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Famously friendly and energetic, Manchester keeps up a breathtakingly pacy social and sporting scene and buzzes with fashionable shopping, trendy bars and clubs. Originally the world's major cotton-milling centre, Manchester has reinvented itself in recent times as a capital of stylish entertainment, where sleek modern buildings now vie with monuments to the Victorian age.
Shop 'til you drop in more than 40 high profile fashion outlets in The Triangle, or discover the fresh new designers thriving in the Northern Quarter.
Get the big city buzz in canalside bars that party into the night and visit Britain's largest Chinatown.
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