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In the destination Liverpool and Manchester.
In the photo: Castlefield
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The city
Manchester is the largest city in the English northwest and was the world's first industrial city, with 19th-century cotton mills. It is home to the Science and Industry Museum, in the oldest station in the world, the John Rylands Library, the medieval cathedral, the National Football Museum, the canals of Castlefield and the Old Trafford and Etihad stadiums, as well as the Northern Quarter, cafés and live music.
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The local experience
The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, on the site of Liverpool Road station—the oldest in the world, dating from 1830—features locomotives, working textile machines and the Power Hall. Admission to the permanent collection is not usually charged; check before you go.
The neo‑Gothic library from 1900 on Deansgate, with a historic church‑like reading room and rare manuscripts, including the oldest known fragment of the New Testament. Admission is free; check before you go.
The Gothic Cathedral of Manchester, from the 15th century, with the widest nave in England, choir stalls carved with medieval figures and modern stained glass that replaced those destroyed in the war.
The national museum of English football in the glass Urbis building, near the Catedral de Manchester, with shirts, trophies and historical objects from the sport and interactive games.
The stadium of Manchester United, opened in 1910 and nicknamed Teatro dos Sonhos, with guided tours of the dressing rooms, tunnel and pitch and the club museum.
The Manchester City stadium, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, in the east of Manchester, with guided tours of the dressing rooms, the tunnel and pitchside.
The neighbourhood of canals, locks and 19th-century iron railway viaducts in the southwest of Manchester city centre, with the ruins of the Roman fort Mamucium and the elevated park Castlefield Viaduct.
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