{"id":9294,"date":"2016-05-01T19:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T19:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/2016\/05\/01\/why-cardiff\/"},"modified":"2019-08-06T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:12:54","slug":"why-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/cy\/why-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cardiff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I approach the end of my final year as a History undergraduate student here at Cardiff, I think I have a good insight into what it\u2019s like to live in Cardiff, and study here.<br \/>\nCardiff has been my home for two and a half years. And, I love it so much here, I\u2019m planning on staying another year. There are so many things about Cardiff that have made my time here amazing.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s about that time of year when most students have their university offers. However, if you\u2019re still deciding where to go, or even if you\u2019ve got an offer from Cardiff, but you don\u2019t know whether to accept it, hopefully this list will give you some insight into why I love it here.<br \/>\n1.\tCardiff, the capital city of Wales<br \/>\nWe\u2019re a capital city, but we\u2019re no London. And for me, that\u2019s only a good thing. While you can end up feeling lost and overwhelmed in big cities, like London and Birmingham, Cardiff is the perfect size. Last year, it was voted the best place in the UK for young people, and that\u2019s not an exaggeration. From rugby days, to the shopping, and really unique night life, Cardiff has it all. But we\u2019re not too big. Some of my friends who came from cities in England couldn\u2019t believe that people smile and say hello to each other on the street. But that\u2019s one of the best things about Cardiff. We have the cosmopolitan feel of a capital city, without the impersonal element of London.<br \/>\n2.\tThe location- it\u2019s beautiful<br \/>\nMost people already know how beautiful the Welsh countryside it. But that doesn\u2019t stop at the cities. Cardiff is surrounded by green spaces, lakes, and of course the bay. The university is close to two parks, Bute and Roath. During the summer months students can be found revising in both parks; they are truly gorgeous, and a little bit of lovely right in the heart of the city.<br \/>\n3.\tRussell Group University<br \/>\nOkay, you\u2019ve heard it all before. BUT it is a really important selling point for Cardiff University. We\u2019re the only university in Wales that\u2019s in the Russell Group. And to top it off, last year Cardiff University\u2019s research was ranked FIFTH in the UK! So you\u2019ll be studying in one of the very best universities in the UK, and you\u2019ll be in Wales\u2026 what could be better!?<br \/>\n4.\tThere\u2019s so much to do<br \/>\nCardiff is a truly historic city. Cardiff Castle is set in Bute Park, and for just \u00a35 students can get in for free for three years! That\u2019s a pretty good deal. Last summer it even became an outdoor cinema. You could be watching Back to the Future in the grounds of Cardiff Castle- stunning!<br \/>\n5.\tThe Shops and restaurants\u2026<br \/>\nOne of my favourite bits about Cardiff is the shopping. We\u2019ve got everything you could need, from designer shops, to kitsch independent shops tucked away in the Victorian arcades. The Victorian arcades are unbelievable. They\u2019re an endless maze of independent shops, like the wonderful Caf\u00e9 Barker, and Spillers Records (incidentally the oldest record shop in the world!) When Christmas time arrives, there\u2019s no better place for shopping<br \/>\n6.\tMatch day in Cardiff<br \/>\nNothing beats rugby, especially Welsh rugby. The buzz around the city during the Six Nations is amazing. I mean, a giant rugby ball crashed into Cardiff Castle last year, what could be better!? Any true rugby fan knows there\u2019s no better place to watch the rugby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As I approach the end of my final year as a History undergraduate student here at Cardiff, I think I have a good insight into what it\u2019s like to live [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1282,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[330],"class_list":["post-9294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-only-in-cardiff-cy","tag-cardiff-university-cy"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9495,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9294\/revisions\/9495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/insiders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}