Thanks for showing me around Birmingham City and it is a fantastic city and beautiful old and new building round and with the buses and trams and it is nice and spacious and it is amazing place to visit and stay and go to college Thanks Neil for going round Birmingham
i was here at Uni from 1980 till 1983. Apart from the big historic buildings, it"s unrecognisable. wow! you used to take your life into your hands every time you crossed a street.
I have never been to Birmingham lived in London for 30 years and moved to Southport in 1986 drove past Birmingham many times but never visited.this place is amazing never thought Birmingham was such a lovely place a1000 times BETTER than LONDON thank you very much for the sights I will definitely visit.
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My home town and very proud of it, lots of people get the wrong impression of Brum, its an amazing city with so much to see and do. You must visit Gas St canal basin its lovely there, you can sit outside one of the pubs and take in the boats going by also Grand central is totally amazing to visit also. Thank you for showing Birmingham really enjoyed the video!
The fact you didnt even go down to the cannels, see brindleyplace, go to Colmore row or cathedral square, or by the cube/ mailbox, go inside the bullring and the video still turned out amazing just shows how awesome of a videographer you are. I really enjoyed watching this with all your comments on the screen and knowledge and admiring everything. It was really refreshing to watch.
Thank you Birmingham my home town i miss it alot the building I lived in was at 45:20 above what is now dji.. very different 30years ago but very good memories. Thank you 🙏
The German Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham is the only authentic German Market out side of Germany and Austria and is the biggest one in the UK, it is so authentic is that it is run by Frankfurt City Council and German people and is in it's 23rd year now.
Loved watching it I'm from Birmingham and still live in Birmingham such a beautiful place I've not been up there for years makes me want to go up there again after watching your video it's crazy watching it and remembering how it all used to be before the big chances they made it's for the better looks fantastic there now. Great video really enjoyed it
@@Animalluva well if you were born in Birmingham and never moved away I cant see how you can not recognize Birmingham, at least the dirty slums and buildings have now gone
Brilliant absolutely brilliant, I am a Brummie born and bred, but I emigrated to the far reaches of Shropshire over 20 years ago and haven't been back since, but thanks to you and your great video I will be returning to make a visit❤
I didn’t expect to enjoy this one. Nolan, you’re helping with tourism! Birmingham now on my bucket list for next visit to your lovely land!(you even surprised me with Coventry!).
Birmingham is so beautiful ! You definitely did an excellent job capturing the city center and landmarks. I for one appreciated the video quality. I was born in Birmingham,so of course I will be going back home soon. Thank you for making it easy to plan my trip back home
@@GimbalWalkTVIn many ways yes, it is a beautiful city, but I miss the old BullRing and old markets. Many a happy day spent exploring them in my younger days and I think I’d get lost now in the new Grand Central station! The last futuristic shot you showed is Selfridges x
I live in Birmingham and see these locations daily in real life but I’m still addicted to watching Birmingham walking tour videos as I’m a people watcher
Much thanks for the video - I spent seven years of my life in Erdington YMCA, Birmingham, I went to Mathew Boulton Technical College - studied Telecommunication, for 3 years My first job in Birmingham was as Glasses Frame Polisher - in 1963 in Hockley - i lasted 3 days - there were about 40 women in the small factory and at least 10 radios - you could not hear yourself shout n8 I bought my first house in Rugeley, Staffordshire - At that time I was employed by PYE TELECOMS at Black Heath In 1969 - I moved to Cambridge and short time later London - when I entered the Computer Industry in 1971 Before working for PYE, I worked for British Telecom, part of the Post Office - so I am / was very familiar with all the small towns surrounding Birmingham Now I am 6000 miles away - and enjoying my retirement
I was at college here until 81 on a frugal grant. It was an eyesore but I've seen much worse. I first rubbed shoulders with people from different backgrounds. So different in your video and yes, I would still be happy returning to have another look.
As a Brummie, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Broad Street so quiet. What time did you film? That street and Brindley Place are buzzing with people and traffic later in the day and into the evening. The atmosphere is electric. Also we have more miles of canals than Venice. So much more to do and see in Brum. I hope you’ll be back soon?
One of the most underrated cities in UK. Great place, multicultural, friendly people. Lots of beautiful buildings, new & old. Forever changing. If you've not been, go!
Because Jane is a narcissist and it makes her feel altruistic. That's it. Her own people and culture dying are good because it makes her morally superior. Narcissism.
Hello Neil I'm your newest subscriber all the way from Guyana, formerly British Guiana-the only English speaking country on the South American continent. I like watching videos like this. I would be thankful if you could a tour of the five universities you mentioned found there. Thanks in advance. Keep it up.
