What is Birmingham?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{about|the UK city|the US city|Birmingham, Alabama|other uses|Birmingham (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Birmingham | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | etymology = [[Old English]] ''Beormingahām'' (home or settlement of the ''[[Beormingas]]'') | nickname = {{Flatlist| * Brum * Brummagem * Second City * City Of A Thousand Trades * Workshop of the World * Venice Of The North * The UK’s ❤️ City }} | settlement_type = [[City status in the United Kingdom|City]] and [[metropolitan borough]] | motto = Forward | population_demonym = Brummie <!-- images and maps ---------------> | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Birmingham-Skyline-from-Edgbaston-crop.jpg {{!}}Birmingham City Centre from the south | photo2a = Library-of-Birmingham-oblique-crop.jpg{{!}}Library of Birmingham | photo2b = Birmingham Town Hall from Chamberlain Square crop.jpg{{!}}Birmingham Town Hall | photo3a = St Philips Cathedral, Birmingham from the east.jpg{{!}}St Philip's Cathedral | photo3b = Old Joe and University of Birmingham from Bournbrook crop.jpg{{!}}University of Birmingham | photo3c = BirminghamBullRingFromNorth.jpg{{!}}St Martin's church and Selfridges department store in the Bull Ring | size = 280 | color_border = | color = | spacing = 2 | foot_montage = }} | imagesize = | image_caption = Clockwise, from top: the [[Birmingham city centre|city centre]] from the south, [[Birmingham Town Hall]], [[St Martin in the Bull Ring|St Martin's church]] and the [[Selfridges Building, Birmingham|Selfridges Building]] in the [[Bull Ring, Birmingham|Bull Ring]], the [[University of Birmingham]], [[St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham|St Phil