Titanic M Belfast
ore than 100 years ago the world’s most famous ship, RMS Titanic, captured everyone’s imagination and awe. Today, the great liner’s fascinating and enduring presence is doing the same all over again at her birthplace in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Titanic Belfast proudly proclaims itself as the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, and who would argue? Standing on the Slipways where Titanic and her sister ships Olympic and Britannic were built, the £97m GBP (over $163 million USD; over €121 million) attraction that opened in Spring 2012, has transformed the historic city of Belfast from a location once blighted by trouble into a confident, vibrant and culturally rich tourist destination. More than 1.7 million visitors, many from North America, have experienced Titanic Belfast’s contemporary interpretation of Titanic’s story in its nine
The Slipways at Titanic Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the world’s most famous ship was built, is a spectacular and memorable place to visit. Games of Thrones, the hit HBO series, is filmed in Titanic Studios, top right of the picture.
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galleries. Only at Titanic Belfast can you claim to have walked the Slipway on which she was constructed. Only at Titanic Belfast can you wander through the breath-taking Drawing Offices where the ship was designed, or venture into the office of chief designer Thomas Andrews during the attraction’s Discovery Tour that complements the overall experience. As John Landau, Producer of the blockbuster movie TITANIC put it, you will “feel the weight of history on your shoulders” at Titanic Belfast. Just two hours from Dublin city centre, and accessible by plane, train and automobile, Titanic Belfast is a must-do for all North American and worldwide visitors to the island of Ireland.
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September – October 2014
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