Birmingham. A voyage to Birmingham, England, UK, Europe

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text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVxmyZYgWb6s6cY-11atst4fcojsbqBPFz4_kMXLitNLR_yIsPWctK7MMKNFgxPU3ODLhX-My8ts7KsQufqbDMv4KXcf0zLZmr8o-vaJdGPxxwvrzdXHECrCXKrbKdAW0otMterHVxcg/s1600/Birmingham+40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVxmyZYgWb6s6cY-11atst4fcojsbqBPFz4_kMXLitNLR_yIsPWctK7MMKNFgxPU3ODLhX-My8ts7KsQufqbDMv4KXcf0zLZmr8o-vaJdGPxxwvrzdXHECrCXKrbKdAW0otMterHVxcg/s320/Birmingham+40.jpg" width="320" /></a>Once a drab, grimy urban basket case, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=358869">England</a>’s second-largest city – nicknamed ‘Brum’ – has spectacularly re-invented itself as a vibrant, cultural hot spot. Huge regeneration projects have breathed life into the industrial landscapes and canals that crisscross the city; now there are more glamorous shops, buzzing pubs and jumping nightclubs than you can shake a bargepole at. <br />Mind you, it’s still no oil painting. The familiar destructive brew of WWII bombs and woeful town planning left a legacy of concrete and ring roads that will probably never fully be disguised. But, no matter: Birmingham is making the most of what it’s got. Established cultural and architectural gems dot the city centre and planners keep coming up with ever more innovative architectural makeovers: the striking postindustrial Bullring shopping centre is just the latest. Although the manufacturing industry that defined Birmingham as the ‘workhorse of the world’ is declining (workers at the Longbridge<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgiyxGUdpeRoTqhR4JZQmn3W0pktr86iZbWdPLOVpzHRa9tWGtZIA5DQVbCjjIpNFptXVeJ3IfVflv_9HVaQ7Rn_HKFtPBqN-WgjNcskcFPrfGlcPrNiyahQn4qQLn_asKdR8IBEP4zk/s1600/Birmingham+11.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgiyxGUdpeRoTqhR4JZQmn3W0pktr86iZbWdPLOVpzHRa9tWGtZIA5DQVbCjjIpNFptXVeJ3IfVflv_9HVaQ7Rn_HKFtPBqN-WgjNcskcFPrfGlcPrNiyahQn4qQLn_asKdR8IBEP4zk/s320/Birmingham+11.jpg" width="320" /></a>Rover car factory recently felt the pinch of the moribund UK car industry), the city is well placed to adapt. 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