Liverpool: Insider tips

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Football rivalry runs deep in Liverpool, but for the most part it's friendly. Tickets to see Liverpool at Anfield are as sought-after as Steven Gerrard -- you may well have more luck seeing Everton at Goodison Park.

The Grand National, the world's biggest steeplechase, takes place in a flurry of betting slips and wedding-cake hats at Aintree each April.

The Liverpool Biennial is a ten-week monolithic exhibition of modern art, taking place at over 40 locations across the city. Past highlights included Yoko Ono's controversial 'My mummy was beautiful', which saw photographs of a woman's breasts and crotch exhibited all over the city center.

Liverpool hosts three large music festivals: the Mathew Street Festival, a free music extravaganza; the Summer Pops, which lines up the big chart hitters; and Creamfields, which brings breakneck beats to the techo masses.

Liverpool will be European Capital of Culture in 2008. Events across the city will celebrate the culture and vibrancy of Liverpool all year long -- book your hotel early if you're planning to visit then.

The local dish, scouse (also the name of the Liverpudlian accent) is a succulent lamb and vegetable stew served with bread and pickled red cabbage. The Catholic Cathedral cafe's rendition is good. 'Blind scouse' is the meat-free version.

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