Birmingham initially rose to prominence during the industrial revolution. for this reason, the city has a major canal network, which has plenty more miles of canal than venice. The city also has severalsignificant associations, which include HP Sauce, Tony Hancock, Cadbury's, Black Sabbath, the Spitfire and the Mini car.

Birmingham is well known as a commercial centre and it has been declared the third perfect place in great britain to locate a business, and the 21st best in Europe by a cushman and wakefield report from 2007. in addition to this, it's also the fourth most visited city by overseas tourists in great britain.

People that are from birmingham are often called 'Brummies', due to the city's nickname of Brum. This name comes from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which is derived from one of the city's earlier names, 'Bromwicham'. there is a distinctive Brummie dialect, which is characteristic of people who are from this city.

For an insightful and fun day out in brum for the whole family, you should visit some of birminghams fascinating art galleries or museums. The city has some superb ones, comprising of Cadbury World. Cadbury World, the uks only visitor centre devoted entirely to chocolate, takes chocolate lovers through the complete chocolate making process & there are always many tasty samples to try!

Some of the other art galleries & museums we love are the national sea life centre, selly manor & the barber insititute, which has wonderful pieces.

As you probably already know, brum is home to the Bullring mall, which ensures it is the ideal city for shopaholics to visit. in fact, the Bullring has over 110,000 square feet of retail space, which has some fabulous stores including dkny, agent provocateur, and punkyfish.

On the other hand, there are plenty of stores in the centre of the city, too. you'll find some premier stores located on the high street, as well as a few fabulous independent stores in The Custard Factory, which was built on the site of a custard factory.

With rustic public houses, exclusive cocktail bars & fabulous clubs, birmingham has everything you need for a fabulous evening out. lovers of electro music will be pleased to find plenty of enormous electro clubs, whereas fanaticals of rock & indie bands will be happy to discover that the city has numerous live music venues which hold regular concerts, as well as night clubs that play the best rock tunes.

If you need somewhere to stay after your big night out, you'll be spoilt for choice in Birmingham. in fact, the city boasts branches of most major hotel chains such as crowne plaza & the comfort inn.

As it's placed in the middle of england, getting to birmingham is simple. birmingham new street rail station offers regular rail connections to and from various locations throughout britain. in addition to this, it is also accessed easily by road.

If you'd like to fly to Birmingham, you could fly into Birmingham International Airport. The airport is just 5.5. m from birmingham city centre.