Touring the City Center

On yesterday's walking tour around Norwich I learned a lot about what turns out to be an interesting and extremely historical city. Here are some pictures and highlights of the tour. (More pictures in the slideshow at left, and in the album here.)

Norwich Cathedral: started 1096, completed 1145.

Part of the Norfolk Broads, a huge river network that runs throughout the county of Norfolk and into the North Sea.

Historically Norwich is said to have had a church for every week of the year. With three or four churches on every street in some areas, it wasn't always clear which church you should go to. The plaques on the corner of this building indicate the borders of two different parishes -- the neighborhood regions that certain churches serve.

St. Andrews Hall, in regular use since 1544.

Someone's pretty house.

What was once a medieval banquet hall is now a movie theater. In the café inside the original arched ceiling beams have been preserved.

Market stalls in the foreground; Gentlemen's Walk, the main shopping street, in the middle; and the Norwich Castle on the hill in the background.