More than 1,000 performances, shows and events will take place across the West Yorkshire city throughout the next 12 months after winning the government bid over fellow candidates Wrexham, County Durham and Southampton.
While city highlights such as the Alhambra Theatre and the National Science and Media Museum will be high on peoples’ lists of places to visit, the whole Bradford district is full of places to explore.
From green spaces to gothic architecture, we’ve collected some of the less immediate spots in Bradford to check out in the below gallery.
Think there’s anywhere we should have included? Let us know in the comments section below and enjoy your year in Bradford!
1. Waterstones
The Waterstones store in Bradford is considered one of the most majestic book stores in the country. Situated on the old trading floor of the city's magnificent Wool Exchange, it is a must-visit for those heading to the West Yorkshire city. | Jonathan Gawthorpe
2. Sunbridge Wells tunnels, which have reopened as bars, shops and restaurants after laying vacant and forgotten beneath a main road in Bradford city centre for decades. Picture Tony Johnson.
Sunbridge Wells is an underground maze of tunnels that reopened in 2016 as a quirky selection bars, shops and restaurants after laying vacant and forgotten beneath a main road in Bradford city centre for decades. | Yorkshire Post Newspapers

3. Bingley Five Rise Lock
Considered a major feat of engineering at the time, a reported crowd of 30,000 people attended the opening of the Five Rise Lock in Bingley when it opened in 1774. While technology has come a long way since then, a walk past it on the Leeds Liverpool Canal is still as enticing as ever. | Simon Hulme Photo: Simon Hulme

4. Shipley Clock Tower
This early-1960s "totem of mid-century design" was one of four free-standing clock towers in the UK when it was opened in 1961 by TV star Bruce Forsyth. An application is currently in the works to grant it listed status to protect it for the future. | LDRS Photo: BBC
5. Goit Stock Wood
This wonderful area of woodland spanning 70 acres is open to the public and features a stunning, 20-foot waterfall. The historic woodland is near Bingley and is has become a wildlife haven. | Bruce Rollinson
6. Commonweal Mural
This hand painted mural by Leeds Road and Back Chapel Street marks the founding of the Independent Labour Party - a precursor to the modern Labour Party - in Bradford in 1893. The party was established as the product of a Victorian strike by local mill workers, with communweal being summarised as 'the happiness, health and safety of all the people of a community or nation'. | Google