Liverpool is a city in northwestern England, situated on the north side of the river Mersey. Liverpool is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside County. The population of the city along with its suburbs is around 2 000 000 people. Liverpool is famous for its sports, mainly football; music and energetic nightlife. This is a city with incredible modern and ancient architecture, which you can see in the numerous museums, galleries and churches. The city was declared as the cultural capital of Europe in 2008. Liverpool’s 2 biggest landmarks are the 2 cathedrals: the Anglican Cathedral and the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral. The Anglican Cathedral is the largest in the UK and fifth largest in the world. The tower of the cathedral reaches a little over a 100 meters. The catholic cathedral has a modern appearance, round-shaped, also called by the locals the”Chimney of Mersey”. Incredibly spectacular are the 3 buildings near the port: The Port of Liverpool Building, built in 1907; the Cunard Building - 1913 and the Royal Liver Building, which is 97m high. On top of each of towers of the Royal Liver Building we have a statue of a big liver bird, the symbol of Liverpool. A lot of people come to visit the World Museum Liverpool, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Shipbuilding museum, where you can take a look at different exhibitions of the ships England used at the time of Queen Victoria, George the 3rd and others, when Great Britain was invincible in the seas. You can also recall the great stories about 3 of the biggest shipwrecks associated with Liverpool: “Titanic, “RMS Lusitania” and “The Forgotten Empress”. The city has two Premier League football clubs: Everton and Liverpool F.C. , being the most successful team in English football with numerous titles and trophies. Liverpool plays its games at “Anfield stadium”. This amazing city is also home to the one of the most memorable and significant rock bands and namely “The Beatles”, as well as to other bands like: Cream, Atomic Kitten, The Coral, The Farm, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. You must visit the Beatles museum in Liverpool, where you will find wax figures of the band itself and also John Lennon’s rooms with his guitar and piano. A big attraction is Cavern Club, where The Beatles started from. Near the club is the wall with platinum records of the Beatles and a few meters away there is a sculpture of John Lennon.
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