Cambridge in General

Be prepared to be seriously underwhelmed if your idea of Cambridge is a glorious, posh, classy city full of culture. The bit by the river and the old University buildings is nice (in fact some of the old buiuldings around the centre of the city are very nice indeed), there are some big open parks, and there are some splendid churches and other historial buildings dotted about the place, but I'm afraid once you've seen those then there isn't a lot left to see. The rest of Cambridge is drab, grubby and in parts really quite seedy, especially around the Mill Road and Arbury areas but in quite a few other places as well. Everyone I know who has driven ...

I've lived in Cambridge for three years, and lived outside it for ten years prior to this. Cambridge has a reputation as a sleepy university town where not much happens. This is in some ways correct. The town is tiny and there is not a great deal to do. Nightlife is basically restricted to pubs or the cinema. There are a handful of clubs but they are all tiny and play awful music. Only the Junction has any decent music with big names, and then only on Saturdays. Fridays at the Junction is Boogie Wonderland where the trendies get down to Abba in their boob tubes. Great if you like that sort of thing but a lot of people don't. I would like to mention that ...

I have had the pleasure of visiting Cambridge twice in the last few months and thought it deserving enough to write an opinion on. Cambridge’s main attractions are undoubtedly its colleges and of course its world famous university. It also boasts many other attractions such as museums, art galleries and theaters and some of these worth visiting are: Museums ----------- --Imperial War Museum at Duxford A former Battle of Britain airfield and now home to many historic Airplanes --American Military Cemetery, Madingly The burial place of some 4000 American servicemen killed during the 2nd world war. ...