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Mini Guide to Newcastle Airport
Newcastle is the largest city in the North East: a place with a fiercely proud industrial heritage, sporting tradition, and a notoriously - how shall we put this delicately? - lively nightlife. Geordies have a reputation for working hard - and playing even harder. A night out in Newcastle’s infamous Bigg Market is not forgotten easily; just ask the creators of the adult comic Viz, some of whose creations bear marked resemblances to the sights one might witness around the Market late on a Saturday night. One of Newcastle’s great trump cards is a cheap and efficient Metro system, which links disparate parts of the city with far greater ease than the London Underground. So it’s easy to get around from, say, a day trip to Beamish, the working history museum, to a weekend in Gateshead, whose Baltic Centre and Quays development mark it as yet another part of the current Tyneside renaissance. The river Tyne hosts two of the city’s most prominent monuments. The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is an impressive recent addition to the local skyline, but inevitably pales beside the Tyne Bridge itself, constructed by the same company which built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a stunning sight at night when viewed from the Quayside. Culturally, Newcastle can offer the Theatre Royal, a third home for the Royal Shakespeare Company after Stratford and London. But the city’s real theatre plays out in sporting arenas: St. James’s Park, for example, home to Newcastle United Football Club, where passionate crowds have cheered a roll-call of sporting legends throughout its 125 year history. A quirk of the Northern climate means that ice hockey is unusually popular in this neck of the woods, whether played by the Newcastle Vipers or the nearby Whitley Warriors. Lest all this sound too chilly, the stunning Angel of the North - the UK’s largest sculpture, on the outskirts of the city - extends to everyone the warmest possible welcome.
Other useful Newcastle travel websites
- Newcastle Airport - Official Website for Newcastle International Airport
- Newcastle Airport Fan - Website dedicated to everything you need to know about Newcastle Airport, including the latest news and details about all of the destinations served by flights from Newcastle.
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