Historical Belfast City

I've been living in Northern Ireland for nearly six years now and have worked quite a few of them in Belfast, although for some reason I've never actually taken any photos in or around this amazing city until now.



I guess it's because like most people who have something worth seeing right on their doorstep, they never actually get round to doing it because they can do it anytime they like! It was the same when I lived in Scotland. I was only a 40 mile drive from Loch Lommond but very rarely went there. Now that I'm living in Northern Ireland I wish I had made more of an effort to visit parts of Scotland like Loch Lommond when I was there.



Belfast is a city steeped in amazing history and one place that is really worth a visit is the titanic quarter, where the ill-fated titanic was built.(titanic dock and pump house shown above) This area is also home to the famous giant Harland and Wolff cranes which are fondly named "Samson and Goliath". These cranes dominate the skyline and can be seen from most parts of the city. Of course this area also still operates as a port today so some places are out of bounds to the general public and to photography as I found out when I tried to take some shots of the large operating cranes unloading the ships!



Now that I have been around the dock area its given me a taste to explore more of Belfast city, so if you have somewhere close by that you regularly think of visiting but never do, go and make a point of doing it and get out there now.