“I need someone to show me The things in life that I can't find” - Paranoid, Black Sabbath Wish I knew before that heavy metal was born in Birmingham! It would have certainly made it to the video 🤘

This video made me actually like my own city

you forgot birmingham’s most iconic landmark: mcdonald’s on the ramp

People think of birmingham as a horrible place, making fun of it. This video really shows its beauty.

You made our Birmingham look like a 7 star hotel.

I'm an American and have lived in Brum for the past 18 months (expat for work)- I absolutely love it, and this video does it justice. It has a bad reputation from people who haven't been here in 20 years. Yes, there's rough sleepers and some crime (like every other major city in the world)... Brum is a treasure and is growing like mad- cranes dominate the skyline and property development investment here is the highest anywhere in the UK. HSBC, HMRC, Deutsche, HS2, and other organizations agree. Birmingham deserves to be the 2nd city it is. And it's only going to get better.

You have actually managed to make Birmingham look good, well done!!!

By order of the peaky fookin blinders I declare this video quite nice actually 👍

You managed to show how beautiful my home city actually is. Luckily you didn’t show much of the never ending, on going construction and road works and road closures!

whoa, you mean Pigeon Park has a proper name? Next, you'll try telling me that you can't find Spaghettti Junction on google maps!

Birmingham Cathedral, at only 300 years old, is what we in the U.K. call a "New build". :-)

This woman deserves a Nobel Prize or some shit, she actually made Birmingham look good!

Great video. Digbeth is a cool area too to check out. The Digbeth Dining club on Friday and Saturday does great street food and it is great to walk around the street covered in amazing street art

What a wonderful video. Your enthusiasm is infectious and you've captured the city beautifully.

It's amazing how they've blended the new and the old... and the architecture ...amazing stuff. I guess that's the charm of Europe

I'm a Brummie now living and working in Cartagena, Spain and I feel you've brought me back home. Thank you so much and well done!!!

Tthe town hall was also the venue for Charles Dicken's to read '' christmas Carol'' to the public for the first time.

She made Birmingham look like another country lol

I was born and bred in Birmingham, and this is one of the best documentaries of the city that I've seen in a long time. I would correct one thing, though. You mention that most of the centre of Birmingham was destroyed during the war. That's not correct. I remember Birmingham during the 50s, and it was little changed from how it was before the war. Very little damage was done to the centre of Birmingham by the bombing. What destroyed a lot of the old buildings in the centre of Birmingham was the shortsighted plans made by the City Council, who tore down many of the oldest buildings during the 1960s. The Birmingham City Council during the 1960s did much more damage to Birmingham than the Luftwaffe did during the war.

Renata, In 2009 I spent 2-weeks staying with missionaries sent out from my church. I stayed with them & pretty much hung out @ their house. They left Europe & now live in the USA, but I did take the train from London to Birmingham (& I liked how you explained the proper way to say Birmingham, Alabama, & Birmingham, England!!!). Very insightful!!!

Grew up in Birmingham and have (am) lived here all my life. Love it. And its still growing developing, all around East side, and City Centre.

Thank you for showing my city so beautifully! I go to all of these places regularly and you've shown them all in such a great way. There is good and bad in every city and so happy you concentrated on the good stuff. Thanks! 😍😍

Who else lives in Birmingham and doesn't believe that this is Birmingham

A beautiful lady showing and narrating the great citys' of the UK a pleasure to watch.

These places r literally so close to each other..

Few tourists cover Birmingham because it hasn't as much to offer. Birmingham was the centre of the industrial Revolution and ever since has been a brash working class city, so it could be a culture shock to many compared to London. A good comparison would be Detroit or Baltimore, cities which have unfortunately declined as industrialisation declined. Nevertheless it is an important region and the home of many inventions including the automobile, and iron and steel smelting. It is regenerating now with culture, cuisine, the reinvigorated canal system and tech industries , events and conferences. I spent many hours in the library studying for my undergraduate degree reading original copies of Adam Smith & Karl Marx works.

