Balloon seller near The Bullring shopping centre

The traditional Salvation Army brass band

Street vendors

The first of several German style bars

Doughnuts - £1.50 each or 6 for a Fiver

More German market vendors

German sausage vendor

Sweets of all shapes and sizes

Candles

Outside the Art Gallery

Looking magnificent was the newly refurbished Town Hall

A Carousel and Helter Skelter outside The Council House and Town Hall

Victoria Square and the German Christmas market

Sat in the upper pool, is a monumental female figure representing the life force. The figure has been nicknamed "The Floozie in the Jacuzzi" and weighs 1.75 tonnes.

The River is also a fountain - one of the largest in Europe - with a flow of 3,000 gallons per minute.

Birmingham's 'Town Hall'

The german Christmas market stands in front of The Council House

Antony Gormley's 'Iron Man' slightly overshadowed

Queen Victoria was photographed in the art gallery.

Across Centenary Square

The ice rink and Symphony Hall

The ice rink in Centenary Square

At Symphony Hall a free jazz concert was underway with Andy Hamilton and The Bluenotes

In the Symphony Hall walkway

Brindley Place

A long time exposure shows the fountains as cotton wool in Brindley Place

The canal bridge

The canal bridge towards Broad Street

The canal bridge

In the Symphony Hall walkway