not underground in any way, but i'd def recommend camden town for food/ afternoon walks/ lil stalls and souvenir shops! it's probably my favourite place in ldn. good vintage/ second hand shopping i've always heard of portobello road market & notting hill in general and although quite pricey, i've been meaning to go see for myself too :)
Jul 18, 2024
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-arancina (notting hill) - casual pizza and arancini etc.
-mayfair mercato - food hall in a former church
-spitafields market - another great food hall! I recommend you combine this activity with some vintage shopping on brick lane!
-regency cafe - can get a great full english
-walk along the South Bank - fun energy lots of bars right along the Thames
-Holland Park - there are peacocks in the Kyoto Garden!
-SoHo to go out if you want really crazy going out vibes in the center of things
-Heaven (night club)
-The Social - go see local bands, London has a good music scene
- Borough Market
-Good neighborhoods for going out: Shoreditch, Camden, Hackney
-Tate Modern
-Victoria and Albert museum (free and in a good area)
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Lime bike around Hyde Park on a sunny day
Go for a swim in Hampstead Heath Ponds (if ur brave) or London fields Lido (heated)
Dalston Eastern Curve garden for coffee
Brick lane on the weekend (crowd hell but the vintage market has some of the best clothes - deceptively huge and gets better the further back u go)
Kew Gardens (further out but iconic)
Take the cloud cable car at sunset / after dark
Stoke newington has super cute cafes and great charity shops
Notting Hill at the weekend is mad crowded but very iconic & postcard London vibes
Pride of Spitalfields pub - cheap pints & great chat
Design Museum and V&A museum
the Windmill in Brixton for live music and South London pubs in general
Soho / Covent Garden area is fun to explore
The clink prison museum - weirdest museum I’ve ever been to
Borough market is highly rated
Broadway market is over rated (imo)
Dalston Superstore for late nights
Peckham car boot
Deptford market
Check up sebs art list for up to date exhibitions and happenings
(will add more if I think of more!)
Oct 5, 2024
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get the overground around Hackney ! It’s pretty!
most of the museums/galleries have free collections (both Tate modern & Tate Britain, national gallery, V&A as already mentioned — V&A definitely worth a visit) . i also love the museum of the home, the photographer’s gallery, & the ICA (ICA has a cinema and brilliant bookshop also, & it’s v near Trafalgar Square so you can combine classic tourist activity with Something more obscure lol!).
I am a big shopping gworl so i actually love dipping around carnaby street and libertys (which is so beautiful inside!).
depends where youre staying etc and if it stays sunny but honestly the quintessential summer thing to do would be : Sit in a pub with a garden !!!!!
& again - as it’s summer - highly recommend finding a gross little club or gig to go to. if I’m bored I just check resident advisor or dice and see whats coming up.
if you’re comfortable sharing which area you’re staying in then I can send more specific recs hehe
Aug 5, 2024
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on literally anything & everything. my favourite recipe is korean cheesy corn mayo (with half a jar of smoked paprika, garlic granules and onion powder). the closest i’ve ever been to heaven i think
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