Why Bristol?

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Set around an historic harbour, Bristol is a bustling, commercial and creative city. In recent years, it has enjoyed an impressive renaissance, finding its heart and soul as never before. Bristol is lively and dynamic, cosmopolitan and ambitious. Its cityscape is a fusion of elegant Georgian and Victorian architecture and stunning modern buildings and developments.

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Bristol boasts a mix of award-winning and internationally-acclaimed cultural institutions, world-class events and festivals and enticing shops and markets. Bristol is successful as both a leisure and business destination.

Spectacular developments such as the opening of Cabot Circus, the city's new £500 million shopping and leisure quarter, and the final phases of the impressive harbourside development, spell exciting times ahead for the city.

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Did you know?

Bristol has been selected as one of the World’s Top 10 Cities to visit in 2009 by DK Eyewitness, the world’s best-selling guidebook publisher. Other cities within the list include Buenos Aires, Gdansk, Washington DC, Vienna, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Fes, Seattle (USA) and Vilnius.

Bristol was the only UK city to be short-listed for the first ever 'European Green Capital' award. The city was selected alongside seven other European top environmental cities out of 35 initial applications.
In 2008, just days after being recognised as a potential European Green Capital, Bristol was then announced as the ‘UK’s Most Sustainable City’ in a separate independent assessment undertaken by Forum for the Future.

Bristol was crowned ‘European City of the Year’ at the annual awards held by the Academy of Urbanism, whose 100 members include industry-leading architects, planners, engineers, developers and designers.
Bristol’s new £500million retail development, Cabot Circus, won the ‘Best Shopping Centre in Europe’ award at the 2008 MAPIC International Retail Development Conference in Cannes.
Bristol boasts a long list of famous people, places and products. Visit our Famous Bristol section to find out more about Bristol's impressive claim to fame.

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For more infomation on visiting Bristol go to Visitbristol