Sunderland

Sunderland seems only to be known for being a rival of Newcastle in the North of England, but Sunderland is much more than this, on all levels. In the county of Tyne and Wear, Sunderland was founded in the V century, by the sea. Thus was born one of the first most important historians in the UK, the Venerable Bede. The city had an impressive development during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as it became the largest supplier of coal to the city of London. The Victorian era gave it its splendor but also plunged the city into misery when the coal industry ended. Today it is a city that is still on the rise, there are many buildings and houses that show its former glory and present decay, but in general it is a nice city, cheap, with a beautiful beach and more importantly, where my daughter was born ...