Douglas
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- Introduction
- Neighbourhoods
- Sights and Activities
- Events and Festivals
- Weather
- Getting There
- Getting Around
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Introduction
Douglas (Doolish in Manx, the local language) is the capital and largest settlement of the Isle of Man and almost every aspect of the cultural and economical life can be found right here. It has a population of roughly 27000 people and has been the capital since 1863, before that Castletown was the capital. The town is located on the central east coast at the confluence point of the small Dhoo and Glass rivers. For a city so small it has a surprisingly large collection of sights and activities, and combined with the location at the coast it makes of a great couple of days exploring the town on foot or on one of the many horsedrawn trams!
Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Douglas has a typical maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. June to September is summer season with temperatures between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius and nights around 10 degrees. Winters are still above zero, even at night, though frost is not unheard of. The highest and lowest temperatures possible are around 28 degrees and around -5 degrees Celsius. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, with autumn and winter being the wettest time and spring being the driest month. May is the driest and most sunny month of the year.
Getting There
By Plane
Isle of Man Airport (IATA: IOM, ICAO: EGNS) is located 11 kilometres southwest of Douglas. Manx2 is based here and has flights to Blackpool, Leeds, Jersey, Nottingham, Gloucester and Belfast.
Other airlines flying into this airport include Aer Arann (from Dublin), Blue Islands (Jersey, Guernsey), Eastern Airways (Birmingham, Newcastle), Flybe (Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Southampton), Loganair (Edinburgh, Glasgow), VLM (London).
By Train
By Car
By Bus
By Boat
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company run a regular service from Heysham, near Lancaster (England), and a slightly less frequent service from Larne, (Northern Ireland).
There also are services to and from Belfast, Liverpool and Dublin.
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