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I usually walked from the train station in by the rotunda but then only got as far as the library😂 Looks great coming from the other direction, will definitely try on my next visit 😊
You forgot to mention that on the top of The Library for Birmingham there is a fantastic roof top garden where you can see for miles over Birmingham and the West Midlands.
I was working as a youth worker at Newtown community centre when they where practicing they made on hell of a noise but I got use to it . Never a problem from them.
Loved this video from start to end, but why did you stop there?? Carry on down the steps to the open & indoor market areas, then further still through the Chinese Quarter & Irish pubs to Digbeth, lots to see & do!!
Thanks for sharing that. I am in California would love to visit the UK someday. I like the way the new architecture design in England its into the old. @@peterwilliamallen1063
Beautiful video thank you, the only problem is that there is so much more, I kept saying to myself noooo just go down that road and through the door in the wall to Gas Street Basin and the mailbox. Go up that road and visit pidgeon park and the cathederal. Go down Corporation street and see the beautiful red brick law courts then go to the jewellery quater and St Pauls square and the catacombs in the victorian cemetery. Then Digbeth, and Birmingham university and the amazing buildings there and the catholic cathederal and, and, and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,😊
Birmingham is the second City and Second largest City with Europes largest City Council due to it's area of 150 sq miles in area and it's growing population of 1.5 million citizens
This is the best video on Birmingham City out of a few I watched. Congrats for this highly informative and beautiful video.Though I was in the City for a few months, I didnt know much of the important facts explained with sub titles in this video
@@GimbalWalkTV Middlesbrough, like Bradford has lost its main industry, in this case steel, but it still has some fine architecture, both traditional and modern, and some nice parks. There are three indoor shopping centres, and the outdoor James cook square. There is MIMA, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, the Transporter Bridge and the nearby Newport Bridge which was the first vertical lift bridge in the UK, but sadly no longer lifts. The railway station is an impressive building, but sadly lost its overall glass roof to wartime bombing. There are areas of derelict buildings and empty former industrial land which need good quality redevelopment, butt’s certainly not the terrible place that it’s sometimes claimed to be. The university has a good reputation. The place really deserves to get city status. If you fancy a day out by the sea Saltburn-on-Sea with its pier is quite a short train ride away.
Lenny Henry is from Netherton in the Black Country, he was awarded the freedom of Dudley, then left to live somewhere else, leaving a grateful population. But these scenes of Broad street, I hardly recognised anywhere till you got to Brindley place, and virtually no cars because of the ULEZ ban.
I don't care what anybody says ULEZ was the best thing ever for Brum, other towns resisting car restrictions and pedestrianisation are short sighted and missing a great opportunity to revolutionise their area, born in Brum, lived away for 30 years but moving back next year to my great home city
I live in the midlands and have seen the change of Birmingham city centre for many years. The recent changes, the improvements of the tram network, the new stone flooring, the cycling network and pedestrian areas, the general cleanliness have really improved the vibe of the centre. It is such a nice place to go to for a day out. I would like to see encouragement for smaller independent shops that could add variety to the shopping experience as the big brands gets a bit old. I loved Edinburgh for this, loads of little shops to get lost in. Better integration and network of cycling infrastructure would be good. Make cycle network actually go somewhere and make it safer and easier to get around the city. If the cycle network could be made safe for children to cycle with their parents into the city then others will follow and some might even decide (if they can) to leave the car at home. Birmingham is heading in the right direction. 👍👍😊
You might seem to like the Birmingham Clean Air Zone but a lot of Brummies hate it as they can't afford a new car and Bus services in parts of Birmingham are rubbish with people walking a mile from the bus stop to their home, it isn't the best thing either a the A38 trunk route that goes through Birmingham is affected and to be precise the air isn't that much different.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 LOL, dont know how old you are, but I left school in the late 1970s, New St choked with traffic with diesel double decker buses belching out fumes, horrible dangerous pedestrian underpasses everywhere, canals abandoned and full of rubbish and stolen motorcycles, I could go on, is that what you would prefer ? If you want to see what poor public transport looks like, try living in Devon, there is no comparison. Back then the jewelry quarter, Curzon St area and Digbeth were seperate areas that you couldnt walk to, the roads were just crammed and the underpasses were too dangerous to use, especially at night, I dont think you realise just how much better it is now
@@vaughanbbrean71 So you do not actually live in Birmingham like I do, I have lived in Birmingham since 1955 and yes Birmingham had a load of traffic in the City Center but it still was not that bad compared to what it was like in the early 1960's with smogs, and it vastly improved with the clean air act, The areas you describe now are pedestrian areas with no motor vehicles allowed, Corporation street is a tram line only except for delivery vehicles, the canals have now been cleaned up and are visitor attractions with the ICC, the Jewellery Quarter is now a fashionable area and tourist attraction, Curzon street has been demolished and is being rebuilt as the new HS2 Rail terminal and the whole of Digbeth along with a new Coach Station is now being redeveloped incorporating a new BBC TV Studios and Film producing Studios and since Covid for the UK's Second largest City bus services have deteriated, so unlike London with its Clean air and congestion charge having a realy good Bus, Tube and Rail transport System Birmingham City Council is forcing people to get rid of perfectly good cars such as 14 plated Diesel cars expecting them to buy a new car or use non existent Bus Services. You a typical of loads of people that pull Birmingham to pieces by looking at Birmingham of the past, and either not living or visited Birmingham lately and if you did you would see the difference as the New Birmingham looks nothing like Birmingham of the 1970's
Everybody in Birmingham centre watch out if you drop anything on the floor it's £150 fine immediately even if it's a a cigarette but if anyone comes over to you claiming that you you now owe money just carry on walking do not give any details they are scamming you pretending to be police
Birmingham was heavily bombed and very industrial into the 50’s - in the 60’s there was a lot of terrible rebuilding with awful buildings and destruction. Much later a more sympathetic rebuild was started and has resulted in a good blend of the old and some new buildings. I think it’s now very tasteful and I’m proud to be an ex ‘brummie’.
