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From its justly famous curry houses to world-class museums, the West Yorkshire city has it all. Dates for have already been announced 26 June to 5 July but there is something on throughout the year, including Words in the Winter, a mini programme of events taking place in early December.

The spruced up Pictureville cinema mixes the latest blockbusters — often shown on its immersive Imax screen — with the best arthouse films. There is also inventive non-cinema programming, such as The Forgotten Showman — the forthcoming exhibition about Robert Paul, a largely forgotten British cinematography pioneer. It is run by Rosie Freeman and Eleanor Barrett, and passersby are encouraged to stick their heads in to see what is going on.

Despite being quieter and greener than motorbuses, eventually the demand for new routes became too great for the trolleybus and it was fully replaced by its diesel-powered counterpart by Bradford rugby club Manningham were a talented side who went down in history as the first ever champions of the Rugby Football League in But only seven years later, the shape of the ball changed when the club's owners decided to ditch the region's most popular sport and relaunch as football side, Bradford City AFC.

After pledging allegiance to the beautiful game, the club stood the test of time and Bradford City are still competing - in the third tier of English football - years later. Despite lacking the glamour of Los Angeles or a world-renowned film festival like Cannes or Venice, Bradford defied the odds to be named the world's first Unesco City of Film 10 years ago.

Its successful pitch was said to be down to its film heritage, its regular use as a location for recording and the city's National Media Museum, now called the National Science and Media Museum. Bradford filmmaker Suman Hanif says the title has given her home city added weight in the creative industries for the past decade.

It gave Bradford a place within Creative Cities Network, which boasts locations across the globe and encourages business and education links. The production team for the film Gold, featuring Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, set up their base in the city for three months and recruited locals to get involved. David Wilson, director of Bradford Unesco City of Film, says: "The people of Bradford got to be extras in this epic production, so moments like this really add a buzz, and spreads the word that it's an exciting place to be.

This article was created as part of We Are Bradford - a BBC project with the people of the city to tell us the stories which matter to them. Football fire tragedy medic honoured. OpenScience Observatories. Bradford Civic Society. National Science and Media Museum. Image source, Phil Champion. What else defines Bradford? Free school dinners.

The Bradford sling. An infamous hoax. Image source, Alamy.