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Birmingham is the second largest city of England. With more than one million inhabitants, this British city can lay claim fairly to the title "Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution."

Birmingham has the most eclectic and irresistible arts scene. Birmingham galleries, gig venues and buoyant theatres offer wide variety of choice and quality – from the old masters to the most disputable of modernity. New areas of the city's cultivation and green space of a first-rate symphony and ballet company, as well as Birmingham museums and art galleries, make Birmingham an attractive place. The Birmingham Royal Ballet amazes with the creation of new and innovate popular ballets.

The city has a vibrant nightlife with numerous pockets of pubs, clubs and bars offer urban beats, Cuban funk or cheesy-club and restaurant scene. Birmingham’s numerous parks, nearby pastoral sanctuaries and restored canal walkways offer welcome quiet places.

Birmingham is known as "the workshop of the world" or the "city of a thousand trades". The city is a national commercial centre. It‘s the third best Britain place to locate a business. It‘s also the fourth most visited city by foreign visitors in England.

Birmingham is one of the world’s leading cities for conferences, events and exhibitions. It’s a convention city that hosts 80% of all trade exhibitions in Great Britain. Birmingham has the International Convention Centre, and continues to be a popular location for conventions today along with the National Exhibition Centre. Birmingham was ranked as the 55th world most livable city and the second most in England after London, according to the Mercer Index of international standards of living.