@@martynadams2011 If there was a bombing, that explains a lot :) but I still often remember the poem There are huge new buildings all around. Corbusier has something in common with the Luftwaffe, that both worked hard over changing face of Europe. What the Cyclopes will forget in their rage, then pencils completely done. Four days they bombed the city, and the city was gone. Cities not people and not hiding in the entrance during a rainstorm. Streets, houses don't go crazy in these cases and, falling, do not call for revenge :)
@@martynadams2011 Poem was about Rotterdam :) after Luftwaffe bombing many new huge buildings appear in this town :) Now I think modern buildings in Birmingham very nice by themselves :)
It’s easy to turn up in a city and point the camera at the less nicer things and make a scandalous shock video Makes way more money, get more views and clicks But I simply don’t have that in me I like a happy upbeat life
No it does not, a lot of these tall buildings supposedly in th e City of Manchester are actually in the City of Salford, plus Birmingham City Centre is bigger than Manchester City Centre so our tall buildings are spread arround the City Centre
@peterwilliamallen1063 Manchester is small. Only the 8th largest city in the UK. As others have said, Manchester had to big itself up by creating greater Manchester by including Salford, Bolton, Rochdale, and lots of other cities. Man Utds ground isn't even in the city of Manchester (it's in Stretford, which has its own Council)
@@Richcanvas Greater Manchester and the City of Manchester are two totaly different things, the City of Manchester has been arround for Centuries and as the title say's it is a City, but Greater Manchester is not a City so can not claim to be in any postion as a City, it is just a Metropolitan County Council set up in the 1970's along with the West Midlands, Mersey Side, Greater Glasgow , Greater London, South and North Yorkshire to look after Police, Fire, Ambulance, Certain Roads and Transport in the areas and does not tax public taxes, a few strange things happened when they were being set up, the West Midlands Metro Council equivelent to Greater Manchester was going to be named Greater Birmingham but a number of Black Country towns and later Coventry did not like the idea so it was renamed the West Midlands Metropolitan County, in Manchester the Metro Council was going to be called South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire hence why the buses run in the area were called SELNEC, but both Lancashire and Cheshire County Councils complained about the name so it was renamed Greater Manchester with the Buses run by this Metro Council still running for a while as SELNEC but later renamed Greater Manchester Transport and the only connection between Greater Manchester and the City of Manchester is the word "MANCHESTER" that is all and as I mentioned Greater Manchester is not a City so only the City of Manchester can rank as a City officially
I lived in Birmingham. Don't listen to these people. Big cities are many things and people love to be negative and hateful. Bad things exist and happen everywhere. Plenty of good too.
Pretty City Centre eh shame it’s bankrupt now. Tell you what don’t try a gimbal walk just outside the city centre and night time city centre walk (well take a security team or you would loose your gimble).
What absolutely rubbish, Birmingham for it’s size and population is one of the safest in the UK… it also has some very beautiful and chilled neighbourhoods, very safe, lots have independent bar’s/restaurants and parks… I’m out and about at night all the time taking pictures/videos not one problem yet, I can’t say the same when I was in Manchester or even London… Stop with the now boring and old stereotypes, Brum is a very welcoming and cosmopolitan city with always lots to see and do
Lol. Every major city has its good and bad parts. The good in Brum outweighs the bad. Go to any beautiful city in the world you will find the same. Birmingham is ever evolving.
