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Belfast Walking Tours

Discover the vibrant city of Belfast with our award-winning walking tours. Whether you’re interested in history, politics, culture or just looking for a fun way to explore the city, our experienced guides will provide you with an in-depth and unforgettable experience. 

Our tours stand out for their commitment to quality and enthusiasm. We don’t just walk around aimlessly, we provide insightful stories and detailed information about the most fascinating sights in Belfast. Our friendly and charming guides ensure that your tour is both informative and fun. 

Don’t just take our word for it – we have a stellar reputation on major tourism social media channels with countless five-star reviews from satisfied customers. We know what we’re talking about. We love Belfast so much we wrote a book on it and we love sharing Belfast with you. Join us and discover the very best of Belfast, we can’t wait to show you around. Book your spot on one of our walking tours today!

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Explore Belfast's charm through the diverse tours at Belfastology Walking Tours . From leisurely city strolls to immersive experiences like the Belfast political mural street art and peace gate tour, I offer emotive and enjoyable tours of Belfast.

I lead each walking tour, and my extensive knowledge about the city reveals the city's rich history and cultural treasures. Whether you're intrigued by art, history, or family-friendly outings, I have the perfect adventure.

Browse the tour options and let the exploration of Belfast's stories begin! You can contact me today to book a Belfast walking tour.

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Explore The Architectural Marvels

Eclectic Belfast City Centre Walking Tour

Discover the charm of Belfast through my famous eclectic Belfast City Centre walking tour. Starting from City Hall and winding through the city's vibrant streets, your journey concludes in the iconic Cathedral Quarter. Indulge yourself in over 400 years of history, exploring Belfast's unique architecture and hearing colourful narratives that shaped the city.

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Belfast Political Mural Street Art And Peace Gate

Step into a 3-hour journey and discover modern street art by international artists. Explore controversial political murals in the West and learn about Northern Ireland's peace efforts. Witness the 're-imaging' project, bringing community-driven street art to life. Join me for this experience, discovering the evolving street art narrative and the resilience of its communities in the pursuit of peace.

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Music And Street Art Experience

Join me for a distinctive Belfast exploration – not your typical pub crawl. Beginning in St. Annes Square, I'll guide you through the city's music history, showcase international street art, and provide insights into Belfast's past. While we won't visit every pub, we'll pause at selected venues for live music and a local vibe. The experience concludes in time for transportation, allowing you to revisit preferred spots later.

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Seasonal Family Belfast City Centre

Join me on a leisurely walking tour to discover the city's vibrant street art and unique history, born on the banks of four rivers. This family-friendly adventure is designed for all visitors and locals alike, showcasing seasonal sights and offering insights into the city's free events and things to do. Perfect for families under 18, they are welcome with at least one paying adult.

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C.S Lewis Square To The Bigfish

Begin at C.S. Lewis Square, home to The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe sculptures, where you'll explore the history of Belfast and its origins.

Wander through the park into East Belfast to witness modern street art and political murals from the Troubles era and explore the neighbourhood where Titanic shipbuilder workers lived in the 1890s.

Eco Train Experience

Join an eco-train experience departing from Belfast to Derry/Londonderry. Discover a Game of Thrones site, stroll along a sandy beach, and take a scenic train ride into the city. Explore the iconic Peace Bridge and choose to end your day there or return to Belfast in the evening. This eco-friendly journey offers stunning views along a Railway journey of the World, providing a sustainable exploration of Northern Ireland's beauty.

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Eco Coach Journey

Experience an eco coach Journey, a local bus tour departing from Belfast's Glengall Street Bus Station. Discover an area of outstanding natural beauty and a Norman castle as we explore the picturesque route to Dundrum. Take a leisurely walk through Murlough Nature Reserve, and either return with me to Belfast or explore this enchanting area at your own pace.

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Get the ultimate Belfast experience on this sightseeing walking tour. This tour starts at Cotton Court in the heart of the historic Cathedral Quarter (opposite the Merchant Hotel) and finishes at the iconic Belfast City Hall. 

This introduction tour is a great insight into the city’s historic past, vibrant present and exciting future.  It showcases our favourite things to see and do in Belfast from our amazing architecture, awesome art, historic monuments and public realm. On route you will pass quirky museums, centuries old taverns as well as the more modern bars housed in converted whiskey warehouses.

Belfast City Hall is the ideal place to finish our tour, where you can enjoy lunch or coffee in the beautiful Bobbin Cafe before exploring the free, self-guided visitor exhibitions, the beautiful stained glass and opulent marble halls, which chart the history of the city from a quiet hamlet, to the vibrant, attractive city it is today, mapping the major political events along the way.

Come join us for an enjoyable walk through town and time!

EXPERIENCE BELFAST ARTS & CULTURE

Explore one of the street art capitals of the world and the subtle messages on the walls. With its eclectic music scene and lively mix of bars and restaurants, you’ll wish you were staying in Belfast a wee bit longer.  

