Northern England City Special

Edition #7 2019

This quarter we take you to the North of England; a mini-special about a train journey with the TransPennine Express. Let’s go to Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Hull and Newcastle! And do you know these five national parks in North-England yet?

In this edition

Manchester

Cottonpolis disappeared, the busy bees remained

From Roman fortress to insignificant village, from the largest industrial city in the world to a post-industrial teardrop to a centre of innovation and optimism: Manchester has experienced everything. Today,..

Liverpool

Fab Four – and a lot more

The Beatles grew up when their hometown experienced its “darkest hour”. Their unparalleled career would prove to be the harbinger of the city’s development, which even without its most famous..

Hull

A turbulent past, a surprising present

Over the centuries, Hull has always been an important seaport. Even today, many European people are starting their visit to Northern England in this city, which itself is proving particularly..

Northern England

5 National Parks

Northern England has no less than five national parks. Each with its very own character, but each of them as special as the next. WideOyster Magazine meets nostalgic fishermen's villages,..

Newcastle

Hip and historical, but proud of its rough edges

Newcastle, actually half of NewcastleGateshead, is bustling on the banks of the Tyne, but not only there. The city, with its characteristic differences in height, embraces new developments and is..

Leeds

From Dark Satanic Mills to Shopping Mecca

When you tell people you’re from Leeds they are usually unsure of where it is and what there is to do. The revitalised city was once called the “Knightsbridge” of..

Travel Essentials

Deuter

Kikki Kid’s Backpack

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Editorial

North of England City Experience

'The Fab Four, Manchester United, The Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall. They are only four names. But everyone knows them. What they have in common is that they all come from Northern England'.

Dear travellers,

With Brexit approaching fast, we almost forget something else: what a wonderfully beautiful country England is. And Northern England in particular. The Fab Four, Manchester United, The Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall. They are only four names. But everyone knows them. What they have in common is that they all come from Northern England.

The five cities of Northern England, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Hull are connected by a rather beautiful train route on which you can take the ’North of England City Experience’ via the TransPennine Express train company.

A train journey straight through the Pennines, a mountain range that runs through Northern England. The Pennines are also called the most beautiful nature reserve in England for its incredible landscape of green hills and peaks. The highest peak of the Pennines is 914 m above sea level.

The five Cities of Northern England are currently quite up-and-coming. The old industrial capitals of the north are bursting with art galleries, street art, exhibitions, events and festivals. But you will also find great national parks outside the cities. All the more reason to spend an entire edition on the North of England.

Marco Barneveld

|Global Editor-in-Chief

Masthead

Global Editor-in-Chief

Marco Barneveld

Creative Director

Frits Meyst

Executive Editor

Barbera Bosma

Editor-in-Chief Spanish

Javier González

Editor-in-Chief German

Malte Clavin

Technical Editor

Hendrik Morkel

Contributors

Hans Bouman

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Wining and Dining

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