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Manchester [1] is one of the major cities in the UK. It is the main city in the North West of England. For most of the last two hundred years it was the largest city in Lancashire, but is now the centre of its own metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, which has a population of over 2.5 million.
Manchester is world-renowned for its influence on the histories of industry and music, and for its sporting connections. It is one of the most gay-friendly and multicultural cities in Europe, and boasts the largest university in Britain.
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- The Manchester Wheel, in Exchange Square in the Millennium Quarter is a good way of seeing Manchester from an elevated height!
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- Visit the Trafford area and take a 90 min Tourist Tracks MP3 walking tour (can be downloaded here , £5) of this area of fascinating industrial heritage. Includes information on Old Trafford Cricket Ground and Manchester United FC.
- Manchester has a couple of big multi screen cinemas located centrally, AMC off Oxford Street (as cheap as £3.20 if you're a student) and Odeon in the Printworks show the usual Hollywood fare, The Cornerhouse on Oxford Road tends to show smaller, independant, arthouse and foreign language movies. There is an IMAX inside The Odeon in the Printworks.
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Manchester is a huge city, so all individual listings should be moved to the appropriate district articles. Please help sort them out if you are familiar with this city.
As you would expect from such a cosmopolitan city, Manchester has a huge selection of restaurants and eateries that serve a vast array of cuisines. Look hard enough and you will be able find any type of international food. It is also worth exploring some of the suburbs for supurb small independant bistros / restaurants. West Didsbury and Chorlton are noted for their large number of great eateries.
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