 Belfast
is one of the youngest capital cities in the world and it has grown incredibly fast. Today
the city has a population of 400,000, nearly a third of the entire population of Northern
Ireland, but in the 17th century it was only village. Then, during the 19th century,
the development of industries like linen, rope-making, engineering, tobacco and the
sea-trade doubled the town's size every ten years. The city is well-known for shipbuilding
- it was here the 'Titanic', was built and sent out on her fatal maiden voyage.
Some of the Belfast streets have often been the
scenes of violence - street-names such as the Falls Road and Shankill Road are well known
throughout Britain because they have been heard so often on the news - but people still
live in Belfast, and they can and do go out and enjoy the themselves. In spite of the
years of trouble, there are many cultural and leisure facilities.
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