Birmingham Car Rental Comparison

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The largest city in Alabama - Birmingham is also county seat of Jefferson County. Nicknamed Magic City and Pittsburgh of the South, Birmingham Alabama has a population of a little over 200.000 people living in an area of 244 square kilometers. Birmingham was established in 1871, immediately after the American Civil War by merging three older towns. Birmingham Alabama received its name from Birmingham, one of the biggest industrial cities in the United Kingdom, because most of the founders had ancestors there. Also, the economy in Birmingham is based on industry: iron, steel, mines and railroads. Birmingham Alabama is famous through its people, mostly thanks to actors Courteney Cox and Louise Fletcher, but also thanks to cultural references, Birmingham being mentioned in several songs - Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Birmingham by Randy Newman and Playboy Mommy by Tori Amos.

Top Attractions within Birmingham

The Birmingham Museum of Art is the largest municipal museum in the area and includes exhibits depicting the town's history and also art collections in honors of different cultures and an outdoor sculpture garden.

The Southern Museum of Flight is, as its name reveals, an aviation museum. The museum has valuables aviation artifacts and also an outdoor collection of small airplanes. One of the most popular attractions here are the simulators for different kinds of aircrafts.

The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame was founded in the late 70's in order to educate and encourage the love for jazz. The museum is located in the Carver building and has more than 200 squared meters of exhibits and offers free Saturday jazz classes for the residents of the state of Alabama.

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is another museum in Birmingham opened in honor of the athletic history of the town, displaying over 5000 objects related to Alabama athletes with great results.