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Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest city, and is the second largest city, after Dublin, on the island of Ireland. Belfast has a population of over 275,000 people although over 575,000 people live in the Belfast Metropolitan area. A population of this size makes Belfast the UK's fifteenth largest city.
Belfast is located on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland and it is flanked by a series of hills to the northwest, one of these hills is the famous Cavehill, which is said to be Jonathan Swift found his inspiration for the novel Gulliver's Travels. Due to the location of Belfast being at the westerly end of Belfast Lough and being on the River Langan it was an ideal location for what was once a famous shipbuilding industry. In 1912 the Titanic was built in Belfast by Harland and Wolff who owned the largest ship yard in the world. They still claim the largest dry dock in the world, which is too in Belfast.
Belfast has a climate that is very temperate, on average the daily summer temperature is 18 degrees and this drops to around 6 degrees in the winter months. Belfast does suffer from significant rainfall, on average it rains for 213 days a year with 846 mm of rain.
Belfast contains over 40 public parks, the most popular of these being the Botanic Gardens located in the Queens Quarter. These gardens are home to the Palm house, which is one of the earliest cast iron, curvilinear glasshouses. Other attractions in the Botanic Gardens include the rose gardens and the Tropical Ravine. The gardens also host many live events form pop concerts to live opera.
The population of Belfast is spilt evenly between its Protestant and Catholic residents. Both of these cultures have contributed to the cities culture. Despite the troubles that the city has seen artists in Belfast have continued to express themselves through music, art and poetry. Since 1998 and the Good Friday Agreement Belfast has begun a cultural, social and economic transformation that has given it an improving cultural reputation internationally.
Car Hire Belfast is probably the best way to make sure that you get to see everything that the city has to offer, as Belfast is very much a car dependant city. It has an immense road network that includes the M2, which is a ten-lane motorway. Belfast is served by two airports, Belfast International Airport where most transatlantic and European flights. There is also the George Best Belfast City Airport serving the city. These two airports are the UK's 11th and 16th busiest respectively. The city of Belfast is also home to a large port whose main purposes are passenger ferry services and also for the importing and exporting of goods.
Auto Reservation Plus can cater for all of your Car Hire Belfast needs and will enable you to pick up your car from either of the airports making it a very convenient way to take in Belfast and its surrounding areas they can even offer you luxury car rental for that something a bit extra special.
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