Explore unusual things to do in Birmingham: we reveal the secret places to visit, quirky sights to see, cool neighbourhoods to try, and guides to making the most of Birmingham all year round. It’s your must-read guide to Birmingham, for visitors and locals alike.
This city wouldn’t be what it is today without its legendary canal system. In many ways, Birmingham’s canals—consisting of more miles than Venice, don’t you know— fuelled the Industrial Revolution. But wh...
It's time to accept that autumn is here. But just because the sun’s setting early, temperatures have dropped, and everyone’s cosying up doesn’t mean there isn’t any more fun to be had in Birmingham. Betw...
Holidays are coming—and with them comes the iconic Frankfurt Christmas Market. Since being gifted by our twin city of Frankfurt in 1997, Birmingham’s giant festive attraction has grown into the largest au...
Looking for the fright of your life this Halloween? The Midland’s most terrifying scream park is back this October—filled with heart-racing thrill rides, seven blood-curdling attractions, and lurking char...
Again and again, I hear, Birmingham doesn’t celebrate itself enough. But that’s starting to change. For the third year in a row, the major annual celebration of Birmingham (and all its worldwide namesakes...
Everyone knows Birmingham as the ‘City of a Thousand Trades’, but did you know that one of those trades was in coffin works? While jewellery, firearms and pen nibs were once the Second City’s most famous...
The spookiest, creepiest, scariest (why do we celebrate this again!?) holiday is back! It’s time to dress up as brain-eating zombies, blood-thirsty vampires, cauldron-stewing witches and whatever the lat...
Birmingham’s biggest Diwali party is finally celebrating its 10th anniversary. Diwali Mela on Soho Road has been cancelled two years in a row now—first over a “funding freeze” in 2024, second due to safet...
You may not be quite ready to be thinking about it yet, but Christmas is less than 100 days away as of writing (Friday, September 18). With it comes the return of Lumiante, the “UK’s number one light trai...
This winter, the most enchanting indoor walking trail is opening in Birmingham, and we’re so here for it. After an exceptionally successful London run that drew thousands of visitors, the hugely popular N...