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Bradford, a city with a diverse population, is located in the northern England county of Yorkshire. One of the twelve largest cities in Great Britain, Bradford merges its cosmopolitan ambience with a rich and glorious past, an energetic present and a positive look at the future. The city boasts a treasure trove of architectural grandeur as a reflection of its ground-breaking textile heritage and current cash inflows worth millions of pounds of investment. Besides its medieval buildings like Bolling Hall, it is a joy to see Victorian architecture here; the City Hall, Wool Exchange, and Little Germany are grand representations of Victorian times in Bradford.

The city also enjoys a great wealth of culture, including the award-winning National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. This is the most frequented museum outside London, and has three cinemas, including an oversize IMAX screen, a Cubby Broccoli cinema, and the Pictureville cinema, which David Puttnam described as the ‘best cinema in Britain.’

Bradford also has a leisure scene to suit all ages, while the night scene here has been evolving in the West End since the year 2000. Today there are several clubs and theme pubs around Alhambra Theatre. Other theatres in the city are the Studio, Theatre in the Mill, and The Priestley.

Bradford further boasts restaurants and eateries covering the entire food spectrum!The city has a solid reputation for Asian Cuisine, and was previously crowned as the Curry Capital of Britain.

Nearby Salitaire holds hands with the Taj Mahal and the pyramids of Egypt as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It’s a VictorianModel IndustrialVillage with cobbled streets and honey-colored stonework. Salitaire is also home to the largest collection of art in Europe by renowned Bradfordian David Hockney.