Hull is a vibrant riverside city with a strong maritime heritage. It is a pleasant, student-friendly place to live, with plenty to see and do. With investment of more than £1 billion, the city is being transformed from one of the UK’s best-kept secrets into a centre of pioneering creativity. Hull has been a major European port for seven centuries. Trade is now at record levels, and state-of-the-art superferries sail daily to and from Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. The city offers a fascinating and exciting mix of the historic and the contemporary, with many cultural facilities as well as a profusion of shops, restaurants, pubs, entertainment and attractions.