Thousands of journalists have visited NewcastleGateshead over the last few years and the city has subsequently hit the headlines both in the UK and world-wide:

"Get agog on the Tyne as this midwinter festival of light illuminates the cityscapes. Newcastle and Gateshead” Glow 07 in the top seven ‘what’s hot in the weeks ahead’ list in the Sunday Times’ Culture magazine

 “…The North-East of England is more vibrant, more alive with cultural and artistic activity, than at any time in living memory. Glow 07, a series of light installations lit up Newcastle and Gateshead earlier this month…” Andrew Graham-Dixon in the Sunday Telegraph

"Cultural triumph on the Tyne: art capital? It should have been Newcastle" says Stephen McClarence… "I should say NewcastleGateshead, following the city’s artful rebranding of the north and south banks of the Tyne into an integrated cultural whole. Where Budapest led, NewcastleGateshead has followed” The Times

“The once derelict quays of the Geordie capital have metamorphosed into a curving, soaring cultural hub” Sankha Guha in the Financial Times

“From Roman bridges through to cutting-edge architecture, Newcastle and Gateshead have joined together over the centuries to form a cosmopolitan city for the North East” Heritage magazine

"Welcome to one of the hippest, most cultured, most gastronomically diverse party towns in Europe. Yes, it's NewcastleGateshead" announced the Daily Telegraph

Next came: "The view across the Tyne is startling, the restaurants as diverse as those in Notting Hill, the contemporary art gallery as imposing as Tate Modern and the nightlife some of the best in Europe" - from The Evening Standard

And The Times heralded NewcastleGateshead as  "The new capital of Britain"

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