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.
Summer holidays have kicked in, and the kids are off for the next month. You can’t let them spend the whole time indoors watching TV, and driving them 3 hours to the closest beach just isn’t doable every...
A photo of Michael Keaton as a BRMB DJ, Mike Skinner's pencil case from school and a filled shopping bag from Woolworths on the ramp. What do they all have in common? Well, these uncanny items all feel li...
The UK’s second longest-running comedy festival returns to Birmingham this October with a full line-up now announced. Birmingham Comedy Festival will welcome nearly 100 performances across 25 venues—inclu...
Birmingham Weekender will bring a mix of incredible performances and creative installations to the city centre this August—and all for free! You should expect more than 100,000 visitors across the Bank Ho...
Summer is the season for road trips, discovering new places and making the most of your city. So it's only fitting that Honda is bringing all three together with an exciting pop-up at the Bullring shoppin...
During the Victorian era, Birmingham was the epicentre of the world’s pen trade (it’s important to note that pens in those days were what we’d call nibs today). In the Jewellery Quarter, there were about...
The worst thing about Birmingham is that it has no beach. Sure, there are some incredible coastal towns and sandy shores not that far away, but they’re not exactly within walking distance or a hop on the...
The only problem with summer is that it flies by too fast. Plenty of excitement just flew by in Birmingham in June and July, and I barely had time to do it all. Luckily, the summer fun doesn't stop there...
“Everywhere the glint of gold,” said the legendary Egyptologist, Howard Carter, upon discovering the tomb of Tutankhamun. But you don’t have to travel all the way to the ancient Valley of the Kings to see...
Cathedral Church of Saint Philip, more commonly known as Birmingham Cathedral, is one of the city's oldest landmarks. Built in 1715, the cathedral is the third smallest in the UK, but what it lacks in siz...