Last year I lived just right next to The Crown, in front of the stairs in Grand Central. I literally saw people defecating or peeing in the middle of the streets in the centre, people would throw their fastfood residuals in the street and no one cares, like if English people decided to stop taking care of their own city and abandon it. Left the city cos I'm not paying half of my salary for a little old rotten bedroom in a shared room with 5 or 6 random people. Ah, not to mention everything is a big corporative thing, the soul of the city is a shopping centre with stupid shops you can find everywhere in the world. Sad for my English people, I thought Birmingham was better than Manchester or Liverpool but definetely it isn't.
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This was a great way of showing people, the amazing city of Birmingham. Thank you ! xx
Thank you
I love that city
Thanks for showing me around Birmingham City and it is a fantastic city and beautiful old and new building round and with the buses and trams and it is nice and spacious and it is amazing place to visit and stay and go to college Thanks Neil for going round Birmingham
Thanks Elaine
Have a lovely weekend!
i was here at Uni from 1980 till 1983. Apart from the big historic buildings, it"s unrecognisable. wow! you used to take your life into your hands every time you crossed a street.
very beautiful city, Next go to Brighton
Oh yes - I love Brighton
@GimbalWalkTV Would like to see you do some beautiful villages but I guess they'd be short.
I have never been to Birmingham lived in London for 30 years and moved to Southport in 1986 drove past Birmingham many times but never visited.this place is amazing never thought Birmingham was such a lovely place a1000 times BETTER than LONDON thank you very much for the sights I will definitely visit.
Thanks
Thank you so much!
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend and thank you for watching my channel! ❤️❤️
I grew up in Birmingham and always loved the city. Great place.
Agreed
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Greetings from Naples, Florida. What a beautiful day for a walk. We enjoyed the sights, sounds and scenery. So much to see there. Thanks for sharing with us, have a great weekend 💯
My home town and very proud of it, lots of people get the wrong impression of Brum, its an amazing city with so much to see and do. You must visit Gas St canal basin its lovely there, you can sit outside one of the pubs and take in the boats going by also Grand central is totally amazing to visit also. Thank you for showing Birmingham really enjoyed the video!
Thank you!
I love Birmingham so much now
Never been to Gas Street Basin though so that’s my next trip there! ❤️
Hello Are you thomas shelby?
What a beautiful city and so clean. Lovely old and new buildings.
Very much so - I loved visiting
No city in Britain is clean everywhere!
@@bossman1905 No city anywhere is. Whats your point?
Beautiful Birmingham City! Love it! Thanks for sharing.
Great great city
A vary good video of BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE & vary intresting!.✔✔👍👍😎😎💛💛
Thank you!
Thanks for the walk-about - and I agree : Look UP ‼️
Yes!!! 👆👆👆
The fact you didnt even go down to the cannels, see brindleyplace, go to Colmore row or cathedral square, or by the cube/ mailbox, go inside the bullring and the video still turned out amazing just shows how awesome of a videographer you are. I really enjoyed watching this with all your comments on the screen and knowledge and admiring everything. It was really refreshing to watch.
Thank you so much
Such an amazing city and lots more to film next time like you say!
@@GimbalWalkTV come do one for manchester city your vlogging is so high quality
@@KevinOmondi-o4g It's on my plans!
Thank you Birmingham my home town i miss it alot the building I lived in was at 45:20 above what is now dji.. very different 30years ago but very good memories. Thank you 🙏
I once thought Birmingham was ugly. Thank you for leting us know this is really a vibrant metrpolis with elegance.
Beautiful & amazing City. I bet there Christmas Market is fantastic. Great vlog 👍
Thank you 🙏
The German Frankfurt Christmas Market in Birmingham is the only authentic German Market out side of Germany and Austria and is the biggest one in the UK, it is so authentic is that it is run by Frankfurt City Council and German people and is in it's 23rd year now.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 👍
Was born and raised. Love this city.
Great city
❤Neil.....what a beautiful city.....
Loved watching it I'm from Birmingham and still live in Birmingham such a beautiful place I've not been up there for years makes me want to go up there again after watching your video it's crazy watching it and remembering how it all used to be before the big chances they made it's for the better looks fantastic there now. Great video really enjoyed it
I don't like what they've done to it, I was born in the early 60's I've never moved away, but I don't recognize it now,totally different.😟
Thank you so much!
@@Animalluva well if you were born in Birmingham and never moved away I cant see how you can not recognize Birmingham, at least the dirty slums and buildings have now gone
Birmingham is amazing.
Agreed!
@@lion73266 I absolutely agree with you 💖
@@lion73266 LOL
@@bartomiejsaweczko6152 Laughing at yourself is not good... Get help.
Amazing city Birmingham. Thanks for sharing wonderful video. I love this city very much.
Brilliant absolutely brilliant, I am a Brummie born and bred, but I emigrated to the far reaches of Shropshire over 20 years ago and haven't been back since, but thanks to you and your great video I will be returning to make a visit❤
Yeah but never live there now !
