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One of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom The busiest single theatre in the UK The United Kingdom's first ever purpose-built repertory theatre The oldest working cinema in the country One of the most exciting conductors on Earth steering one of the best symphony orchestras Two of the best street food venues in the land Five Michelin stars and at least three more that deserve one The first and only non-London Indian restaurant to win a star The best gin bar in Britain and, coincidentally, one of the best bars in the country The funniest and friendliest people you could ever want to meet 591 parks, 14 square miles of greenery, more than any other equivalent sized European city. The single best square half a mile of Indian subcontinental food Two of the very best urban music festivals for miles and miles around A gay village and a Chinese Quarter that meshes into the same outstanding suburb The largest independent museums trust in the United Kingdom An internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue that takes more risks than any gallery I’ve ever been to. One of the most bohemian districts known to man and a hotbed for street art An annual design festival that wouldn’t happen if it weren’t for the thousands of young creatives who make this city what it is The best fried chicken restaurant outside London. Possibly inside it too. Lycett The only Baths in the country built before 1914 to have continuously hosted swimming since opening. Europe's largest concentration of jewellery traders and designers An official gayborhood alongside the likes of The Castro, San Francisco and The Marais in Paris. The longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre companies and one of its most consistently innovative The first music school to be established in England outside London and still one of the best A football team challenging for the Premier League title A La Mexicana!! One of the best athletics stadiums in the country and the largest facility of its kind in the UK. The National Sea Life Centre The social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. The largest public library in the United Kingdom and the largest regional library in Europe. Britain's most important Shakespeare collection The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found, anywhere, ever Works by Constable, Van Gogh, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Monet, Turner, Bacon, Rubens, Degas, Renoir, Botticelli, Van Dyck, Gauguin, Whistler and countless more - all FREE to see The first building to be purpose-built for the study of art history in the United Kingdom One of the world's largest coin collections Symphony Hall - the finest acoustics in the United Kingdom Snobs. Still. Somehow. Mr Egg. Still. Somehow. Cat Deeley.