the pearls of the 90s.

Of course the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast couldn’t missed from the list of the stations. The boys’ concert will be in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, on 29 November 2013. The arena opened its gate in 2000 and its capacity is 11,000 people.

So, if you love pop music from the 90s, the good atmosphere, happy melodies, than your place is in Belfast when the Boyzone charm their fans with an amazing concert for not the first or the last time. It could be a perfect concert experience for youngsters and elders too. Have a great time!

Boyzone concert in Belfast
Odyssey Arena
November 29th

Tickets: Viagogo – Seatwave.com – WorldTicketShop