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09/09/2019

La seconda capitale economica del Regno Unito

Gli amanti dell’Inghilterra lo sanno già da tempo: Londra non è l’unica città inglese ad aver tanto da offrire.

 Hotspot per eccellenza del nord d’Inghilterra è Leeds, il più grande centro urbano della contea dello Yorkshire, attraente per i suoi eleganti loggiati vittoriani ricchi di negozi e per la vivace vita notturna e culturale. 

Ma facciamo un passo indietro...UK, Regno Unito, è articolato da più di 300 anni in quattro nazioni costitutive: Inghilterra, Scozia, Galles e Irlanda del Nord.

Leeds è in Inghilterra, più precisamente nel West Yorkshire, con circa mezzo milione di cittadini. La città dispone di tre scuole e tre università con un totale di 250 mila studenti che costituiscono ben la metà della popolazione totale della città. E' infatti stata votata la miglior destinazione universitaria del Regno Unito, da un sondaggio nel quotidiano The Independent.

La posizione di Leeds è davvero invidiabile perché è situata a metà strada tra una costa e l'altra ed è ben collegata ai porti. Lungo la città si snoda il fiume Aire e passeggiando lungo i suoi argini si possono ammirare bellissimi monumenti. Tra questi citiamo la City Art Gallery, Town Hall, Royal Armouries, Henry Moore Institute ed altri. Esplorando la città si può incontrare anche la sua cattedrale alta e svettante, e nonostante la costruzione in sè sia piuttosto piccola, i dettagli sono spettacolari.

Leeds è celebre anche per le sue squadre di calcio e di rugby  oltre che per le sue tre università, come dicevamo poco sopra: Trinity, Beckett e Leeds University. Tra gli aspiranti accademici, questa città è molto apprezzata soprattutto per l’eccellente offerta formativa. Con circa 37.500 studenti provenienti da 142 paesi, la rinomata «University of Leeds» non è solo l'ateneo più antico e più grande dello Yorkshire, ma anche il terzo dell’intero paese. In generale, tutto il sistema scolastico britannico essendo uno dei più antichi al mondo, gode per tradizione di un’ottima fama.

Focalizzandoci ora sull’economia della città, possiamo dire essere piuttosto diversificata, seppur trainata principalmente dal settore dei servizi, che ha preso il sopravvento su quello manifatturiero. A Leeds infatti hanno sede numerose banche, istituzioni finanziarie e compagnie di assicurazione. Ci sono anche diverse imprese edili, agenzie immobiliari e le sedi di importanti compagnie come First Direct, Republic e Premier Farnell.

In città si trovano anche industrie alimentari, chimiche, società di ingegneria medica, imprese high-tech e case automobilistiche.

Leeds è inevitabilmente conosciuta anche per essere un paradiso dello shopping, grazie alla presenza di grandi centri commerciali e negozi come Harvey Nichols, Louis Vuitton, Marks & Spencer...
Il turismo contribuisce sempre più all'economia della città con i diversi alberghi, strutture ricreative e luoghi di interesse come il West Yorkshire Playhouse ed il Teatro del Northern Ballet.

Si potrebbe dilungarsi ancora molti paragrafi descrivendo tutto ciò che si può trovare in questa splendida città... ma per il momento ci fermeremo qui, sperando almeno di avervi fatto incuriosire su quello che è un piccolo-grande polo nella nostra Europa.

Se siete quindi alla ricerca di una meta interessante e non scontata per il prossimo viaggio fuori porta, consigliamo di tenere in considerazione una tappa a Leeds. Potreste innamorarvene e decidere di dare una svolta radicale alla vostra vita! 

 

Referenze:

Chatterton, P. and Hodkinson, S., 2007. Leeds: skyscraper city. The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Review, 17(1), pp.30-32.

Bramham, P. and Spink, J., 2009. Leeds–Becoming the postmodern city. Sport, leisure and culture in the postmodern city, pp.9-32.



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