Cleveland, the most heavily populated city within the U.S. State of Ohio, is the county seat of Cuyahoga County. It is the center of Greater Cleveland, the largest metropolitan area within Ohio. Cleveland residents are normally referred to as "Clevelanders." Several nicknames for the city include: "Plum City", "C-Town", "Sixth City", "The Rock n Roll Town", "The Cleve", and "The Forest City.".
The 2nd biggest performance arts center within the United States, called the Playhouse Square Center. This is a great place where those who love to be entertained can go. The Great Lakes Theater Festival and the Theater District of Downtown Cleveland are among the resident performing arts businesses. The city is even home to the known African American performing arts centre: Karamu House and Cleveland Play House (founded in the 1920's). For music lovers, there are Cleveland Orchestra (considered one of the best orchestras within the globe and among the "Big Five" major orchestras within the United States) and Cleveland Pops Orchestra. For art museums, there is the Cleveland Museum of Art (it has a collection of 40,000 works of contemporary and ancient masterpieces) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (provides works from emerging and established artists particularly in the Cleveland area).
Cleveland is a good place to enjoy the outdoors. One of the five Great Lakes, Lake Erie, offers visitors and residents an opportunity to do some sport fishing (it has an abundance of bass, perch, and walleye). Lake Erie is likewise a great place to do some canoeing, jet skiing, parasailing, scuba diving, swimming, kayaking and boating. Individuals who would like to do some rest and relaxation can also pick from among the 14 Cleveland Metroparks Reservations and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Bikers can even use the trails in Cleveland Plus, or could opt to do some downhill skiing, cross country skiing, sledding in winter and tobogganing. For golf aficionados, they can pick from among the 300 golf courses which are existing all over Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland is a great place for day trips and sightseeing. The South of Cleveland is a good place to begin -- just take a ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. People who plan to take a scenic drive could take a tour of Amish Country. Water-lovers could set sail on the lake or cruise the river for panoramic views of Cleveland and sunsets over Lake Erie on the Majestic, Goodtime III and nautica Queen. For people who would like to take a tour of the city, Lolly the Trolley offers a city tour narration which covers more than one hundred points of interest, whereas Segway Tours by Electric Transport will provide tourists a chance to be able to admire and absorb the city's beautiful public architecture and art.