'Manchester in five words? It's full of hidden gems'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne symbol of the ‘new’ Salford is the gleaming high-rises on Chapel Street. Perhaps the most obvious example of these towers is The Filaments, on the crossroads where Trinity Way and Chapel Street meet in sprawling mish-mash of traffic lights, horns, and congestion.
But, sitting in Inner West coffee, a few metres from the junction, you wouldn’t know you were next to a major interchange. The coffee shop is small, and at the base of one of the Filaments, but has a wide selection of drinks and food.
Behind the counter is 23-year-old Amber Groenewoud. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Amber’s Dutch, and moved over to the UK three-and-a-half years ago.
She seems to have settled in well, despite growing up in Leiden — near the coast — and moving to the distinctly-inland, but familiarly-canal-heavy Manchester.
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