London has 8.9 million residents, 170 museums, and roughly 10,000 restaurants. The Tube moves 3 million people every weekday. The city is a collection of villages that grew together over 2,000 years, and the top sights are not a checklist to be ticked. They are the places worth slowing down for. Here are the ones […]
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The gates are 35 metres wide and 15 metres high and they open exactly at 10.45am. The guards march in step, the bearskin hats tilted slightly to the right, the red tunics pressed and precise. The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace has happened nearly every day since 1660 and it draws 4,000 spectators […]
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Beyond the tourist crowds of Oxford Street and Tower Bridge, London hides a parallel city of quiet wonders. A hidden garden blooms behind a church on Fleet Street where memorial benches face a plane tree planted in the seventeenth century. Speakeasy bars hide behind unmarked doors in Soho, requiring passwords whispered to doormen in period […]
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Trafalgar Square & Nelson’s Column – the vibrant heart of London | United Kingdom Updated: August 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Trafalgar Square is the vibrant heart of London, a vast public space where history, art, and daily city life converge beneath Nelson’s Column. Named after Admiral Horatio Nelson’s decisive victory at the […]
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