Nightlife
The city boasts a vibrant night scene with a plethora of live music venues, clubs, restaurants, cafes, and a wide variety of drinking bars ranging from traditional public houses to the latest designer-chic cafes and theatres.
Alma de Cuba is one of the city's latest venues. Situated in a 200-year-old Polish Church on Seel Street in Liverpool city centre, the spectacular Cuban and Miami-inspired bar and restaurant has to be seen to be believed.
The lounge lizard in you may prefer the Living Room on Victoria Street or Baby Cream in the Albert Dock, the favoured destination of the cocktail crowd. With more than a dozen bar and restaurant outlets, the Albert Dock attracts about four million people each year.
If you prefer a more sedate evening Liverpool boasts many fine real ale pubs such as the Ship and Mitre. Or you may wish to check out the Victorian splendour of the Philharmonic Hotel and Dining Room, with its room named after Brahms & List and famous Italian marbled gents' toilet!
The city has a range of restaurants to suit every purse and palate. You can have the world on a plate from the exotic St Petersburg Russian Restaurant to the Pan American Club .
As a performing arts centre, Liverpool is second to none. The Playhouse , Everyman and Unity theatres offer new cutting-edge productions and have long been producing innovative new material.
The more traditional Empire Theatre has recently been expanded to produce shows on a West End-scale.
For cinema FACT , is one of Liverpool's newest visitor attractions. The state-of-the-art £10m centre houses galleries, cinemas, a cafe bar and a trendy bar and is dedicated to showcasing the work of international artists working in film, video and new media.
This is just a small selection of the numerous venues available to enjoy. For more information about Liverpool visit www.visitliverpool.com .
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Museums and Galleries
Liverpool has more museums than any other UK city outside of London.
World Museum Liverpool - formerly Liverpool Museum - opened to the public in April 2005 following a massive £35m project. Now double the size, new features include expanded galleries and improved facilities such as the World Cultures gallery, the Bug House where visitors will encounter giant model insects, a new Aquarium and the Weston Discovery Centre, Clore Natural History Centre and Treasure House Theatre with their thrilling hands-on experiences.
The National Conservation Centre is unique in presenting the work of conservation staff to the public. Housed in the former Midland Goods Railway depot on Queen Square in the heart of Liverpool, the centre was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1996.
Merseyside Maritime Museum is in a former bonded warehouse, part of the historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Mersey. The museum, opened in 1980, tells the story of one of the world's greatest ports and the people who used it. The museum's collections reflect the international importance of Liverpool as a gateway to the world, including the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade and emigration.
HM Customs & Excise National Museum holds the national collection of the Department of Customs and Excise, one of the most important collections of its type held anywhere in the world. It includes an extensive display of tools of the job, prints, paintings and photographs relating to the work of the Department of Customs and Excise. Other items look at the ingenious and often dangerous world of smuggling, prohibited goods and concealment.
Tate Liverpool is one of the largest galleries of modern and contemporary art outside London and is housed in beautiful converted warehouse in the historic Albert Dock.
The Walker holds one of the finest collections of fine and decorative art in Europe. It has inspired and delighted visitors for over 120 years. Set in the Cultural Quarter of Liverpool's World Heritage Site the building was designed by architects Sherlock and Vale and opened in 1877 with an endowment from Alderman Sir Andrew Walker.
The Museum of Liverpool Life closed on Sunday 4 June 2006 so that preparations for building the new Museum of Liverpool could begin. Opening in 2010, the Museum of Liverpool will be a bigger and better version of the former museum, which had been a popular waterfront attraction since 1993.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, holds one of the most beautiful collections of fine and decorative arts in the country. It was founded in 1922 by William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme, in memory of his wife. The gallery displays works collected by Leverhulme throughout his life.
The Open Eye Gallery is a photographic and media arts exhibition centre based in Wood Street in the city centre, whilst FACT , also in Wood Street, plays host to arts and film media exhibitions.
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Music and the Beatles
Liverpool is acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Hit Singles as "World Capital of Pop" for producing more number one hit singles than any other city around the globe.
Liverpool's Wall of Fame in Mathew Street celebrates this achievement featuring 54 Liverpool Number 1 chart hits since 1952.
Merseybeat had a major impact on music across the world in the 1960s through bands like the Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers.
However, Liverpool's musical talent and innovation has been at the forefront of every genre in every decade since through bands such as OMD, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Christians, The Teardrop Explodes, The Mighty Wah, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Lightning Seeds, Atomic Kitten and The Coral.
The Liverpool Summer Pops, Africa Oyé and the Mathew Street Music Festival are just some of the annual events which showcase the city's musical magic.
And as birth place of the Beatles , Liverpool is a Mecca for fans around the world. It is home to the world-famous Cavern Club in Mathew Street, where the Fab Four made their debut performance on 21st February 1961, and Brian Epstein first heard them play.
International Beatle Week is the biggest celebration of its kind in the world. Fans from all over the world flock into the city to celebrate the music of the Fab Four.
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