Norwich For Churches and Large Multi Nationals

I visited Norwich recently, a place I’d once been to for an interview with a large multi-national. The interview was by and large a colossal failure, but it interested me, on my recreational return, to note that there was an underlying dislike of all things Norwich.

It is so easy to have one’s impression of a place be coloured by one event; everyone in Norwich is a patronising corporate ass wipe, right? Wrong, of course, as my visit demonstrated. It is actually one of the prettiest cities in England, I would say, although it was slightly let down by the fact that my reasonably priced, modern, cosy hotel room was directly above a Metallica tribute band in the pub below.

It has a lot of churches, does Norwich, and a lot of shops. I was accosted, in Norwich Cathedral, by a man who gave me the hard sell on how much it costs to keep the place running. He said it cost £3725 per day to keep it open. Personally, the 12 million pound visitor centre next door was something to do with the huge running costs. It was pretty nice inside however, with loads of old stuff, tombstones and the like. I appreciated the place a lot, and my thoughts were with those hard core fundraisers as I dropped 20p into the donations box.