ALI’S PERSONAL TOUR

2022-09-28 -

Favourite shop HUNTER PAPER COMPANY

This lovely little independent shop run by Emma and Ross is a notebook paradise. Plus they have vintage typewriters and provide supplies so you can write a letter to someone you love or the first page of your novel… hunterpaperco.com

Favourite bookshop NO ALIBIS

Independent, stocks lots of Irish authors and poets, and has great recommendations from the staff. noalibis.com

Favourite gallery THE GOLDEN THREAD

Showcases the work of local artists and holds curator talks on all aspects of art. If your visit leaves you feeling inspired, pop round the corner to the Black Box and join Real Sketchy, a live sketching event on Thursday nights, 9–11pm. goldenthreadgallery.co.uk blackboxbelfast.com

Favourite restaurant A PECULIAR TEA

Run by chef Gemma Austin, the all-female kitchen produces quirky and brilliant menus that you’ll talk about for weeks. a-peculiar-tea.com

Favourite way to spend an hour

Mooching in The Linen Hall library. For £5 you can have a guided tour of the archives, or if you think your granny’s Irish, book a genealogy workshop. linenhall.com

Place to see by night

The City Hall – Belfast knows how to light a public building. belfastcity.gov.uk/cityhall

Best view

Head to The Observatory Cocktail bar at the top of

The Grand Central Hotel for a view of the city that doesn’t mean climbing Cave Hill. grandcentralhotelbelfast.com/ observatory

One must-see

Samson and Goliath. The two yellow cranes are the unofficial guardians of the city and a sign of its ship-building past. visitbelfast.com/partners/ samson-goliath-cranes

?? ?? 2 ALI MCCLINTOCK WARNER is an accidental digital nomad who can usually be found in Belfast, London, or somewhere in between. She plots her and her family’s adventures on Instagram: @warnerali — 2 ALI MCCLINTOCK WARNER is an accidental digital nomad who can usually be found in Belfast, London, or somewhere in between. She plots her and her family’s adventures on Instagram: @warnerali

?? ?? Immortalised on 1 a downpipe in Wine Cellar Entry, is Belfast fiddler, Cocky Bendy Legs (with a name like that, no wonder he became well known). Samson 2 and Goliath, two shipbuilding gantry cranes, dominate the Belfast skyline.
Recommended 3 reading at No Alibis.
A peculiar cocktail 4 at A Peculiar Tea 1 — Immortalised on 1 a downpipe in Wine Cellar Entry, is Belfast fiddler, Cocky Bendy Legs (with a name like that, no wonder he became well known). Samson 2 and Goliath, two shipbuilding gantry cranes, dominate the Belfast skyline. Recommended 3 reading at No Alibis. A peculiar cocktail 4 at A Peculiar Tea 1