Norwich, England Norwich is located in East Anglia, in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk. During the 11th century Norwich became the second largest city in England, after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. Norwich is a popular destination for a city break; attractions include Norwich Cathedral, the cobbled streets and museums of old Norwich, The Castle, Cow Tower, Colman's Shop, Dragon Hall and The Forum.
City skyline Norwich Theatre Royal has been on its present site for nearly 250 years, the Act of Parliament in the tenth year of the reign of George II having been rescinded in 1761. The 1300-seat theatre hosts a mix of national touring productions including musicals, dance, drama, family shows, stand-up comedians, opera and pop. The Forum, designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners and opened in 2002 is a building designed to house the Millennium Library, a replacement for the Norwich Central Library building which burned down in 1994, and the regional headquarters and television centre for BBC East. The building provides a venue for exhibitions, concerts and events. Recent attempts to shed the backwater image of Norwich and market it as a popular tourist destination, as well as a centre for science, commerce, culture and the arts, have included the refurbishment of the Norwich Castle Museum and the opening of the Forum.
Shopping Norwich is also one of the UK's top ten shopping destinations, with a mix of chain retailers and independent stores as well as one of the largest outdoor markets in England. It is currently ranked the 147th biggest city in Europe.
Education The University of East Anglia on the outskirts of Norwich was one of the so-called plate glass universities founded in 1963, following the Robbins Report. UEA adopted the city's motto of independence Do different and is especially well-known for its creative writing program. Recent attempts to shed the backwater image of Norwich and market it as a popular tourist destination, as well as a centre for science, commerce, culture and the arts, have included the refurbishment of the Norwich Castle Museum and the opening of the Forum.
SportsThe principal local football team is Norwich City, also known as the Canaries, who play in the Football League Championship. Majority-owned by celebrity chef Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones, their ground is at Carrow Road. They have a strong East Anglian rivalry with Ipswich Town. The city's second club, Norwich United (who are based in Blofield some 5 miles east of the city) play in the Eastern Counties league, whilst AFC Norwich play in the Anglian Combination. Norwich also has an athletics club, City of Norwich AC (CoNAC), a rugby club, the Norwich Lions, an ice hockey team, the Norwich North Stars, and five field hockey clubs, University of East Anglia Hockey Club, Norwich City Hockey Club, Norwich Union Hockey Club, Norfolk Nomads Hockey Club and the Veterans only side Norwich Exiles. Outside the city boundary, the Norfolk Ski and Snowboarding club is located at Whitlingham Lane in Trowse, which is also used by scuba divers from one of the city's 3 diving schools
How to Get HereNorwich International Airport is a feeder to KLM's Schiphol hub. FlyBe, Air Southwest, Eastern Airways, and Bristow Helicopters all serve Norwich, in addition to a strong holiday charter flight business. The airport was originally the airfield part of the former RAF Horsham St Faith. One of the former RAF hangars was once the home of Air UK, which grew out of Air Anglia and was then absorbed by the Dutch airline KLM.
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Norwich, East Anglia Norwich è una città (lo status di city le è stato conferito dal 1195) di 127.600 abitanti del Regno Unito. Si trova nella regione inglese dell'Est dell'Inghilterra (East Anglia) ed è capitale della contea del Norfolk. È una delle città più importanti dell'Inghilterra orientale e la città principale dell'East Anglia (la parte più orientale dell'Inghilterra orientale, costituita dal Norfolk e dal Suffolk).
Nel centro della città, sopra una collina si trova il Castello di Norwich, al cui interno si trova il Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, un museo che racchiude diverse sezioni, una sulla storia del castello stesso, diverse sezioni storiche incentrate sulle popolazioni presenti in epoche antiche nella regione, alcune raccolte di quadri e una raccolta biologica, zoologica e geologica.
Norwich è sede di un'università, l'University of East Anglia, situata appena fuori la città. Nel centro cittadino sono presenti inoltre un centro culturale multimediale chiamato The Forum e un caratteristico mercato fisso. Fondata nella seconda metà del VI secolo d.C. dagli angli (Nordwic) nei pressi delle rovine della grande città romano-britannica Venta Icenorum (l'odierna Caister Saint Edmund), si sviluppò sotto la dominazione danese e soprattutto dopo la conquista normanna, allorché divenne sede di un ricco vescovado.
Norwich, England Norwich is located in East Anglia, in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk. During the 11th century Norwich became the second largest city in England, after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom. Norwich is a popular destination for a city break; attractions include Norwich Cathedral, the cobbled streets and museums of old Norwich, The Castle, Cow Tower, Colman's Shop, Dragon Hall and The Forum.
City skyline Norwich Theatre Royal has been on its present site for nearly 250 years, the Act of Parliament in the tenth year of the reign of George II having been rescinded in 1761. The 1300-seat theatre hosts a mix of national touring productions including musicals, dance, drama, family shows, stand-up comedians, opera and pop. The Forum, designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners and opened in 2002 is a building designed to house the Millennium Library, a replacement for the Norwich Central Library building which burned down in 1994, and the regional headquarters and television centre for BBC East. The building provides a venue for exhibitions, concerts and events. Recent attempts to shed the backwater image of Norwich and market it as a popular tourist destination, as well as a centre for science, commerce, culture and the arts, have included the refurbishment of the Norwich Castle Museum and the opening of the Forum.
Shopping Norwich is also one of the UK's top ten shopping destinations, with a mix of chain retailers and independent stores as well as one of the largest outdoor markets in England. It is currently ranked the 147th biggest city in Europe.
Education The University of East Anglia on the outskirts of Norwich was one of the so-called plate glass universities founded in 1963, following the Robbins Report. UEA adopted the city's motto of independence Do different and is especially well-known for its creative writing program. 
Norwich, East Anglia
Nel centro della città, sopra una collina si trova il Castello di Norwich, al cui interno si trova il Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, un museo che racchiude diverse sezioni, una sulla storia del castello stesso, diverse sezioni storiche incentrate sulle popolazioni presenti in epoche antiche nella regione, alcune raccolte di quadri e una raccolta biologica, zoologica e geologica.