Thanks mate for taking me a walk in video.😊
No problem 👍 Thanks for watching!
I didn’t expect to enjoy this one. Nolan, you’re helping with tourism! Birmingham now on my bucket list for next visit to your lovely land!(you even surprised me with Coventry!).
Really it's such a looking good place, Road also clean , no traffic jam
True
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Just had a tour of birmingham. Your video gave me so many information. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
It's such a great city
Thanks a lot for your video. I ´ll visit the city next week for work, but in my free time, now , I know where I will walk!!
Great city!
So beautiful t
Birmingham is so beautiful ! You definitely did an excellent job capturing the city center and landmarks. I for one appreciated the video quality. I was born in Birmingham,so of course I will be going back home soon. Thank you for making it easy to plan my trip back home
Thank you so much
BIrmingham is such a fine fine city to visit
I was born in Brum and lived there till 2003. My it has changed!
Do you think it has improved?
@@GimbalWalkTVIn many ways yes, it is a beautiful city, but I miss the old BullRing and old markets. Many a happy day spent exploring them in my younger days and I think I’d get lost now in the new Grand Central station! The last futuristic shot you showed is Selfridges x
Beautiful Birmingham
It really is!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Bravo the place of Birmingham.
Great great city!
🎉🎉🎉very nice videography ,I like it.😊
Thank you so much 😃
I live in Birmingham and see these locations daily in real life but I’m still addicted to watching Birmingham walking tour videos as I’m a people watcher
That's how I first got into doing what I do - by watching videos of my home city!
Much thanks for the video - I spent seven years of my life in Erdington YMCA, Birmingham, I went to Mathew Boulton Technical College - studied Telecommunication, for 3 years
My first job in Birmingham was as Glasses Frame Polisher - in 1963 in Hockley - i lasted 3 days - there were about 40 women in the small factory and at least 10 radios - you could not hear yourself shout
n8 I bought my first house in Rugeley, Staffordshire - At that time I was employed by PYE TELECOMS at Black Heath
In 1969 - I moved to Cambridge and short time later London - when I entered the Computer Industry in 1971
Before working for PYE, I worked for British Telecom, part of the Post Office - so I am / was very familiar with all the small towns surrounding Birmingham
Now I am 6000 miles away - and enjoying my retirement
I was at college here until 81 on a frugal grant. It was an eyesore but I've seen much worse. I first rubbed shoulders with people from different backgrounds. So different in your video and yes, I would still be happy returning to have another look.
Birmingham is amazing place I been 4 times ❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic video!!! Coventry next!
Watch this space 👍👍👍
I absolutely love Birmingham!!! This has taken me back years!!! I used to visit the city when I went to see Crufts at the NEC. Thank you Neil.
Thank you!
Do you think it’s improving?
@@GimbalWalkTV From what I have seen on your video it seems to be getting bigger and better.
Very useful for my photowalk in Birmingham tomorrow - thank you.
Have fun!
❤❤❤❤❤Birmingham, my city,
It's a fine fine city
Looking forward to you going back to do the canal walk
Thank you - lovely place isnt' it
As a Brummie, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Broad Street so quiet. What time did you film? That street and Brindley Place are buzzing with people and traffic later in the day and into the evening. The atmosphere is electric. Also we have more miles of canals than Venice. So much more to do and see in Brum. I hope you’ll be back soon?
I WAS IN BIRMINGHAM YESTERDAY AND THE ARCHITECTURE IS AMAZING I ENJOY WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS 👍👍
Worcester would be good always overlooked
On the way!
nice @@GimbalWalkTV also covelly in Devon would be good
One of the most underrated cities in UK. Great place, multicultural, friendly people. Lots of beautiful buildings, new & old. Forever changing. If you've not been, go!
Why is multicultural good?
@@wendywolfman Karen, stop it!
Because Jane is a narcissist and it makes her feel altruistic.
That's it.
Her own people and culture dying are good because it makes her morally superior.
Narcissism.
You say multicultural as if it’s a good thing
@@wendywolfmanFood music clothes. Depends what you're into
Hello Neil I'm your newest subscriber all the way from Guyana, formerly British Guiana-the only English speaking country on the South American continent. I like watching videos like this. I would be thankful if you could a tour of the five universities you mentioned found there. Thanks in advance. Keep it up.
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ICC, International Convention centre and Symphony hall. I done industrial cleaning on. I seen it when it just had the concrete framework.
I usually walked from the train station in by the rotunda but then only got as far as the library😂 Looks great coming from the other direction, will definitely try on my next visit 😊
Yep great place people often criticise it lovely old buildings …
You forgot to mention that on the top of The Library for Birmingham there is a fantastic roof top garden where you can see for miles over Birmingham and the West Midlands.
