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From West End theatre to cutting-edge art

The world’s biggest festival of the arts in Edinburgh, the romance of Jane Austen’s Bath or a lazy day spent sizing up sculpture at Tate Modern or the Scottish National Gallery… In Britain you’ll find a cultural cocktail that’s hard to beat.


Rupert Everett

Ga mee met de acteur Rupert Everett op een vrolijke tocht door het Londense theaterland , het historische, glamoureuze en fantastische hart van het Britse theater.

Rupert Everett
Shakespeare in the RSC Source:© marpete, Flickr Credit: © marpete, Flickr

Writers and poets

Britain has produced some of the world's greatest writers and the British landscape has inspired some of the world’s most famous stories, poems and plays.

Writers and poets
Glasgow Riverside Museum Copyright:Karen V Bryan Credit: Flickr

Free museums

History, design, science, nature, football, giant stuffed walruses – whatever your passion, you’ll find a museum to match it in Britain.

Free museums
Oda Mae Brown, Ghost the Musical Source:Sean Ebsworth Barnes

British theatre, opera and dance

Britain is a nation of drama lovers and in the land that brought you Shakespeare, you'll never be far from some of the best and most varied theatre in the world.

British theatre, opera and dance
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Britain on film

Setjetters rejoice - Britain is one glorious, gorgeous movie set. Don't just take our word for it: filmmakers, cast and crew have filmed some true classics here. Here's a list of top Brit flicks, complete with great British locations.

Britain on film
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Source:socialBedia Credit: socialBedia

Free galleries

World-famous masterpieces by the legends of the art world and controversial installations and creations by modern-day geniuses. See them all at Britain’s art galleries without spending a penny.

Free galleries
The Lowry Gallery, Manchester, England Source:© Britainonview / Pawel Libera

In the footsteps of artists

The British landscape has played artist’s muse for centuries. Take a look at some of the beautiful locations that have inspired some of the world’s greatest works of art, and then see them for yourself.

In the footsteps of artists

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Bespaar geld en tijd voor vertrek!

Wij verkopen via onze webwinkel meer dan 150 Britse producten, van reispassen en populaire attracties tot sightseeing passen. Wij hebben alles voor u beschikbaar.

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Hampton Court Palace

Reis terug in de tijd naar het majestueuze Tudor England in Hampton Court Palace.

Hampton Court Palace
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Culture 24: Art