Guidebook for London
Arts & Culture
Beautiful building that hosts a lot of great gigs, regular Saturday morning gig for donation(generally talented acts) to their homeless project.You can get a cup of tea to drink while you watch!
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Union Chapel
19b Compton TerraceBeautiful building that hosts a lot of great gigs, regular Saturday morning gig for donation(generally talented acts) to their homeless project.You can get a cup of tea to drink while you watch!
Sadlers Wells Theatre (Stop UB) station
Centre for contemporary dance.
An amazing building/very historic, huge courtyard where people play in the automated fountains..many free exhibitions of varying eras. Several nice cafes.
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Somerset House
StrandAn amazing building/very historic, huge courtyard where people play in the automated fountains..many free exhibitions of varying eras. Several nice cafes.
Not everything else..EVERYTHING..it's close..it's a fantastic piece of architecture and there's loads to do here.
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Barbican Központ
Silk StreetNot everything else..EVERYTHING..it's close..it's a fantastic piece of architecture and there's loads to do here.
As the barbican but more so..with river views. The place you go when you've run out of ideas..or don't want to think..hence..oversubscribed much of the time and not as easy to get to as the barbican..go to the Barbican first..
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Southbank Centre
As the barbican but more so..with river views. The place you go when you've run out of ideas..or don't want to think..hence..oversubscribed much of the time and not as easy to get to as the barbican..go to the Barbican first..
A museum of surgery and medical anomalies!! This is where Damien Hurst got his schtick..imagine the head of a deformed Victorian child with psychopathic tendancies cut in half and put in a jar of formaldehyde...for no good reason! Multiply by a hundred and that's this place..creepy..
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Hunterian Museum
43 Lincoln's Inn FieldsA museum of surgery and medical anomalies!! This is where Damien Hurst got his schtick..imagine the head of a deformed Victorian child with psychopathic tendancies cut in half and put in a jar of formaldehyde...for no good reason! Multiply by a hundred and that's this place..creepy..
The house of an architect and collector of interior objects..in the Victorian era..perfectly preserved..this might be the one where they keep it like the family just left..with the fire still burning..when I entered the lounge both canaries started singing! The staff are a bit annoying..
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Sir John Soane Múzeum
13 Lincoln's Inn FieldsThe house of an architect and collector of interior objects..in the Victorian era..perfectly preserved..this might be the one where they keep it like the family just left..with the fire still burning..when I entered the lounge both canaries started singing! The staff are a bit annoying..
Food Scene
I'm assured this is the best coffee in the area. "Monmouth" and perfectly prepared.
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Pistachio & Pickle Coffee bar
142 Liverpool RdI'm assured this is the best coffee in the area. "Monmouth" and perfectly prepared.
Super fresh food, very clean feel to the restaurant, courteous hospitable staff. Rumoured "expensive" but this is unjustified.
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Sasa Sushi
422 St John StSuper fresh food, very clean feel to the restaurant, courteous hospitable staff. Rumoured "expensive" but this is unjustified.
No brainer for good coffee..my girlfriend drinks nothing else..stupidly busy..go when no one would be drinking coffee..when that is..I don't know..
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Monmouth coffee
36 Maltby StNo brainer for good coffee..my girlfriend drinks nothing else..stupidly busy..go when no one would be drinking coffee..when that is..I don't know..
If you like old shops that really shouldn't exist in modern times..this is it! Google it..a room..tiled..covered in coffee powder..oil..whatever..a very old man..in a shop coat..several huge grinders..a roaster..loads of sacks of coffee..which is actually ok..I hear..if you know what your doing..it might be for you..if you don't ..hide behind someone who can pretend to..and just..check.it.out...
Camden Coffee Shop
11 Delancey StIf you like old shops that really shouldn't exist in modern times..this is it! Google it..a room..tiled..covered in coffee powder..oil..whatever..a very old man..in a shop coat..several huge grinders..a roaster..loads of sacks of coffee..which is actually ok..I hear..if you know what your doing..it might be for you..if you don't ..hide behind someone who can pretend to..and just..check.it.out...
Vegetarian without being lack lustre..I'm not vegetarian and I find it a treat..nice interior and vibe..off the hubbub..reasonable..close.
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The Gate Islington
370 Saint John StreetVegetarian without being lack lustre..I'm not vegetarian and I find it a treat..nice interior and vibe..off the hubbub..reasonable..close.