VISIT HISTORIC LANDMARKS

Our walking tour encompasses major landmarks and iconic sites of the city. Our Belfast story is told through its landmarks, its public realm and sculptures, its people, street names and the industries that made the city what it is today

TAKE IN THE EXQUISITE ARCHITECTURE

Steeped in Victorian history – you can find out so much about Belfast by just looking up and around at its historic buildings – they tell their own stories, not just about the individual buildings and the people who built them, but also about the city at that time and its subsequent development.  

PLENTY OF PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES

Belfast is a treasure trove for photography lovers, with some of the most instagrammable locations, buildings, street art and monuments on our tour route.

From the most photographed neon umbrellas in the most picturesque street in Ireland, the ‘Big Fish’, the Albert Clock, the famous cranes of Harland & Wolff, Titanic Belfast, the dome at Victoria Square to Belfast City Hall. Sightseeing at its best!

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Belfast Free Walking Tour

Tour departs from City Hall, Opposite "Visit Belfast" Tourist Office   Every day at 11 am & 2.30 pm 

We at Belfast Free Walking Tour are delighted to welcome you to the capital of Northern Ireland. we invite you to join us to explore the city with us during your stay.   What better way to understand the history, the people, and the stories that helped shape this city, from the early days of the Norman Conquest, through the arrival of the English and the Industrial Revolution to modern-day Belfast with one of our passionate and entertaining local guides who will weave stories that will make you laugh and maybe even bring a tear to your eye. The highest quality is guaranteed on this tour because it is entirely tips-based. Your guide does not get paid by the city or any business to deliver your tour but will accept a donation at the end if you wish to leave one. Please feel free to tip your guide according to your budget and how much you enjoyed the tour.  Unfortunately, we can not take groups of 7 or more on this tour, if you are traveling with a group of eight or more please contact us, and will endeavor to arrange a private tou r for you.

On this tour, we will explore the history of the city and the people

We'll visit famous places such as:

• the docklands & the lagan river, • cathedral quarter, • belfast city hall, • belfast entries, • albert clock  , • the big fish .

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Belfast City Walking Tours & Coach Guiding Services

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Belfast City Walking Tours and Coach Guide Services provide fully qualified and experienced local guide.

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Here at Belfast Hidden Tours we love to showcase our wonderful city to visitors from all around the world and to those closer to home.



It is our aim to bring as much fun and craic to our experiences and tours. We pride ourselves on working with the best the city has to offer; from our tour guides, performers, pubs, food and even the random Belfastions you may come across on your journeys.



Join us and find out why we are so passionate about our great city.

Browse our Tours

To get a great understanding of our people, places and products take one of our many city centre based tours. From our ‘bread and butter’ tour Belfast Boasts to bespoke tours on such topics as literature, peace walls, graveyards and churches. Pick a tour which interests you the most.

Belfast Hidden Tours guides all are passionate, professional and most importantly great fun (craic) so be sure to book us into your visit to Belfast.

Belfast Culture

You can’t have a visit to Belfast without getting to immerse yourself in the citys great culture and nightlife. Be sure to sample our local drinks while enjoying some of the best professional Irish dancers and traditional musicians.

Let Belfast Hidden Tours and in particular the team from ‘The Belfast Story’ provide the best entertainment in the city on your visit. We’ll have you dancing and singing in no time!

Food & Drinks

If you’ve got down this far, your in for a treat. Belfast and the surrounding areas are some of the best for farming and food produce in the world. Sample and savour these whilst hearing the stories and myths behind these.

Hear about the food and produce of our city in our Barneys Belfast food tour or else come and be merry as we explore the drinks of our city in Belfast Toasts.

Over the years our company has continuously created tour products with the needs of our visitors at the heart of the experience. We pride ourselves in striving to have the most creative and enjoyable tour products locally offered.

Why not come and try for yourself and immerse yourself in the weird and wonderful of our city. Due to the current global travel situation, keep an eye on here for online options for those from afar.

Anyone in the know, will tell you that Game of Thrones changed the landscape of home entertainment and had millions of viewers worldwide hooked on this epic. We would love to have you join us as we explore the ‘Home of Thrones’.

We have some fantastic local tales and myths to show you that Westeros is closer to home than you think and of course a chance to get dressed up and be your favourite thrones character.

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Belfast City Tours

Walking Tours Belfast was set up in 2018 by professionally trained Blue Badge Guides. Our aim is to provide Walking Tours that help you understand the stories of Belfast while entertaining you along the way.

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We specialise in Belfast City tours – but we can also tailor tours that are personal and designed to meet your needs – so if you’re looking for things to do in Northern Ireland then get in touch.

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A unique and riveting journey into the most recent conflict in Irish history,  Belfast Mural Tours  is a transport-based tour with ample opportunities to stop, exit the vehicle, and take amazing photographs of the world’s largest outdoor art gallery.  Accompanied by a local, knowledgeable, and certified guide, our tour delves into the stories behind each mural, the people, the neighbourhood, and history of the locality. We at  Belfast Mural Tours  are on-hand to answer all and any questions asked with our own personal experiences and stories. Standard tours are one and a half hours in duration but can be extended on request and pick-up and return to your city centre hotel is included. We also offer other unique Belfast tours to help you discover and explore our home!

