Leicester is a city in Leicestershire, the exact center of England. It is one of the oldest cities in the country, dating back at least 2 millennia. Leicester is to be the most ethnically diverse city in the UK, having 50% of it's population other than British people and over 70 languages spoken. Interesting facts: Leicester currently hosts the largest comedy festival, called Leicester Comedy Festival, which started in 1994 and now is an annual event which attracts over 60.000 people from all over the world (and we think also habitican runners) - We arrived just in time to hear about the event, which happened from 8-26 February and was the biggest since, with over 800 events. Take a peek at it on youtube:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWzMzepx05f733ggT8mkcQ)(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl9DoK9tm8w)
- Leicester is the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 10 times English champion.
- The city is involved in a reforestation inniciative, planting trees in what is now called the National Forest
Look at all those points, I hope we explore much more! Here's to ice lands, new islands, to the land of gibberish, to the land of love, to the redeemer's place (the most mentioned place in ASP self protection lesson) and more.
Our curiosity takes us first to the National Space Centre, a museum and educational resource covering astronomy and space science. It also conducts space research in partnership with the University of Leicester. The guide told us that most of the building is made of a semi-transparent cladding of ETFE, a resistent polymer, that is what those balloons are.. The museum was opened in 2001, with a 42 meters/138 ft tall tower, claiming to be the only place to house upright rockets. The center has 6 main galleries and also visitor activities, including a Digistar 3 dome cinema and planetarium, a gift shop and a restaurant, which is beneath the nozzles of two rockets (with scheduled take-off simulations, see on the bottom right)
Leicester currently hosts the largest comedy festival, called Leicester Comedy Festival, which started in 1994 and now is an annual event which attracts over 60.000 people from all over the world (and we think also habitican runners) - We arrived just in time to hear about the event, which happened from 8-26 February and was the biggest since, with over 800 events. Take a peek at it on youtube: (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWzMzepx05f733ggT8mkcQ)(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl9DoK9tm8w)
Hearing good things about both, we decide to visit the Curve Theatre and the Little Theatre. Based in the Cultural quarter in the city center and opened in 2008, Curve theater is a modern studio and theatre building, here we see actual plays such as Peter Pan, Hello Dolly, The King and I, and Simply Cinderella. - Hoping to see the classics and to know a place where important actors had been, we went to the Little Theatre. Opened in 1932, Little Theater is a theatre operated by Leicester Drama Society. It can seat 349 people and includes a bar, two rehearsal spaces, a library, a studio space and a costume hire. The theatre hosts over 200 shows a year and receives over 50.000 people, actor Richard Attenborough studied here.
Arch of Remembrance is another War Memorial building, of the 44 in England. It is located in Victoria Park a public park with 69 acres (279,000 m²), containing facilities for various sports, such as cricket, basketball, tennis, football, croquet and bowls, as well as a skate park and a playground. It is one of Leicester's most known buildings, completed in 1925. - Passing through here helps us comprehend the scale of the war, it's everywhere we go.
Hearing of the strong presence of hindu religions in England and Europe overall, and having missed the chance to visit Neasden Temple in London, the largest outside India, we take a visit to Shree Jalaram Prarthana Mandal temple, some of us really like it here. Leicester hosts the largest Diwali festival outside India, Diwali is one of the major festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. The celebration of Diwali involves lighting, as putting candles on housetops, windows, etc., outside and inside, renovation such as cleaning and using new clothes, home decoration, shopping, fireworks, prayers, gifts, religious rituals, feast and sweets.
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