Shopping
Flashback Records
50 Essex RdCheap CDs and vinyl, with a regular turnover of stock
For a central London "retro items" shop this is very cheap..they like a fast turnover of stock I think. Good for ceramics, brick a brac, lights, some clothes and furniture.
Past Caring London
54 Essex RdFor a central London "retro items" shop this is very cheap..they like a fast turnover of stock I think. Good for ceramics, brick a brac, lights, some clothes and furniture.
Previously time outs no.1 store of 100 in London (woo woo! Yeah! Whatever!) they source puritanically functional items.. I've previously bought rubber bands and a can opener here..the shop is very badly laid out but a must see I think..
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Labour and Wait
85 Redchurch StPreviously time outs no.1 store of 100 in London (woo woo! Yeah! Whatever!) they source puritanically functional items.. I've previously bought rubber bands and a can opener here..the shop is very badly laid out but a must see I think..
Is this unique and local? NO of course not! It's a department store! But if you're from a far off land..it's an institution! Go to selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols when you want to feel like you don't earn enough..go here if you want to feel like you belong!
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John Lewis & Partners
Ariel WayIs this unique and local? NO of course not! It's a department store! But if you're from a far off land..it's an institution! Go to selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols when you want to feel like you don't earn enough..go here if you want to feel like you belong!
Known for...poor quality clothes that are faddy and made by unfortunate people in unsavoury conditions..PRIMARK literally IS rubbish..and you can go to one anywhere (why are you here??) don't go to PRIMARK.
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Primark
14-28 Oxford StKnown for...poor quality clothes that are faddy and made by unfortunate people in unsavoury conditions..PRIMARK literally IS rubbish..and you can go to one anywhere (why are you here??) don't go to PRIMARK.
Pretty annoying if you ask me..but.. If your on holiday..an experience ..expensive bespoke chocolate..gay chocolatiers getting in a lather..might be your thing if your a bit
..fashiony?
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Paul A Young Fine Chocolates
33 Camden PsgePretty annoying if you ask me..but.. If your on holiday..an experience ..expensive bespoke chocolate..gay chocolatiers getting in a lather..might be your thing if your a bit
..fashiony?
Essentials
A better class of supermarket. Not good for flowers, bread or apples.
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Waitrose & Partners
366 Holloway RdA better class of supermarket. Not good for flowers, bread or apples.
Good for wide range of affordable (not poor quality though) groceries.
Best for bread, fruit and veg, flowers.
This is the go to supermarket if your unsure.
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse HillGood for wide range of affordable (not poor quality though) groceries.
Best for bread, fruit and veg, flowers.
This is the go to supermarket if your unsure.
Best for convenience food/ready meals. BRITISH flowers (please buy flowers which aren't air freighted-thanks)
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Marks & Spencer Islington
5 Liverpool RdBest for convenience food/ready meals. BRITISH flowers (please buy flowers which aren't air freighted-thanks)
Best place to start for buses. shopping centre side is going west the other side of the road going east..
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Angel Central Shopping Centre
21 Parkfield StBest place to start for buses. shopping centre side is going west the other side of the road going east..
Drinks & Nightlife
Beautiful upstairs venue for folk gigs. Good selection of beers
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Out Of The Attic Antiques
195 Blackstock RdBeautiful upstairs venue for folk gigs. Good selection of beers
Lesser known pub, large interior with many historic features(often used for shoots) reasonable food, nice street.
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The Crown
144-146 Hatfield RdLesser known pub, large interior with many historic features(often used for shoots) reasonable food, nice street.
Everything Else
Albam try to make clothes(menswear only sorry!) in the uk and they are certainly a small British company. For a great momento of your stay shop here!
Albam Clothing
286 Upper StAlbam try to make clothes(menswear only sorry!) in the uk and they are certainly a small British company. For a great momento of your stay shop here!
Parks & Nature
They have a herd of deer! And you can hire bikes..it's a jaunt but it's a proper park rather than a rugby pitch like Hampstead heath
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Richmond Park
They have a herd of deer! And you can hire bikes..it's a jaunt but it's a proper park rather than a rugby pitch like Hampstead heath
It's pretty amazing..Kew is a fantastically beautiful part of London..a major pain in the ass to get to and the tickets are pretty ridiculous but the green house is incredible..it's a day job that requires a very early start but you have to go
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A Királyi Botanikus Kert parkolója
It's pretty amazing..Kew is a fantastically beautiful part of London..a major pain in the ass to get to and the tickets are pretty ridiculous but the green house is incredible..it's a day job that requires a very early start but you have to go