Birmingham in General Reviews

Birmingham city centre has been transformed by the re building of the Bullring to provide some of the best shopping in the country. The complex design ensures that you feel that you have never quite seen it all. It is almost like two shopping centres linked together underground, one part of which is made up of the distinctive Selfriges ...  Read the complete review

From the very first visit, a fleeting stop on the way to Leicester, I have loved Birmingham. As a city it's got everything a modern girl could need, with funky buildings and amazing architecture (the Mailbox and the Bullring spring immeadiately to mind). It also has a rather large central train station and excellent bus and coach links ...  Read the complete review

I know Birmingham probably better than any other city even though I'm from down south, and have a certain loyalty to the city that has given me so many of the things that I love: Cadbury's chocolate, Duran Duran and Baltis. Ha. You think I'm joking. I first went to Brum in 1994, not really knowing what to expect but ...  Read the complete review

When people ask me where I'm from (which happens a lot as I recently started university) and I tell them Birmingham, their reaction is predictable. It's either "oh" or, "oh I've been there, to Digbeth coach station". Er, ok. Or else they comment on my accent. I'm not originally from Birmingham, but my ...  Read the complete review

I arrived at Birmingham university (Edgbaston) as a student in 1997, and left after 3 years when finished my course, so this is entirely a snapshot of what its like to come to the city in that way. Generally a lot of people complain about Birmingham, and its shops and entertainments, saying it is just a scaled up version of ...  Read the complete review

I’ve spent nearly 3 years now in Birmingham and have started to feel at home. For the first 6 months in Brummie, it was boring. The campus being far from the city centre doesn’t help. But I’ve managed to re-adjust. Brummie is different. It has an expanding city scene and the city centre is notably being redeveloped ...  Read the complete review

If you are visiting Birmingham soon and expect to need a taxi between eleven and three, forget it. I have visited the city five times in the last seven months and have been subjected to misery at closing time on each occasion. Locals seemed well aware of the dire situation but had no solutions - either as suggestions or for ...  Read the complete review

Birmingham is the most seasonaly varying place I have encountered. In Winter, when the skies are grey and the rain frequent, Birmingahm is grim, cold and unappealing. The buildings look drab and dreary, the people look miserable and its not a fun place to be. In Summer, the light is softer, warmer and the buildings in the ...  Read the complete review

This opinion is NOT about Birmingham in it's entirety so if you're looking for opinions on that you will probably want to leave now while you have the chance. Once you start reading about the wondrous Bartley Green you'll not escape until you know every last detail about the place. Maybe. Unfortunately this is the best place ...  Read the complete review

Now truly an international City. Birmingham. England's Second city should now be mentioned in the same breath as London, New York, Paris, Rome. The birth place of the Industrial Revolution, Birmingham is now the place to go. Whether it be to live, work, shop or play, Birmingham offers the lot. With World class facilities such as ...  Read the complete review

Probably the ugliest city in England and the most dangerous if your carrying a mobile phone or something shiny as the city has very high ethnic population and all the poverty that encourages.Beware!. The shopping areas are dirty and The Bullring is an abysmal anachronism that requires the services of Fred Dibnah (TV Steeplejack) ...  Read the complete review

I lived in Brum for about one year, and I found this city the most souless and unfriendly place I have ever been this city seems to shut down at 7pm each night and I really do not know what these people do on an evening except hang around in Mcdonalds. The shops are pretty standard fare for a big city centre, and they are brums best ...  Read the complete review

Okay, I worte the opinion below about a year ago, and I have to say, my impressions of Birmingham have changed somewhat, perhaps I just needed a little time to get used to the place. The city centre - although extremely busy - has some serious merit, perhaps I just hadn't explored it enough, but down by the canal is lovely, ...  Read the complete review

When I went to Birmingham I was very suprised as I thought it was going to be quite grotty. But when i got there it was very nice. The city has a large selection of shops with reasonable prices. If you want to go out for the night Birmingham is the place to go. It has a large selection of trendy bars restaurants and clubs. A good place ...  Read the complete review

Once described as 'a Birmingham landmark' by someone who obviously doesn't live here, the Bull Ring has been the haven of skanky shops and drug dealers for many a year. It is/was the biggest shopping centre in the city centre and by far the worst. The quality of the shops was terrible and it always had a foul smell. Few ...  Read the complete review

The Slurping Toad situated on the corner of Smallbrook Queensway and Hurst Street is a little gem of a pub situated perfectly in the centre of Birmingham and is ideal for a quiet drink after work during the week or for a pre-club boogie with your mates at the weekend. There is a healthy selection of real ales, lagers and a decent ...  Read the complete review

What a day! At last the horrible monstrosity of concrete that has blighted brum for the last fourty years is to be put to rest! Filled with off-the-back-of-a-lorry shops, and representing exactly what everyone loves to criticise about Birmingham. The thoughtless individuals who designed it in the 60s really ...  Read the complete review

Last night my daughter and I went to the opening of StarCity. The site is well signposted from the M6 and from the spineroad. When we arrived at 8pm there was a queue to get in but we easily found a parking space despite the inability of people to follow the simple well designed one way system. However when we left at about 9.30 ...  Read the complete review

This opinion will be useful to those living or studying in, or near Birmingham. The aim of the review is to highlight the many features that the library has, and make people more aware of them. It may be surprising to many people that Birmingham has the largest public library in Europe. Living in Birmingham I have used this ...  Read the complete review

I was born in Birmingham and until I was 18 I always thought of it as a grey, industrial city, mocked by the rest of the country (although I wasn't sure what for) and I was wary of saying to people that I came from Birmingham. It is, of course, supposed to be the country's second city but is most often overlooked in ...  Read the complete review