You don’t see many travel vlogs of this quality on my home city of Birmingham. Like many have said in the UK 🇬🇧 it doesn’t have a great reputation. As I said in your previous vlog it isn’t where I’d advise tourists to come as there are plenty of better places to visit. Anyway fantastic vlog and some great information ℹ️👍

My Dad looks down on Brum cos he's a 60 year old Londoner who only went in the 70's. But I love it Shows that England can be strong prosperous

From someone who has lived here for over 70 years that was the best look at it all I have ever had. Thank you Renata

I live in Birmingham and this looks like Birmingham but then HELLL NAWWWW

Bless her, this woman is only a visitor and has not got a clue..

I'm from Birmingham and for the last 20 years minimum have travele most of the world for work and I'm actually permanently based in Asia. Even after all this Birmingham is one of, if the best city in the world. It has it all 'but hot weather' noramally. As a tourist if you are in the uk you must visit.

Used to go to the Art Gallery just to look at the Pre-Raphaelites' paintings back in the 80's. Haven't lived in Brum since 1991

Consider York for your next trip! Best city in England for history, culture and facilities. There's SO many places to visit in York even though it's relatively small.

Thank you! This has to be one of the best videos on Birmingham!

I learnt more about my home city in the first 20 seconds of this video than I have my whole 20+ years of living here I’m screaming

Finally, a remake of Tele Savalas Visits Birming Ham.

Absolutely a beautiful city. I know. I've been there and loved it. And yes, they have some awesome shops. The Shakespeare home which you mentioned is also a must see.

Great video. You should have checked out the jewellery quarter while you were here, plus St Paul's Sq.

I left Birmingham in 2002, I can't believe my eyes howmuch it changed. I lived in Birmingham more than 20 years .I lived all my stay in edgbaston. I came to Birmingham in 1980, had bought a house opposite to edgbaston reservoir , in summer field crescent, I sold it before leaving . I miss all my friends there, I hope I get back there again if circumstances allow. With lots of love. PS: regards to my lecturers at the B'ham central University.

There’s a lot of Brummies living in Birmingham including myself Renata because I come here to explore the town centre especially on the weekend

Great video! If you ever pop back, the Jewellery Quarter is probably the best of what Birmingham has to offer

Actually Sold my own city to me, should be made a saint. All jokes a side you have talent with what you do

What a lovely shout out for my home town of 2 years. People never believe me when I say it's actually quite the nice place XD

Thank you for showing my city for what it really is rather than what people, especially many locals, think it is.

I loved this, Birmingham is such a special city

I live and work in Birmingham. How on earth did you make it look so good?!

Lived in Birmingham (Jewellery Quarter) for 5 years now, and the video captured nearly all places I walk past on a daily basis. Recommend anyone visiting to get into the library, it is amazing inside and got two observatories to look at the city center from above.

this woman seems like a fair weather tourist,,,but the best is still to come---- Bradford!!!!

How did you manage to take these videos at the such a nice timing 😭😭😭 it’s usually busy with lots of shit going on & you’re amazing

Hello, we are from Worcestershire which is 30mins south of Birmingham and we would recommend you to visit the Cotswolds (Broadway, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water) if you have time. Enjoy your visit to England.

I created a business in Harborne - Blitzgeist Books - that eventually led to my magnificent Italian villa, where my library is housed. It's so large we are refurbishing 2 medieval apartments to house more, but the 10 greatest meals I ever experienced - I've eaten in Egypt, Vietnam, Turkey ETC ETC - were baltis in in Sparkhill Brum, as your tour reminded me. They are not Indian meals but, in reality, Muslim, mostly Pakistani and Bangladeshi. They alone are worth a trip back.

My home city portrayed so beautifully, really showing birmingham is so much more than an ancient industrial powerhouse of the world .

Thank you for visiting my city, if you still have time I would advise you to go to the 7th floor of the library for some amazing views from its garden, or the Shakespeare Room on the 9th.

Nice to see a really positive review of my home town 😊. It's a shame you did not have time to make it to St Paul's Square in the Jewelery Quarter and the Custard Factory in Digbeth. There you would have got a flavour of the old Birmingham too.

Renata....Thank You!I am seeing my city with fresh eyes!

Thank you for making me look at my home town in a whole new way. You have made me feel proud and I hope u had a great safe time. Excellent video. Thank u and God bless

This is wierd to see someone else’s perspective of the city center when im pratically there most of the time lol

I haven't been to Brum since I was a kid almost 20 years ago, as all I really remembered is concrete, but this video actually makes me want to go and visit! great vlog!