I was working as a youth worker at Newtown community centre when they where practicing they made on hell of a noise but I got use to it . Never a problem from them.
My love Birmingham
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@@AhmedHassan-mv2sx i was born in the shithole so glad i moved away
Wen frist saw library in Birmingham I thought look like prison but wen went in side few times I like it 👌 😊
I bein few time s to Birmingham lots to see old buildings and new buildings like sky scrapers
I only know the place from Brum.(The show about the car)
Ah yes I’d forgot about that!
Rosie and Jim too, on the canals
Will you do another Birmingham walk next summer? Lots more things will be built/finished.
Loved this video from start to end, but why did you stop there?? Carry on down the steps to the open & indoor market areas, then further still through the Chinese Quarter & Irish pubs to Digbeth, lots to see & do!!
Good suggestions - I'm heading there soon so will do that!
Love to go there for Christmas ❤ actually I’m planning to go with my fiancé and two children ❤
It's so great!
I did like the library. what was the 'bubble' building at the end of the video? Great walk!
Was the Bullring I think - shopping centre (I could be wrong)
Looked like a spaceship!
The bubble clad building at the end is a part of the new Bullring Shopping Center and is the Selfridges shopping unit in the Bullring.
Thanks for sharing that. I am in California would love to visit the UK someday. I like the way the new architecture design in England its into the old. @@peterwilliamallen1063
Bubble building is Selfridges. Bullring
thanks for telling me about the bubbles they look really cool. Why do they call it the 'bullring'? @@janejohnson188
I went to University there, 1973-1975.
Last time I was back was 2004 - I stayed at the Britannia Hotel.
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I am going there today heheheheh
Have a great time!
Beautiful video thank you, the only problem is that there is so much more, I kept saying to myself noooo just go down that road and through the door in the wall to Gas Street Basin and the mailbox. Go up that road and visit pidgeon park and the cathederal. Go down Corporation street and see the beautiful red brick law courts then go to the jewellery quater and St Pauls square and the catacombs in the victorian cemetery. Then Digbeth, and Birmingham university and the amazing buildings there and the catholic cathederal and, and, and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,😊
100%!
can’t wait to get back and film more
Where would you recommend?
Me too.
Is it the second city after London by population and area?
Yes
@@marktaurus206 It's a great city!
Lol. Right.
Birmingham is the second City and Second largest City with Europes largest City Council due to it's area of 150 sq miles in area and it's growing population of 1.5 million citizens
This is the best video on Birmingham City out of a few I watched. Congrats for this highly informative and beautiful video.Though I was in the City for a few months, I didnt know much of the important facts explained with sub titles in this video
Thank you so much that means a lot
Two other places which also sometimes have bad reputations, but which I really like are Bradford and Middlesbrough.
Am a big fan of Bradford too
Not really been to Middlesbrough
@@GimbalWalkTV
Middlesbrough, like Bradford has lost its main industry, in this case steel, but it still has some fine architecture, both traditional and modern, and some nice parks. There are three indoor shopping centres, and the outdoor James cook square. There is MIMA, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, the Transporter Bridge and the nearby Newport Bridge which was the first vertical lift bridge in the UK, but sadly no longer lifts. The railway station is an impressive building, but sadly lost its overall glass roof to wartime bombing.
There are areas of derelict buildings and empty former industrial land which need good quality redevelopment, butt’s certainly not the terrible place that it’s sometimes claimed to be. The university has a good reputation. The place really deserves to get city status. If you fancy a day out by the sea Saltburn-on-Sea with its pier is quite a short train ride away.
Lenny Henry is from Netherton in the Black Country, he was awarded the freedom of Dudley, then left to live somewhere else, leaving a grateful population. But these scenes of Broad street, I hardly recognised anywhere till you got to Brindley place, and virtually no cars because of the ULEZ ban.
Lenny was born in Dudley. 🖤🤍❤
@@jaynejohnson2671 Netherton is Dudley just a district.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 He was born in Burton Rd DUDLEY. Not far from the now Russells Hall hospital. DUDLEY. 😁❤️🤍🖤
Thank you Neil for showing me around Birmingham not been there for over 40 years
Thanks Elaine!!
Come do vlogging of Manchester city also
Will do!
I don't care what anybody says ULEZ was the best thing ever for Brum, other towns resisting car restrictions and pedestrianisation are short sighted and missing a great opportunity to revolutionise their area, born in Brum, lived away for 30 years but moving back next year to my great home city
Well said
I live in the midlands and have seen the change of Birmingham city centre for many years. The recent changes, the improvements of the tram network, the new stone flooring, the cycling network and pedestrian areas, the general cleanliness have really improved the vibe of the centre. It is such a nice place to go to for a day out.
I would like to see encouragement for smaller independent shops that could add variety to the shopping experience as the big brands gets a bit old. I loved Edinburgh for this, loads of little shops to get lost in.
