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Kanalbecken
Gas Street Basin
Canal basin where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal meets the BCN Main Line, between the Mailbox and Brindleyplace.
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Brindleyplace & the Canals: things to do
Places worth your time in Brindleyplace & the Canals
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Things to do in Brindleyplace & the Canals
Wahrzeichen, Museen, Parks und Aussichtspunkte in der Gegend und ihrer Umgebung.
Canalside squares
Brindleyplace
Canalside development begun in 1993, with squares of restaurants and bars, the Ikon Gallery and the Sea Life Centre.
Shops and restaurants
The Mailbox
Canalside development with shops, restaurants and the BBC Birmingham studios.
Kunstgalerie
Ikon Gallery
Contemporary art gallery in the neo-Gothic former Oozells Street Board School of 1877.
Bibliothek
Library of Birmingham
Public library on Centenary Square, opened in 2013; closed on Sundays.
Konzerthalle
Symphony Hall
2,262-seat concert hall opened in 1991, home of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Theater
Birmingham Rep
Producing theatre on Centenary Square, founded by Barry Jackson.
Kriegerdenkmal
Hall of Memory
Memorial of 1922 to 1925 to the 12,320 Birmingham citizens who died in the First World War.
Platz
Centenary Square
Public square off Broad Street, named in 1989 for the centenary of city status, used for events and the Christmas market.
Statue
Boulton, Watt and Murdoch
Gilded bronze statue of three pioneers of the steam engine, by William Bloye.
Aquarium
National Sea Life Centre
Aquarium in Brindleyplace with over 60 displays and a 360-degree underwater tunnel.
Conference centre
International Convention Centre
Conference centre containing Symphony Hall, with entrances on Centenary Square and on the canal.
Arena
Utilita Arena Birmingham
Indoor arena run by the NEC Group; it was the UK's largest indoor arena when it opened in 1991.
Theater
Crescent Theatre
Theatre run mostly by volunteers, with four performance spaces, on Sheepcote Street.
Historisches Gebäude
Roundhouse Birmingham
Crescent-shaped building on St Vincent Street, formerly Corporation Wharf.
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Digbeth & Eastside
Former factories turned studios, music venues and street food, beside the new Eastside park
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City Centre & Bullring
Victorian civic squares, two cathedrals and the Bullring around New Street station
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Jewellery Quarter
Workshops, small museums and a Georgian square in a working jewellery district
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- Brindleyplace & the Canals (area photo): Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gas Street Basin: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brindleyplace: Reading Tom from Reading, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- The Mailbox: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ikon Gallery: SilentVicinity, Public domain, source
- Library of Birmingham: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Symphony Hall: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Birmingham Rep: Erebus555, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hall of Memory: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Centenary Square: Bearas, CC BY 4.0, source
- Boulton, Watt and Murdoch: Oosoom at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National Sea Life Centre: Gp258, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- International Convention Centre: Roger D Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Utilita Arena Birmingham: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roundhouse Birmingham: Elliott Brown, CC BY 2.0, source
- Digbeth & Eastside: Brianboru100, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- City Centre & Bullring: Mutney, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jewellery Quarter: Brian Clift, CC BY 2.0, source
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