Belfast Bucket List: The 10 Best Things to See and Do, Belfast, Ireland

Arriving by car in Belfast’s city centre, the end of a journey from Northwest Ireland that skirts past many towns and villages, you cannot fail to admire the city’s appeal as it has a pace and bustle you’ll find nowhere else in Northern Ireland.

The city’s core is Donegall Square, with the City Hall in its centre offering self-guided tours from Belfast’s past to the present.

To the South lies one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities with a global reputation for excellence; Queen’s University and the Ulster Museum, where you can see an ancient Egyptian mummy.

A trip to Northern Ireland would not be complete without some time spent exploring the streets of Belfast, and luckily, that is an easy dream to achieve. You’ll find a range of tours that all begin in either Dublin or Belfast, and, depending on what you want to do, you can travel through the rest of the country from there.

Belfast is Northern Ireland’s largest and most populous city, with almost half a million people calling it home.

There is a wealth of activities, sights and cultural experiences, and many excellent places to eat and drink that we barely know where to start.

The cities of Derry and Armagh also have plenty to offer - why not extend your trip, add a second city into the mix and move on to one (or even both) of these places once your stay in Belfast is over? ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).