Biography of Manchester

Photo of Manchester If the night Moscow from the window of the aircraft is the gold chains of auto tracks similar to the streams of hot lava, spreading from the center of the dark city volcano, then the lanterns of Manchester from a height of a couple of kilometers resemble a pearl yellow-white placer. And therefore, landing, you feel like a jewel, not otherwise.

Fast customs, baggage, taxis and rest in a cozy hotel - a worthy end of the day and the beginning of the next adventure. Creativity, creativity and once again creativity. Manchester lives in an amazing rhythm that is inherent only to him, when everyone is involved in the creative process. The walls of former cotton -spaces and storage facilities made of red brick through the efforts of dozens of painters turned into an open -air gallery.

Street artists make preliminary sketches, affirm them among the city authorities and create something on the walls of buildings, reflecting their inner world, experiencing other personalities and philosophy. These are real paintings, only instead of a museum dome - the sky, instead of a watercolor - paint in a spray can, and on brick "canvases" - flowers, people, birds, animals, abstract figures and portraits of legendary musicians and actors.

To go to this city to enjoy live music is the right decision, because Manchester is the birthplace of world -famous music teams. Here, in the year, the Sex Pistols Pistols played the first non-packed concert for 35 people-so impressed by the listeners that many of them themselves later became punk rockers. And here Sex Pistols first performed in the television show, after which they became world famous, pushing the creative search for other musicians - Joy Division, The Buzzcocks and The Smiths, which gave rise to a new, psychedelic style in music - Madchester.

The Stone Roses, Oasis and dozens, hundreds of other famous and little -known teams grew and developed here. The whole "Manchester wave" came from here: from pubs, clubs and from the streets of the city. Gorilla and The Deaf Institute clubs are top -end music sites with an intimate atmosphere. Locals say that these are the best places for dates. A variety of styles mixed in the architecture of the city, from Gothic to Haytek, and it does not look strange.

It is enough to look at the Royal Exchange Exchange Theater Royal Exchange Exchange Theater, connecting neoclassicism with neo -barroarco: its repertoire is equally eclectic, there is everything from classics to modern drama. The scene is located in the center of the hall, like an arena, involving the audience in the performance and connecting them with an invisible thread with the actors.

A several minutes of walking from the theater, the Gothic Manchester Cathedral rises, the construction of which began in the 15th century and lasted more than years. Children's poetic contests, religious concerts and even feasts are constantly held in the temple. At the same time, the cathedral is active: behind a carved wooden partition is the altar part, where worship is held.

Time - five in the afternoon? Be sure to find the nearest cafe to drink tea. Having left the cathedral, just cross the street to find yourself in the Proper Tea cafe, where you will be offered 50 varieties of tea, original desserts and snacks. Here, the modern vision and tastes of traditional English tea drinking are inseparable from aesthetic pleasure - it was not for nothing that this institution was nominated for the title of “cafe of the year” at the last year's Manchester Festival.

If you are lucky to get to the home-made fief-ocker, you will find out that the British traditionally start their tea ceremony with the question “Who will be a mother? A person who will care for everyone is assigned to the position of “mother”, pouring tea from a large custard teapot and offering milk. For entering many galleries, museums, libraries and exhibition halls you will not pay a pound.

From gratitude, you can voluntarily donate a certain amount, but this is not necessary. There are three Free bus routes in the city orange, green and purple. Using only them, you can get to almost all the iconic places of Manchester. For example, the green route will deliver you to the Caslfield Gallery. What you see here can hit, cause delight or disgust, make fun, but certainly will not leave indifferent.

Such is contemporary art in its various manifestations. The sensation that arises in the exhibition halls of the Gallery "Whitworth", built in the year, is completely different: absolute lightness and weightlessness due to the bright and filled air space. The gallery contains about 55 thousand watercolor, textile works, wallpaper, sculptures and painting. Of course, not everything is exhibited, but the expositions on the ground floor are regularly updated and will not let the frequent guest get bored.

The gallery holds master classes and lectures, where you can prove yourself in creativity or become an active listener.And as a pleasant bonus, you can please yourself with a cup of tea in the cozy cafe of the gallery, because there are all the tables - at the window with a view of the stunning new park, designed by Sarah Price, which also participated in the creation of the Olympic Park in London.

Until the end of May, an exhibition of the English sculptor and a master of installations of Cornelia Parker, who was recognized due to the ability to turn ordinary objects into extraordinary compositions, is working here. Another object that is directly exploding consciousness is the meter painting “Sludge Nature” by the modern Chinese artist Tsai Gotsyan, drawn ...

gunpowder. The picture for the first time in many years left Hiroshima and is exhibited in the gallery until June 21. At a 15 -minute walk from here is the house of the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell - she bequeathed that her Manchester dwelling gather and delight the guests. Years have passed, but the last will of Mrs. Gaskell is still unquestioning. Recently, the house was reconstructed, which cost 2.5 million pounds, after which the mansion turned into a “living” monument of literature and culture.

