The Linen House Hostel Location:
United Kingdom > North Ireland > Belfast
Zip code:
BT1 2JA
Address:
18-20 Kent Street
Category:
Self-Catering
Phones:
+442890586400, +442890586444
Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland, with 340,000 inhabitants a vibrant and lively city, where visitors have been welcome since the days when Beal Feirste (meaning The mouth of the river Farset) was not more than a wee settlement. Over the last two centuries Belfast developed into an industrial, administrative and university city. From 1916 to 1918 Belfast was the industrial capital of Europe, i. e. shipbuilding, rope works, linen industry, tobacco factories, whiskey distilleries, and aircraft industry. In 1911 the world-famous was built and launched in Belfast's HW shipyard. Today mainly buildings, places and street names remind of the once important industries. Belfasts features three universities: the Queen's University in the South of Belfast, the University of Ulster, Jordanstown Ca...