The Other Spot

Sheffield located in the county of Yorkshire, England, is a prosperous city with an eye to the future, where you can enjoy the nightlife, the activities of world-class sports, shopping centers, and that we will discover its long history as a city of iron and steel, especially its spectacular natural environment.

It is a city of great activity, both in trade, for being chosen campus also as a destination for many European students in the Erasmus program integrated to study there for a year of her degree.

Once in Sheffield you can visit numerous museums of the most diverse topics such as Bishop’s House or Turner Museum of Glass, galleries and Millennium Galleries and Graves Art Gallery, Theater Land theaters and historic buildings like the impressive Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Town Hall and the stately Victorian mansions as Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall, located near the city center. An entire cultural offer available to everyone and able to satisfy the most demanding.

It is considered the greenest city in England, has more than 200 parks, woodlands and gardens, like the Botanical Gardens or the Winter Garden. On the outskirts of the city of Sheffield, is the Peak District, an area of outstanding beauty which houses the most renowned national park in England. It consists of open moorland, valleys, limestone caves, natural springs and traditional villages built in stone. The Peak District is the perfect place for lovers of sport activities like cycling, walking, climbing, water sports, paragliding … and possesses a spectacular fauna and flora.

Sheffield was released to the general public in 1997 when the movie was filmed there, The Full Monty was a huge box office success, this city is also home to great bands like Moloko, Pulp, Human League, Heaven 17, Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard, … and some of the historic English football clubs such as Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, and also the oldest in the world, Sheffield FC.

Briefly Sheffield and its surrounding cover everything you need to get away from all worldly concerns and if you can not visit it for now, from the Internet you have the possibility to make virtual tours for every corner that you also can help plan an upcoming trip.