His visit will be remembered for kinesthetics, because here you can touch absolutely all interior items! Sit down at the table, take a pen, paper and a confident hand write a couple of lines, being in the very place where legendary novels were born - one of them, “North and South”, is dedicated to the industrial Manchester, and it is in it that the city is called Milton.

The cost of an annual subscription for a visit to Gaskell's house is only 4.95 pounds. You can pre -order lunch and without exaggeration to enjoy the true traditional English hospitality. Home cuisine is located in the lower floor of the house. Dishes prepared with special love, and delightful tea with apple biscuit will fill the body and soul with special, literary and creative energy.

Touching history - in the literal sense of the word - is possible in the Coilmaking Library, located in the old Manchester building. It was erected in the year. It is as if you travel in time when from modernity through thick oak doors you get inside several centuries ago. Here, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued and discussed world manifestos. The table, at which the "Manifesto of the Communist Party" was born, is still here.

Like the books of those times - they are in cabinets under the castle, but if necessary, you can use it for free. It would seem, in the order of things for the inhabitants of the conservative kingdom? But no. It is in London and in the south of England that Office Plankton is moving towards pubs and restaurants immediately after work, everything is different in Manchester and in the northern British: at the end of the working day, the townspeople first go home, drink tea, preach and only then go out.

Why so? The British from the north was once used to hard work in factories, sometimes very exhausting, so they looked forward to Saturday or a suitable evening to look “from a needle”, as far as possible. That is why in Manchester or York the British is in the blood and you are unlikely to see someone in a coat in the evening, even if it is really cold. The northern English soul is wide open and quite extravagant.

By the way, there was a symbol of the working Manchester, there is and will be a bee. Images of bees can be found on poles, urns, roads, houses and, of course, the coat of arms of the city. Rumor has it that ten apiaries are still functioning in Manchester. People here are sincerely friendly and hospitable, and it is felt. Many festivals are held in the city, and you will probably find your own - musical, designer, cultural, cinematic or dance.

The Manchester International Festival, which will be held in July, is 18 days of music, visual art, theater, dance and continuous stream of creativity from all over the world. Critics recognize him as one of the most radical and significant among world cultural events. Already, the organizers are opening some secrets, announcing the first show “The age of the star radiance” dedicated to the birth of a galaxy.

It will be involved in the debate of the English physicist Brian Koks, inventor Roni Abovitsa and the team of the creators of the film "Gravity". In total, about 20 different entertainment programs will be organized at the festival. Regardless of the date on the calendar, you will find the grandiose project “House”. His idea is that everyone who finds himself in this new city space, in a truly impressive and ergonomic complex, has found something of his own.

Anyone who loves the theater will discover a movie for himself. Anyone who loves cinema will discover painting for himself or want to learn a foreign language. This is a place where you can chat in a relaxed atmosphere with artists, enjoy the performance in the theater and look into the bar to listen to music or make acquaintance. Allegedly, in a circle by car, the British follow clockwise, which is the movement “from God”, while the movement counterclockwise is “from the devil”.

After all, we must somehow justify yourself when almost the whole world goes differently.By the way, if you are for the first time in the UK, do not forget about left -handed movement even on the sidewalk, because people walk, as they go, also on the left side. And even gray geese, which can be found on the streets of the city, seems to follow the general rules, funny from paws to the paw.

Speaking of Manchester, one cannot fail to mention football. People far from this sport-and those heard something about the Manchester United team. Their home stadium "Old Trafford" is visited daily by thousands of tourists, and among them not all are fans of the legendary club. In total in the city about! You can find out everything or almost everything about the Manchester teams in the National Football Museum, which from the year opens its doors for free to all fans and simply curious.

The museum building looks modern and impressive - from afar it resembles glass sneakers. Around him, young people ride bicycles and skateboards, and anyone can lie on a green lawn or work out on sports shells. Manchester thinks tomorrow. And the status of the world leader is confirmed by an indisputable fact from the past. One of the world events leads us away in the year when the world's first railway message was opened - between Manchester and Liverpool.

Near the oldest railway platform today is the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, which collects British locomotives of all time and modifications, scientific experiments and research, master classes and exhibitions are conducted. Now imagine Manchester the hero of a novel or fairy tale. Perhaps the Cinderella will be just right: the city worked a lot all its life, being the locomotive of the world industrial revolution, the city has raised more than 20 Nobel Prize laureates!

Having earned love and respect, the slave city was transformed both outside and inside, turning into the cultural capital of Great Britain and opening the world not only its port and railway gates, but also a soul filled with creative and progressive ideas. It is almost impossible to buy tickets for the match match - most tickets are distributed by subscriptions among local fans.