I spent a year studying at Durham U when I was young. Each day I would walk through the cathedral and along the riverbank to admire the view of it from there. When I revisited the cathedral several decades later I felt the same mystical sense of its beauty as before. Only Chartres, of many other beautiful cathedrals I have seen In Europe, has a similarly powerful aesthetic effect on me. I agree with the other reviewers about the amazing view of the cathedral and castle from the train station that builds your excitement about the town as you arrive.