Belfast's centrepiece, City Hall, is one of the few Neoclassical buildings open to the public - and there are free guided tours. Fine Victorian gin palace with a colourful tiled decor and several self-contained snugs for confidential encounters. Long-time focal point for the Troubles, communities here are still divided by the Peace Line.
Many murals are in evidence and locations familiar from news broadcasts.
More on points of interest in the Rough Guide to Belfast Overview Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland. More than a third of the province's 1.5 million population live within the Belfast conurbation and, consequently, there's a pace and bustle about the place that you'll find almost nowhere else in the North. The streets leading northwards from Donegall Square are now packed with chain stores and new shopping precincts. Belfast is a place for getting out and about and there's plenty here to experience. This need not take more than a couple of days, though the city is also an easy base from which to visit virtually anywhere else in the North.