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The City
of Bradford is a surprising place. If you take a minute,
you'll see a city
that is vibrant, historic, forward
facing, cultural and green - yes green! A 10 minute drive
or train journey will take you into the beautiful
countryside and into popular tourist places such as Saltaire and Haworth.
Tourism
is big in Bradford with over 8 million visitors per year
sampling the many attractions, countryside, international
cuisine and booming social scene. Major attractions
include the acclaimed National Museum of Photography, Film
and Television, the most visited national museum outside
of London.
If
theatre is your thing you'll be spoiled for choice in
Bradford. The Alhambra theatre is a number one touring
venue and offers top West End shows such as Les Miserables
and Phantom of the Opera as well as plays, musicals and
pantomimes, all in a magnificent historic setting. The
Alhambra Studio next door plays host to smaller scale
touring theatre and a variety of other events such as the
monthly Comedy Club - A Bag of Quips - and Club nights
featuring DJs from around the country. St Georges Hall is
home to a wide range of entertainment bringing the cream
of touring music, comedy and variety shows to the region.
The venue hosts Bradford's orchestral concert season, now
in its 133rd year with the Halle in their second season as
resident orchestra and offers plenty of choice for other
musical tastes from bhangra to brass bands to rock and
pop.
The
social scene in Bradford has taken off in a big way over
the past year or two. There has never been a shortage of
pubs and clubs for the beer thirsty student but there are
now more reasons than ever to venture down the hill and
into the City Centre
The
college is located in the heart of Yorkshire. Bradford
City is an evolving montage of cultural, traditional and
contemporary lifestyle. The degrees of the college are
awarded by the University of Bradford.
There in a mis-conception amongst students that Bradford
has a high percentage of Islamic population. This was true a few years back, that's
because the place Bradford, had a lot of textiles
industries and this attracted a lot of asians, and not
people from a particular cmmunity only. But today the
Electronic industries have replaced the textile industry
and with it there is a change in this ratio of
population. This has also opened tremendous job
opportunities for students.
Another story floating is about the
riots that had taken place a few months back. These riots
were actually hyped by the media. The riots were as a
result of a fall out between a few boys across 2 streets
which got a little out of control and again it was not a
communal riot, as was presented by the media.
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