The locals pronounce the word

Belfast

in a special way so that the letter "a" has a triple length compared to the usual letter "a" in English: Belfaaast.
Belfast was almost the main industrial center of England and all over Europe. Now the heavy industry had left the Britain, leaving cranes as true icons.
In 1908-1914, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, and HMHS Britannic were built in Belfast.
Belfast Downtown looks like a trivial Western European city.
After a 15-year-old of truce very few things remind of the partition of the Irish people in the city center: for example, the 6 columns of the

Parliament building represent

6 counties of Ulster that have remained as a part of the United Kingdom.
Although, there are still graffiti painted walls in residential areas as well as a tension between communities.
Graffiti ("fresco") of the opposing communities look so good that it seems that they are usually refreshed for tourists.
"The murals" are painted on the security walls and on the gable facades of the buildings:
This is a functioning fence between the Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods: in the event of riots, the passaged is closed.
This is not a security wall. These are just high fences between the cottages and townhouses.
Schools seem to be fortified: it's a rather unusual view for Britain and Europe.
These are the churches. A brick building in the foreground is a Protestant church.
The

opera house

is combined with the circus.
The organic lamb meat is provided with a lifetime photo: