Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland, USA, with about 570,000 people in the city and nearly 3 million in the wider metropolitan area. Founded in 1729 as a port town on the Patapsco River, it grew into one of the United States’ major harbour, shipbuilding, rail and industrial cities. Today Baltimore is best known for its Inner Harbor, rowhouse neighbourhoods, crab and seafood culture, Edgar Allan Poe connections, and a strong music and arts scene. Key sights include Fort McHenry, the National Aquarium, Fell’s Point, Mount Vernon, the Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Lexington Market and Camden Yards. The city also has a deep underground music history, with punk, hardcore and metal scenes tied to bars, clubs and DIY spaces across neighbourhoods such as Station North, Hampden and Remington. Getting in and around is straightforward via Baltimore/Washington International Airport, Penn Station, light rail, Metro Subway, buses and road links to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

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