Compared to Manchester, Liverpool is the real port city in this region. Historic ventures have started from here. For example, for a long time the ships that brought immigrants to America left the port here. Even today, many goods for the northern part of the United Kingdom are shipped through Liverpool. And a little history of entertainment should not be missing: The Beatles were originally from Liverpool.

Royal Albert Dock

The Royal Albert Dock consists of many brick warehouses. Of course, these are former warehouses since especially in the 19th century the handling of goods was coupled with storage space directly at the harbor. Today, the dock area is being revitalized and serves as a nightlife and cultural center on the first floors and as office and apartment buildings on the upper floors. We have the impression that mighty investments have been and are being made here to make an area that was not very attractive is made attractive again today. We find this great and walk along the waterfront (inside the square area) to the stores and restaurants. The art museum is also located here – but we only visit the museum store today, as art museums like to sell playful, funny, or curious things.

We continue along the River Mersey pier to the Liverpool Gerry Marsden Terminal.

Mersey Ferry river cruise

Somehow a river cruise fits perfectly into our leisurely mood today. The timetable is also well-catered towards us and 10 minutes after our arrival the ferry departs for the round trip. Especially Paddy gains a lot from such experiences and so we decide to make the round trip.

From the river we see various historic and newer buildings on the riverbank and are taught a bit of entertainment history. The ferry operators are particularly proud of the fact that the ferry is given special recognition by the Beatles in their song Ferry Cross The Mersey. This is due to the fact that in the 70s and 80s especially many ferries were also used for dance events and the Beatles probably also became more famous through performances on the ferries.

During the 50-minute ride we enjoy the view from the ship. The ship is an original ferry from the 1950s and can fill up with so much diesel that it would also make a crossing to New York. Due to its location on the river in England, work was also done on more advanced technologies. The first radar for safe river crossing was used on the Mersey ferries. This makes sense, we also experienced a lot of fog here near the rivers.

World Museum Liverpool

Our visit to the World Museum Liverpool amazes us. The museum visit is free with the reasoning that education should be accessible to as many parts of society as possible. The visit works on a donation basis. Since we are mainly interested in the underwater world, we visit the aquarium with various specimens from all over the world. It is not the biggest aquarium but for a short visit like today it is worth a detour for us. We go on, although there would still be many exciting exhibitions.

Radio City Tower

In the middle of Liverpool stands the Radio City Tower. Here different radio stations are produced in airy heights. We come to enjoy the view over Liverpool. The elevator takes us up and from here, almost 133 meters above the city, we have a perfect panoramic view over the old town, to the docks and over the residential areas that extend far outside the city center. Soon we have seen enough of the panoramic view and so we take the elevator back down to the pedestrian zone.

Mon-Fri 11:00-17:00 / Sat 10:30-17:15 / Sun 11:00-17:15
Admission £7.00/adult, £5.00/child

Liverpool Cathedral

We stroll through the pedestrian zone to Liverpool Cathedral. The style of construction is neo-Gothic and it is recent. It was built in the 20th century and is really impressive. The rooms are extremely high and there are huge open spaces inside the cathedral. It is so impressive that even Paddy is taken by the sight. The large stained-glass windows in turn add to the mood of the building and so we enjoy the impressions of the Cathedral.