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Birmingham Map, Alabama

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Birmingham Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Birmingham with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Birmingham useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Birmingham!

Birmingham Sightseeing

The Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival is another music festival that is presented at the end of September every year and is concurrent with the film festival.  This festival lasts for a whole day, featuring local and national jazz acts.  The Southern Heritage Festival got its start in the 1960s to be an entertainment, arts, and music festival for the community of African-Americans in order to bring in  mainly... read more

Birmingham Travel Guide

Birmingham is Alabama's largest city, having a population of 229,424, according to a 2006 census estimate.  The city was established in 1871, shortly after the Civil War in the United States, to be an industrial enterprise.  Birmingham was named after one of the major industrial cities in England.  During the 20th century, the city was the main industrial center for the southern part of the country.  Birmingham... read more

Birmingham Nightlife

Also in downtown Birmingham, you will find The Wine Loft, with a modern, but warm ambiance, having a more relaxing and comfortable nightlife scene.  The Loft's staff is very attentive, and they have a sensational list of wines and a menu of tapas that is offered.  The owners of the place, Mick and Mike Dunnavant, can be seen greeting the guests, as well as suggesting interesting wine pairings and tapas selections. ... read more

Birmingham History

An important moment in Birmingham history is the struggle the community led in the civil rights battles of the ‘60s for the rights of African-Americans. Martin Luther King, Jr. was invited to the city to empower the African-American movement and Project C (Confrontation) was launched against heavy street battles with the police. More than 3.000 arrests were made during the street fights, most of which were school... read more

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