  This survey on graphs of large girth consists of two parts. The first deals
with some aspects of algebraic and extremal graph theory loosely related to the
Moore bound. Our point of departure for the second, Ramsey theoretic, part are
some constructions of graphs with large chromatic number and large girth; this
will lead us to a discussion of the recent girth Ramsey theorem. Both parts can
be enjoyed independently of each other.
