How many of these Brummie hotspots can you tick off your bucket list? We've rounded up some of the best things you need to do in Birmingham, let us know if we've missed any!
The Birmingham bucket list
1. Visit the Birmingham Back to Backs and discover 200 years of working people's lives.
2. Take in some modern art at Ikon Gallery
3. Eat at a Michelin starred restaurant - quite a few to choose from in Birmingham! (Maybe one for when your parents come to visit...)
4. Try Digbeth Dining Club, with a few different venues scattered around the city, you can get stuck into mouth-wateringly good food while soaking up the atmosphere.
5. Treat yourself to a glass of champers at the top of The Cube
6. Admire the Staffordshire Hoard at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
7. Go for a wander in the Jewellery Quarter
8. Have a day at Cadbury World
9. Make friends with a red panda at Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
10. Go for a curry at one of Birmingham's famous curry houses
11. Visit the Midlands Arts Centre and go for a walk in Cannon Hill Park
12. Say hi to the floozie in the jacuzzi (or the lady in the garden, whatever you prefer to call her)
13. Stroll along the canals
14. Have a night at Snobs
15. Partake in the best noodles and dim sum in Chinatown
16. Watch some cricket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground
17. Embrace the music scene
The Sunflower Lounge, Hare and Hounds, O2 Institute and Academy, Symphony Hall, Arena Birmingham, The NEC, Mama Roux's, XOYO, The Crossing, and of course The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
18. Sample the best local craft beers
Two Towers, Burning Soul, Rock n Roll, Indian Brewery, Attic Brew Co.
19. Catch the latest shows at The Hippodrome
20. Support some independent restaurants
Otto, Lasan, Harborne Kitchen, Toppoki, Gaijin, Bonehead, Meatshack, Baked in Brick, Indico Street Kitchen, Original Patty Men
21. Support some independent bars
The Wolf, Arch13, Cherry Reds, 1000 Trades, The Old Crown, The Rose Villa Tavern
22. Support some independent cafés
Yorks, Cafe Artum, Saint Kitchen, Waylands Yard, Medicine Bakery, Damascena, Faculty Coffee, Quarter Horse Coffee
23. Check out Digbeth and The Custard Factory
24. Do some plastic-free shopping at the Clean Kilo
25. Retrace the Lord of the Rings on the Tolkien Trail
26. Make friends with some kitties at the Cat Café
27. Take in the city views from the Library of Birmingham
28. Visit Ozzy the Bull at New Street Station (and the original one outside the Bullring!)
