Sliema is a town located on the northeast coast of Malta. It is relatively a modern town. The town is very popular with tourists and is also a commercial centre. It is renowned for the predomance use of English, distingushing it from all other villages in Malta. The people of the town are predominantly Nationalist supporters.
Use of English
Traditionally Maltese people especially from southern villages look at the people of this town in scorn for the predominant use of English. In the post war era, at a school in Sliema, a penny “for the poor” had to be paid if a word in Maltese was uttered.
Sliema and the coastline up to neighbouring St Julian’s constitutes Malta’s main coastal resort. It is a centre for shopping, restaurants and caf’e life. Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area and houses several of Malta’s most recent hotels. Sliema, which means `peace’, was once a quiet fishing town on the peninsula across Grand Harbour from Valletta. The town began to develop rapidly in the early 20th century as a summer resort for wealthier Valletta residents. Their elegant villas and town houses line the quiet, inland streets. The Sliema promontory offers on one side stunning views across to Valletta and on the other, open sea views. The promenade, which runs for several kilometres from Gzira just south of Sliema to St Julian’s, is ideal for walker and joggers. There are plenty of seats along the promenade and on summer evenings the seafront becomes a sociable meeting place for locals.
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Members of the Birzebbuga Philharmonic.
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