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Coldplay Dublin stage times, support acts, gate information, banned items and more for Croke Park shows

Thousands of fans from NI will travel to Dublin to attend the band's four sold-out shows

• 19:17, 28 AUG 2024

The countdown is on to Coldplay's highly anticipated return to Dublin for their sold-out run at Croke Park.

Taking over the city from August 29 to September 2, the band's Music of the Spheres world tour marks the first time the band has performed in Ireland since 2017.

Thousands of fans will make the journey from the north to Dublin over the next four days to attend one of the biggest tours of the year.

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We have rounded up some essential information for NI Coldplay fans ahead of the Croke Park shows:

Coldplay Dublin stage times:

Coldplay will be supported by Aby Coulibaly and Maggie Rogers at their Dublin shows.

Stage times are as follows:

• Aby Couilbaly 6:30pm
• Maggie Rogers 7:15pm
• Coldplay 8:30pm

Coldplay Croke Park gate information

Gates open at Croke Park at 5pm for each of the four shows.

There are multiple entry points to the stadium and you must follow whichever colour route is stated on your ticket. The approach routes are as follows:

BLUE ROUTE (Hogan Stand): Enter via Jones Road and Russell Street. RED ROUTE (Cusack Stand): Enter via St James Avenue and Foster Terrace. YELLOW ROUTE (Davin Stand): Enter via St Margaret's Terrace. GREEN ROUTE (PITCH A): Enter via Josephs Avenue. RED ROUTE (PITCH B & C): Enter via St James Avenue and Foster Terrace.

Transport from NI to Croke Park for Coldplay

Translink had organised a number of special event travel coaches from Belfast and Derry for each of the four concert dates - however, these are now entirely sold out.

Promoters MCD have said: "Plan and book your return travel arrangements in advance, allowing at least an extra 3 hours travel time to and from the venue.

"As traffic and parking delays are inevitable you are strongly encouraged to walk, use public transport and private coach services.

"Promoters do not operate transport to/from the venue, this is a matter for customers to arrange in advance."

For transport around Dublin when you arrive:

The following Dublin Bus routes serve Croke Park: 1, 6, 7(a), 11, 13, 15, 16, 27(a/b), 33, 40(b/d/e), 41(b/c/d), 42, 43, 44, 53a, 122, 123, 130, H1, H2, H3.

Train and Luas

Drumcondra Station is a five minute walk from the stadium and located on the Maynooth, Grand Canal Dock, Longford and Sligo routes.

For those travelling by DART, both Connolly and Clontarf stations are less than a 30 minute walk from Croke Park. The Luas Red Line stop at Connolly and the Luas Green Line stops at Parnell and Marlborough are also within walking distance.

NOTE - There is no parking at the venue and those arriving by car are encouraged to use city centre car parks.

Banned items and things to know before the show:

According to the promoters:

• Customers should plan to be within the venue 45 mins before show starts.
• Due to health and safety, there are strictly no camping/collapsible chairs/ stools permitted in the venue. Please do not bring these items as security will have to refuse you entry with them.
• This event will take place rain, hail or shine. Please check the weather forecast and dress accordingly for Irish weather think wellies, boots or runners, layers, raincoats/ponchos and suncream but remember no umbrellas.
• Strict security checks will be in operation. Everyone will be subject to a search permissible under law, per Purchase Policy. It is a condition to entry, to protect everyone's safety. Additional searches may take place once inside the venue.
• Bags larger than A4 (bags do not need to be clear), glass or cans, umbrellas, alcohol, garden furniture, selfie sticks, flares, professional cameras and audio recording equipment will not be permitted.
• Patrons are especially advised not to bring large bags/backpacks as they will be refused entry. There will be no storage facilities on-site. Any items left at entrances / in surrounding areas will be removed and disposed of accordingly.
• Bottle policy: Empty, soft collapsible reusable bottles (maximum 0.5 L). No metal / no glass.
• No professional cameras or cameras with a detachable lens, video cameras or audio recording devices, iPads/tablets or GoPros. Cameras with a lens larger than the face of a regular watch (40mm) are NOT allowed. No 4/8K cameras. Please note: "click-clack" type film cameras are allowed, as are mobile phones & smart phones.
• No flagpoles. Banners, flags or posters should fit inside bags when folded away.
• Obey the stewards and Gardaí and instructions given over the public address for your own safety.
• There are no re-admissions to the concert. If you leave, there is no re-entry.
• Promoter reserves the right to refuse admission without refund to anyone who fails to comply with these T&Cs, as agreed by customer and per Ticketmaster Purchase Policy.
• Don't rush to exits after the concerts.

For further information about Coldplay in Dublin, see here

Last minute tickets

All four gigs are completely sold out.

However, you can keep an eye on Ticketmaster for any last minute resale tickets.

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