Birmingham and surrounding towns and villages, is by far the best City in England north of London, notwithstanding small cities of Oxford, Cambridge and York. Manchester and Liverpool are not even close.

You forgot birmingham’s most iconic landmark: National Indoor Arena Stadium. The most famous badminton tournament in the world, Yonex All England

I think that what made Birmingham look amazing in this video was the sunny weather! From my experience, Birmingham shines when it is sunny. However, when it gets cloudy, which is frequent, it gets a bit sadder! Nevertheless, a very important and beautiful city.

Glad you enjoyed your visit to our city. As you probably saw there’s a lot of construction work going on. I can’t wait to see it all finished in a few years for the 2022 Commonwealth Games 😃

Thanks for showing my fair city in such a beautiful way. Really enjoyable!

I'm from Birmingham. And wow. Birmingham looks soo beautiful lol.

Great video. You made my city look beautiful. There are a lot of haters out there but we will show them. Birmingham is getting a lot of development and in a few years birmingham will be even better.

Welcome to my city. Im glad you enjoyed your stay Great vlog. X

I´m so glad that I watched this video because the first video I watched about Birmingham was by a couple going round and the weather was grey and the areas they showed looked kind of grotty and I just got such a different impression of the city than from your video.

I love Birmingham, especially in december when the german x-mas market is going on. Mr. Egg deserves an honourable mention as the best hangover food in the U.K.

A seriously great video! It really brings out all the nice bits of Birm that I forget about when walking through all the dodgy stuff every day :') You forgot to mention! The library has the Rep Theatre attached to it, and next door to the Back to Backs is the Hippodrome theatre - I'm going to see Les Mis there tomorrow! There's also The Electric Cinema next to New Street Station (the UK's oldest cinema with sofas and a waiter service inside, they also do special screenings of old films, sometimes), the Sea Life Centre (not too far from Brindley Place), the ThinkTank Science Museum, and the Ikon Gallery and the Custard Factory for anyone interested in art (who've already visited BMAG). If you fancy taking a short bus ride out of the city centre, you can also visit the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham that's also free to public access.

Had a laugh when you said ‘broomies’.....it’s brummies! Nice video though 🙂

This city had such an impact in my life. I was "stationed" there for almost three years during my Ph.D, where I was based with a Brummy metal foundry for my research, about 1.5 miles from the town center. I was a complete loner of that town. Didn't know anyone on that buzzing city. But somehow, it was a place I found how to self reflect, which made me grow on so many levels as an individual. I love the rich history of this city. People call it the Venice of the Midlands, and no it'll never be as "pretty" as Venice. But it's Venice's more rustic, industrial, hairy-chested cousin. I also used to call it Mo-town, as it was/is home to the automotive industry of Britain. And it was the birthplace of have metal :D

In fact, the back to back houses were standing until the late 70's in some parts of Birmingham

Такое ощущение,что за время просмотра я прошелся по этим улицам,каналам,на перекор закону времени,физики,волшебство.... Никак не иначе😊🔆Спасибо большое Рената,Гордон😊🔆🔆🔆

Very pretty, and Birmingham doesn't look bad either !!

Birmingham is beautiful! San Antonio, Texas also has a vibrant urban Riverwalk below street level filled with cafes, shops, galleries, apartments, museums and hotels. One of Americas most visited cites nearly 40 million annually. San Antonio is about the same size as Birmingham with nearly 3 million people in the metro. Nice video.

Birmingham is the Greatest city on the planet....everyone who comes to be Birmingham or lives in Birmingham should be given a medal!!! Home of Duran Duran, Fine Young Cannibals, UB40, stephen tin tin duffy, ELO, Ozzy Osbourne and black sabbath... Im a proud Brummie....(as you can tell lol)

You’ve done a really good job of catching brum. I miss the floozie in Victoria square. Not the same with a bush

I am a Brummie born and bred and I would like to thank you for making such a wonderful and positive video about my city. I was so glad that you went to the Balti triangle for your Balti because if you had had it at the location where you had the fish and chips it would not have been authentic. They would have served it in one of those stainless steel bowls with handles whereas an authentic Balti is served in the cast iron Karahi in which it was cooked which was the case in the Balti you were served. One thing though. Birmingham was a beautiful city before WW2 as you alluded to but the Luftwaffe did not damage it as much as Birmingham City Council did in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Many wonderful Victorian buildings were demolished to be replaced by modern atrocities.

