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Having spent most of my working life and a major chunk of my lifespan count commuting from home in north Delhi to office in central Delhi, it always comes as a great relief to visit any place small in comparison, where anything is reachable in a few minutes, whether by vehicle or by foot. Even Chennai, also a metropolitan city, is not so bad when it comes to distances.
But Belfast is a dream. Arriving here yesterday late afternoon with a flight delayed by three hours due to bird hit, there wasn’t much time to experience the city. But once I set out walking from the hotel on Church Lane – the room has just enough space for a large bed, so you do need to unfurl your limbs – I found myself in the Titanic Quarter, the location of the new Titanic Belfast museum and visitor centre. Shaped like the bows of a ship, it looks luminous and stately as it reflects the setting sun, set against a blue sky, with bright yellow daffodils swaying in the foreground.
Built at a cost of GBP 97 million in 2012 to commemorate one hundred years of the sinking of the famous ocean liner Titanic – that got immortalized in the movie of that name with Kate Winslet and Leornado di Caprio – the Titanic Belfast contains nine galleries spread over four floors. One day is not enough if you are keen to know all there is to know about the ship, the incident and all the stories that go with it. It also tells the story of Boomtown Belfast (learning about the lives of the workers who built the ship and the lives of the passengers and crew who made the fateful voyage) to the present day with live streaming from where the wreck lies at rest on the ocean floor.
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