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Date spot in Birmingham

Ikon Gallery

Look round the free contemporary art gallery in a turreted red-brick Victorian school on Oozells Square, with changing exhibitions on every floor.

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  • An old jewellery workshop crowded with benches, lamps, tools and machinery, lit by tall windows

    Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

    Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter

    70-80 Vyse Street, Birmingham B18 6HA
    • Culture
    • Rain-proof ☔

    Take the guided tour of a jewellery workshop left just as it was when its owners locked the door for the last time in 1981, tools, half-finished pieces and all.

    Why it's a good date: A little time capsule, full of stories. Afterwards, wander the Jewellery Quarter's streets and window-shop for rings, if that's where things are heading.

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    Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)

  • A corner terrace of small red-brick Victorian houses with tall chimneys and old shopfronts on the ground floor

    Birmingham Back to Backs

    Hurst Street, Southside

    55-63 Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TE
    • Culture
    • Rain-proof ☔
    • Cosy

    Step inside the city's last surviving court of back-to-back houses on a guided tour, each home set up as it was for the families who lived there from the 1840s to the 1970s.

    Why it's a good date: Small, moving and full of real lives, and the guides are brilliant. Tours are small and book up, so get tickets ahead, then eat in Chinatown round the corner.

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    Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)

  • Inside Symphony Hall, tiers of red seats and wood-panelled balconies curving round a stage set for an orchestra

    Symphony Hall

    Broad Street, city centre

    Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
    • Event
    • Rain-proof ☔
    • Big night
    • Culture

    Hear the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, or a touring band or comedian, in the hall built for its sound, all warm wood and tiers of red seats.

    Why it's a good date: A proper night out, and the acoustics are something else even if you're not a classical fan. The canals are right behind it for a walk after.

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    Photo: JimmyGuano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)

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