Better integration and network of cycling infrastructure would be good. Make cycle network actually go somewhere and make it safer and easier to get around the city. If the cycle network could be made safe for children to cycle with their parents into the city then others will follow and some might even decide (if they can) to leave the car at home.
Birmingham is heading in the right direction.
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You might seem to like the Birmingham Clean Air Zone but a lot of Brummies hate it as they can't afford a new car and Bus services in parts of Birmingham are rubbish with people walking a mile from the bus stop to their home, it isn't the best thing either a the A38 trunk route that goes through Birmingham is affected and to be precise the air isn't that much different.
@@peterwilliamallen1063 LOL, dont know how old you are, but I left school in the late 1970s, New St choked with traffic with diesel double decker buses belching out fumes, horrible dangerous pedestrian underpasses everywhere, canals abandoned and full of rubbish and stolen motorcycles, I could go on, is that what you would prefer ? If you want to see what poor public transport looks like, try living in Devon, there is no comparison. Back then the jewelry quarter, Curzon St area and Digbeth were seperate areas that you couldnt walk to, the roads were just crammed and the underpasses were too dangerous to use, especially at night, I dont think you realise just how much better it is now
@@vaughanbbrean71 So you do not actually live in Birmingham like I do, I have lived in Birmingham since 1955 and yes Birmingham had a load of traffic in the City Center but it still was not that bad compared to what it was like in the early 1960's with smogs, and it vastly improved with the clean air act, The areas you describe now are pedestrian areas with no motor vehicles allowed, Corporation street is a tram line only except for delivery vehicles, the canals have now been cleaned up and are visitor attractions with the ICC, the Jewellery Quarter is now a fashionable area and tourist attraction, Curzon street has been demolished and is being rebuilt as the new HS2 Rail terminal and the whole of Digbeth along with a new Coach Station is now being redeveloped incorporating a new BBC TV Studios and Film producing Studios and since Covid for the UK's Second largest City bus services have deteriated, so unlike London with its Clean air and congestion charge having a realy good Bus, Tube and Rail transport System Birmingham City Council is forcing people to get rid of perfectly good cars such as 14 plated Diesel cars expecting them to buy a new car or use non existent Bus Services.
You a typical of loads of people that pull Birmingham to pieces by looking at Birmingham of the past, and either not living or visited Birmingham lately and if you did you would see the difference as the New Birmingham looks nothing like Birmingham of the 1970's
What day was this recorded ? The place is deserted ?
Can't remember but yeh it was a bit quiet that day
Think it had just finished raining too
Please pass this on to jps.
Everybody in Birmingham centre watch out if you drop anything on the floor it's £150 fine immediately even if it's a a cigarette but if anyone comes over to you claiming that you you now owe money just carry on walking do not give any details they are scamming you pretending to be police
Ah that’s terrible
I like clothes shops
Jude Bellingham also from Birmingham✌
Yeah!!
No he is from Stourbridge which is not Birmingham, just played for Birmingham City Football club once
It’s very clean and not crowded. Was this a Sunday afternoon?
Think it was a Friday
My City 💙🤍
My life's dearm city
Should be a Duran Duran bench too in my opinion
Yes!!!!
En el minuto 4:00 se puede ver pasar un OVNI a gran velocidad
Black Sabbath brought me here.
Lots of stuff in Birmingham celebrating the band - great to see!
I love Birmingham. Let people hate it. Birmingham is the heart of the city, I hate London.
My friend clara Jonson living here ,hai clara Jonson how are you doing well?
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How is Birmingham city university??
Great!
Lenny Henry was born in Dudley west Midlands not Birmingham 😊. Black Country and Proud ❤🤍🖤
What think i dont know - modern buildings...for God sake...what they do with heritage
True
Birmingham was heavily bombed and very industrial into the 50’s - in the 60’s there was a lot of terrible rebuilding with awful buildings and destruction. Much later a more sympathetic rebuild was started and has resulted in a good blend of the old and some new buildings. I think it’s now very tasteful and I’m proud to be an ex ‘brummie’.
@@martynadams2011 If there was a bombing, that explains a lot :) but I still often remember the poem
There are huge new buildings all around.
Corbusier has something in common with the Luftwaffe,
that both worked hard
over changing face of Europe.
What the Cyclopes will forget in their rage,
then pencils completely done.
Four days they bombed the city,
and the city was gone. Cities
not people and not hiding in the entrance
during a rainstorm. Streets, houses
don't go crazy in these cases
and, falling, do not call for revenge
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@@aukstadvarioregioninispark9614 any ‘huge new buildings’ on your planet ?
