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Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. It used to be an industrial city, but is now a lively and modern capital city and a tourism hot spot. Wikivoyage

Population 383,536 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in United Kingdom

Visas and entry What your passport needs for United Kingdom

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Cardiff. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Winter Wonderland

    January, December

    Winter Wonderland in Dec-Jan is an outdoor public ice-rink and funfair in front of City Hall

  2. St David's Day Parade

    March

    St David's Day Parade is on 1 March each year, commemorating the patron saint of Wales

  3. Tafwyl

    June – July

    Tafwyl is a Welsh language and culture festival held in Bute Park, usually in June-July

  4. The Welsh Proms

    July

    The Welsh Proms are a series of classical concerts at St David's Hall each July. Fringe events cover genres such as jazz, country and folk

  5. Cardiff Big Weekend

    August

    The Cardiff Big Weekend took place annually from 1993 to 2011, and in 2017 as part of the Cardiff Festival organized by Cardiff Council. The event was free, and lasted three days.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Cardiff); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 49 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Cardiff Central 900 m, Cardiff Queen Street 910 m, Ninian Park 1.5 km, Grangetown 1.8 km, Cardiff Bay 2.1 km, Waun-gron Park 3.3 km, Heath Low Level 3.6 km, Fairwater 3.7 km, Heath High Level 3.7 km, Danescourt 4.0 km, Cogan 4.1 km, Llandaf 4.2 km, Tŷ Glas 4.4 km, Birchgrove 4.5 km, Rhiwbina 4.7 km, Dingle Road 4.8 km, Whitchurch 5.0 km, Eastbrook 5.3 km, Coryton 5.3 km, Penarth 5.3 km

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