I remember when it was Wimpey on the ramp.All the Starlings nesting on and the sound it made was to me enchanting walking along Corporation Street in the Winter and window shopping and then entering Rackhams at being hit by the smell of Perfume on the ground floor and the distant shouts from the Newspaper kiosks on a Saturday for the Sports Argos and Evening Mail with the Bus of where ever you destination lay ready to greet you.Now it is a sad symmetry of itself and you just want to leave the place as soon as your mission is completed....

I love my city and no one can't tell me otherwise. ♥️💯👍♥️🇬🇧🇯🇲

Great video! Good information! A jewel of a city! 👍😎

As a brummie myself you just have to love brum one of the great cities so gorgeous and so historic. #proud

It's interesting to see your perspective on Birmingham ( town ) I used to go up as a teenager and chill in the cathedral square ( aka pidgin park) some of the youths back in 2006/7 used to go down to the canal's to have a drink lol

Birmingham- the 2nd largest city in the UK it has more canals then hamsterdam it has a Lego discovery centre the the most busiest railway staion is Birmingham new street

Very nice video. Birmingham sure is nice city to visit👌

Well done for a nice reportage on Birmingham. Two key notes: 1. The Town Hall does not "revive the Roman Architecture", but it is based on "Ancient Greek Architecture". 2. Broad Street consists of the "Walk of Stars" including Ozzy, Jeff Lynne of the E.L.O., the 1982 Aston Villa team, Trevor Francis, CHris Tarrant, and another 26 linked-to-good-old-Brum celebrities.

I live in Birmingham and I've been to most places in the city centre I love living here its full of history

Love your video. Thanks for showing us the beautiful city. Keep up your great work, Renata.

Proud to be a Brummie ♡

Birmingham has it's flaws too, like any big city, but I'm proud to have grown up here.

Just go to show that sometimes it takes looking through the eyes of a stranger to see what you take for granted. It certainly opened mine. This should be used by the city's tourist office.

Birmingham is an amazing city. Food is awesome, people are friendly.

Brum is not neat. at all...but some spots are indeed beautiful! Over time you simply get used to it.. But the video makes the city some justice 😉👍

I like Birmingham. It has a major, major foodie scene. Here outside of London you can find Michelin Star rated fine dining restaurants (you won't find any in Manchester) and there are numerous great bars to go for a few pints of fancy cocktails. If you like height of legend in Cricket, Edgbaston ground is the place to be. Check out Birmingham's scientific and engineering history at the science museum at Millenium Point, or check out the Birmingam Museum and Art Gallery for art and historical artifacts. The Ikon gallery for modern and contemporary art at Brindley Place. Or check out Birmingham's street art scene at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. Like jewellery? Head to the Jewellery Quarter just to the north of the city centre for fine crafted jewels and perhaps get a bargain. See gigs and shows at the Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall - check out the views from the new central Library (but be prepared, Brum has got the builders in - the Commonwealth Games are coming to town in 2022) See the worlds oldest *electric* cinema and check the Old Rep Theatre. There's plenty more to see but it is spread out. Disappointingly thought, the public transport is rubbish. Buses only, with a few good suburban rail routes. Only one tram route. No underground metro. At the moment, the city is getting a partial rebuild so Birmingham, after seeing all it's development money raided by London, is finally getting rebuilt and expanded again. Shopping is pretty ace though. You won' get bored

I'm so glad. Renata eats with right hand... 😊😊

who's here for the peaky foo**ng plinders?

yes 0121 all day..love my home town.n everyone in it.

I’ve lived here my whole life but didn’t know you could get narrow boat tours! Will have to check that next time we’re in town x

Impressed how you grappled the very complicated ticketing system like an expert. Long time ago in the 70s it was a unified system, but the government changed it to be competing companies. You managed to get good value for money by booking in advance and using a railcard, which I dont think most vistors would be aware of. Just turning up and buying a tcket at the station would have cost you many times that amount.