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When it comes to tourism, Leeds has certainly collected a whole lot of accolades. This major city in the northern English county of Yorkshire has been voted by Conde Nast Traveller magazine Readers’ Awards as the UK’s favorite city. The Good Britain Guide has even dubbed the city of Leeds as the Visitor City of the Year. One trip to Leeds and you will see why.

Sport lovers will delight in Leeds’ strong sporting heritage… and its wealth of sports facilities like the great Elland Road Football Stadium where the Leeds United Association Football Club is known to play and where the 1996 European Football Championship was held, Headingly Stadium, famous throughout the world for both cricket and rugby league, and the South Leeds Stadium for athletics, football, bowls and tennis. Leeds also has the Leeds Wall for the sport of climbing, Yeadon Tarn for sailing buffs and Garforth Jets Badminton Club for those who love to hit a bird with a racket. For a truly cool experience, literally, Xscape offers an indoor ski with real snow plus a snowboard slope with an ice climbing wall.

Leeds is also home to a small number of museums among which is the Royal Armouries Museum, Thackray’s Medical Museum, Leeds City Art Gallery and for those who truly want to have an in-depth knowledge of Yorkshire’s history; Leeds City Museum is entirely dedicated to that. For music and live performances, the Grand Theater, City Varieties music hall and West Yorkshire Playhouse are great places to hear a tune and see an act.

If you are visiting Leeds at the right time, you can take part in the Leeds Festival which takes place every year at Bramham Park. Leeds also hosts the Leeds International Piano Competition every 3 years where many major concert pianists got their big break to fame. There is also the Leeds International Concert Season to look forward to and the Leeds International Film Festival which shows films from all over the globe.

You also should not miss taking a peek at Leeds numerous stately parks which include the likes of Golden Acre Park, Hall Park in Horsforth, Woodhouse Moor in Hyde Park, Potternewton Park, East End Park, Middleton Park and Cross Flatts Park in Beeston.

Shopping in Leeds is a truly diverse experience with its myriad of shopping attractions among which is the Victoria Quarter, the jewel in Leeds’ shopping crown. You surely would not miss this in your trip to Leeds. You can also browse in Leeds’ individual one-off boutiques or shop through Leeds’ large departments stores like Harvey Nichols.

When it comes to nightlife in Leeds, clubbing is the thing. Leeds boasts a large number of bars and nightclubs and live bands make for a vibrant nightlife. In fact, Leeds has gained for itself a reputation as one of UK’s favorite clubbing destinations and is often dubbed as UK’s clubbing capital.

Leeds even has room for gay nightlife where the Bridge Inn and the New Penny are favorite gay night spots among many. During the summer months, a beer garden replaces the secluded courtyard that lies in the center of Bar Fibre and Queens Court.

There are also a number of ‘super-clubs’ in Leeds which are worth visiting like Creation, Evolution and Oceana. Other large clubs include Life bar, Tiger and Discotheque by Gatecrasher.

If you are looking for something that is out of the ordinary, jump right in the scene of some of Leeds’ Bohemian bars like Sandanista, Mojo, The Reliance (Reli) and Reform just to name a few. Baby jupiter on York Place and Milo in Call Lane are also great crowd pleasers.
Millenium Square is also one venue not to be missed when visiting Leeds. Bursting with life at night with its plentiful bars like Cocoon, Revolution and Haha!, Millenium Square is also a venue of choice for many large events like Earth from the Fire, IceCube which is a large outdoor ice rink, Christmas markets and the world famous rhythms of Leeds’ festivals. Another hot spot to be at night includes the Northern Quarter with its upper class restaurants and a giant screen mounted on the Civic Square to boot.

With attractions such as these, Leeds will surely make its mark in becoming your favorite city too.

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