I love Stansted airport: it is spacious, clean, tidy and stylish. Designed by Foster + Partners, the same company that also made The Gherkin. Stansted as we see it today was completed in 1991, so you can well imagine how great it look at that time compared to other airports. Even 18 years later, it is still very well organized and welcoming.

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24/7 places are really hard to find in UK. Local law has some restrictions and the licensing is really tough process. However, two places managed to sneak through the law, stay open till really late (well, early in the morning) and become one of the best places for drinks and music in UK.

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The Opening Weekend
11th – 13th January
St George’s Plateau & Liverpool
Echo Arena

The city will become a stage with an amazing weekend of events celebrating
Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture.The weekend will start
on Friday 11th January with a free open air spectacular on St George’s
Hall Plateau. On Saturday Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Vasily Petrenko and a host
of stars will come together for a one off performance of ‘Liverpool -
The Musical’. The celebrations will continue throughout the city on Sunday.

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Liverpool is European’s official cultural capital for 2008. This is recognition of city’s values and contribution to European history, culture, pop, past and present. The official opening ceremony will be held on the weekend of 11 and 12 of January 2008 (this means that you have almost 2 weeks to plan your trip). The event will be fabulous. The spectaculars will see aerial ballet and of dancing cranes, containers and scissor lifts and many other celebrities, Ringo Starr and many other celebrities will take also part in the ceremony.

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