Belfast eye to open for Christmas

Belfast eye to open for Christmas

An artist's impression of how the 'Belfast Eye' will look.




Work has begun on the construction of a "Belfast Eye" in the grounds of the City Hall.
A 60m wheel is scheduled to open on 25 October, giving passengers panoramic views 200ft above the city.

The 365 tonne structure has 42 fully enclosed capsules, each of which can carry six adults and two children for each 15 minute trip.

The council and Department of Social Development said the £3.5m project would be self-financing.

World Tourist Attractions, which will run the attraction, has already built big wheels in Manchester and Seville.

John Lowry, from the company, said it was delighted that the construction of the wheel was finally under way.

"We are due to stay until March, but we would like to stay longer," he told the Belfast Telegraph.

"We've got engineers from Holland and technicians from England putting the wheel together.

"It took a long time, but it is great to finally be over and to bring the wheel to Belfast.

He added: "I understand that there will be an official ceremony held around November 19."

The firm said that it would be operating the attraction in the city centre for the next five months.

belfast is actually getting something worth while ... though what you're supposed to see when ur up on it apart from divis and david and goliath is beyond me

im well up for going on this with a few bevvies in me though

why bother - just go up the haarland and wolff shipyard cranes lol

how u know about them rob ??? im impressed with ur knowledge squire!

yea thats all ur gna see from it is the cranes. we call them david and goliath ! and the mingy dingy divis flats !

its the ship yard where the Titanic and Olympic were constructed im one of the worlds most knowledgable people where the titanic is concerned lol

i really am impressed with u rob ! not many people know much about here apart from the fact its so green and we blow each other up !

u should come over when the new titanic quarter is finished i think they are building a full size replica down at the docks!

lol cool will have to come over some time yeah

its the centenary in 2012 will be titanic crazy haha