Welcome to the Birmingham Day Out section. Here you'll find Birmingham's best attractions, tours within the city, key shopping areas and specialist markets, hidden away cafés and, for the adventurous, popular sport and leisure activities.
Birmingham has many attractions to fill a weekend visit. From the canals to the Aquarium, from several Birmingham Museums to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, you'll find it all here.
Here you'll find details of popular tours within the city and to neighbouring towns and counties. We also include information on cycle hire here so you can go and explore the city yourself!
Birmingham has a relatively compact shopping area which centres around the Bullring and New Street. We also include historic arcades, city markets, major stores and unique independent shops.
For a bite to eat during the day, Birmingham has plenty of unique cafés hidden away throughout the city centre. There are also plenty of chain coffee shops on the main streets but at the moment we only list the popular independent ones here.
With two football teams and a major cricket ground, Birmingham has a lot to offer. We include the most popular sports here as well as other leisure activities that you might find of interest.
Grayson Perry lockdown art exhibition opens - BBC News (2 Dec 2022) 
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery closed until 2024 - BBC News (18 Nov 2022)
Mystery of missing Birmingham glacial boulders - BBC News (19 Oct 2022)
Commonwealth Games: Birmingham bull a tourist attraction - BBC News (28 Jul 2022)
Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery reopens for Commonwealth Games - BBC News (29 Apr 2022)
Black Country Living Museum expansion back on track - BBC News (24 Mar 2022)
'Ring of blossom' to line Birmingham streets - BBC News (24 Mar 2022)
Cadbury World to be run by theme park firm Merlin Entertainments - BBC News (2 Feb 2022)
Birmingham dancing thief's 'fancy footwork' caught on camera - BBC News (3 Sep 2021)
Birmingham e-scooters under fire over pedestrian 'peril' - BBC News (25 Jun 2021)
Tesco fined £7.56m for selling out-of-date food in Birmingham - BBC News (19 Apr 2021)
Covid: 'Very excited' customers queue in Birmingham for reopened shops - BBC News (12 Apr 2021)
Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter clock 'restored to former glory' - BBC News (20 Mar 2021)
Rubbish dumped in Birmingham canal and parkland - BBC News (8 Jul 2020)
Women pushed in Birmingham canal by gang on bikes - BBC News (13 Jun 2020)
Birmingham Bullring: Two teens injured in shopping centre stabbing - BBC News (18 Dec 2019)
Banksy's Birmingham artwork highlighting homelessness preserved - BBC News (10 Dec 2019)
HMV Birmingham: Can a record store work in a digital age? - BBC News (11 Oct 2019)
Saint Nicolas' Place Tudor buildings in Birmingham to be sold - BBC News (5 Oct 2019)
Tourists heading to Birmingham Primark from across UK - BBC News (11 Jul 2019)
