Europa Hotel, Belfast

[1][2] The Europa Hotel was constructed by Grand Metropolitan and designed by architects Sydney Kaye, Eric Firkin & Partners.

[3] It was built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway station and stands 51 metres high.

[6] After a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA at the hotel badly damaged the building, it was sold for £4.4M.

Its first event after reopening was the Flax Trust Ball, attended by 500 local and international dignitaries.

The extension was designed by Robinson Patterson Partnership, now RPP Architects, and was completed late in 2008.