@@martynadams2011 Poem was about Rotterdam :) after Luftwaffe bombing many new huge buildings appear in this town :)
Now I think modern buildings in Birmingham very nice by themselves :)
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What a surprise! A neat, clean, calm city. Such a contrast to the gut-wrenching filth and multiracial bankruptcy focused on by other RUclips videos.
It’s easy to turn up in a city and point the camera at the less nicer things and make a scandalous shock video
Makes way more money, get more views and clicks
But I simply don’t have that in me
I like a happy upbeat life
BIRMINGHAM CITY look so modern like Manchester city also with many modern skycrippers buildings. Manchester city outshine Birmingham city.
No it does not, a lot of these tall buildings supposedly in th e City of Manchester are actually in the City of Salford, plus Birmingham City Centre is bigger than Manchester City Centre so our tall buildings are spread arround the City Centre
@peterwilliamallen1063 Manchester is small. Only the 8th largest city in the UK. As others have said, Manchester had to big itself up by creating greater Manchester by including Salford, Bolton, Rochdale, and lots of other cities. Man Utds ground isn't even in the city of Manchester (it's in Stretford, which has its own Council)
@@Richcanvas Greater Manchester and the City of Manchester are two totaly different things, the City of Manchester has been arround for Centuries and as the title say's it is a City, but Greater Manchester is not a City so can not claim to be in any postion as a City, it is just a Metropolitan County Council set up in the 1970's along with the West Midlands, Mersey Side, Greater Glasgow , Greater London, South and North Yorkshire to look after Police, Fire, Ambulance, Certain Roads and Transport in the areas and does not tax public taxes, a few strange things happened when they were being set up, the West Midlands Metro Council equivelent to Greater Manchester was going to be named Greater Birmingham but a number of Black Country towns and later Coventry did not like the idea so it was renamed the West Midlands Metropolitan County, in Manchester the Metro Council was going to be called South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire hence why the buses run in the area were called SELNEC, but both Lancashire and Cheshire County Councils complained about the name so it was renamed Greater Manchester with the Buses run by this Metro Council still running for a while as SELNEC but later renamed Greater Manchester Transport and the only connection between Greater Manchester and the City of Manchester is the word "MANCHESTER" that is all and as I mentioned Greater Manchester is not a City so only the City of Manchester can rank as a City officially
as an american, we earn nearly twice the wage UK citizens do, and yet our cities look like crap compared to this.
You mean on average? It all depends doesn't it. Yes I far prefer most European cities.
Bullring quiet expensive I like building won't shop there bein inside one
I’ve only ever bad things about Birmingham. Too many immigrants, unclean, dangerous, horrible place. But what I see here is the absolute opposite
One thing I've learned in life - never ever listen to other people and always instead head out there into the world and see it for yourself
@@marktaurus206because I assume those foreigners commit the vast majority of the crime there?
It’s a great fun city with lots going on.
Well you have heared a load of rubbish then
I lived in Birmingham. Don't listen to these people. Big cities are many things and people love to be negative and hateful. Bad things exist and happen everywhere. Plenty of good too.
Did u mean 132m high for mercian
Pretty City Centre eh shame it’s bankrupt now. Tell you what don’t try a gimbal walk just outside the city centre and night time city centre walk (well take a security team or you would loose your gimble).
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What absolutely rubbish, Birmingham for it’s size and population is one of the safest in the UK… it also has some very beautiful and chilled neighbourhoods, very safe, lots have independent bar’s/restaurants and parks… I’m out and about at night all the time taking pictures/videos not one problem yet, I can’t say the same when I was in Manchester or even London… Stop with the now boring and old stereotypes, Brum is a very welcoming and cosmopolitan city with always lots to see and do
Only Birmingham City Council is bankrupt, the City it self is not
Lol. Every major city has its good and bad parts. The good in Brum outweighs the bad. Go to any beautiful city in the world you will find the same. Birmingham is ever evolving.
@@jamesanthony3072the only safest city is York and I live outside of York
And it’s very safe other cities are dangerous
Benim yorumum neden görünmüyor ❤🎉😊
Don’t own a new car or decent car In Birmingham the city is rife with car thieves and chop shop establishments.
Oh no!
Not just Birmingham. They are everywhere near major cities.
@@Just-Ice4Inno Agreed
Last year I lived just right next to The Crown, in front of the stairs in Grand Central. I literally saw people defecating or peeing in the middle of the streets in the centre, people would throw their fastfood residuals in the street and no one cares, like if English people decided to stop taking care of their own city and abandon it. Left the city cos I'm not paying half of my salary for a little old rotten bedroom in a shared room with 5 or 6 random people. Ah, not to mention everything is a big corporative thing, the soul of the city is a shopping centre with stupid shops you can find everywhere in the world. Sad for my English people, I thought Birmingham was better than Manchester or Liverpool but definetely it isn't.