I turned up in Belfast expecting a city still defined by its past. What I found instead was a place that has done something genuinely impressive: it has turned that past into something you can actually engage with, rather than just feel awkward around. Titanic Belfast alone would justify the trip. The fact that there […]
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Packing Lists, Northern Ireland
Belfast Packing List: What You Actually Need (2026 Guide — Don’t Overpack)
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I turned up to Belfast once with a coat so heavy it could have doubled as body armour. Wore it twice. Spent the rest of the trip in a lightweight waterproof jacket I nearly left at home because I thought it looked a bit sad. Lesson learned, eventually. Belfast’s weather has a personality. It’s not […]
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I’ll be honest: before our first trip to Belfast, I had done the kind of obsessive pre-trip research that would embarrass a PhD student. Conflict murals, the Peace Walls, the Troubles, Orange parades. I had basically talked myself into thinking we were heading somewhere genuinely tense. We arrived, walked around the city centre for about […]
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I turned up in Belfast expecting decent pub grub and left genuinely annoyed at myself for not booking more dinners in advance. The city has Michelin-starred restaurants, a market that deserves half your Saturday, and a deli that has been doing its thing since 1897. I had no idea. Past-me was, frankly, underprepared. Here is […]
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I’ll be honest, I spent way too long agonizing over which part of Belfast to book before our first visit. I read everything, made a spreadsheet (yes, really), and still nearly ended up in entirely the wrong place. So let me save you the faff. Belfast is compact, walkable if you pick a central base, […]
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