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"The Renaissance-style City Hall" in Belfast, nicknamed ''The Wedding Cake,'' was finished in 1909 and renovated in 2009.

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Culturally curious in Northern Ireland

"The Renaissance-style City Hall" in Belfast, nicknamed ''The Wedding Cake,'' was finished in 1909 and renovated in 2009. Photo Credit: Brian Morrison/Tourism Ireland

"The Renaissance-style City Hall" in Belfast, nicknamed ''The Wedding Cake,'' was finished in 1909 and renovated in 2009.

"Belfast's murals" are the focus of ''black taxi tours.''

"A vendor at St. George's", the Belfast's last surviving covered market, which has been in operation since 1896 and today features hundreds of stalls.

The aptly named Great Room at the five-star Merchant Hotel in Belfast.

The "bronze Hands Across" the Divide sculpture in Derry.

"Derry's new pedestrian and bicycle Peace Bridge" across the River Foyle.

The popular Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in County Antrim connects the mainland to a small island once used by fishermen.

Down Cathedral, built on the site of a 12th century monastery in County Down, is said to be the burial site of St. Patrick.

The Arcadia, a popular cafe and banquet hall in the small coastal town of Portrush.

Perched high atop basalt cliffs on the country's northern Antrim Coast, Dunluce Castle was built around 1500; its ruins are recognizable as one of many locations in the country regularly seen on the HBO series ''Game of Thrones.''

Gnarled, tunnel-like Dark Hedges, known as Kingsroad to "Game of Thrones" devotees.

Giant's Causeway, a collection of 40,000 basalt columns that are the result of a volcanic eruption over 50 million years ago that is now a Unesco World Heritage site.

Author Patricia Schultz at Giant's Causeway.

Royal County Down Golf Club, set against the Mourne Mountains, home to Northern Ireland's highest peaks.

Opened in 2012, the Titanic Belfast museum is the capital city's most visited attraction.