28 things you need to do in Birmingham

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!)