definitely brick lane, and the city area (liverpool street station) for lloyds and gerkin!
don't forget to allow plenty of time for transfers (i assume you'll be travelling from and to the airport) as it will be a heavy day for transport because of xmas shopping!
i realized yesterday how much i hate christmas shopping and the crowds that obviously ensue.
actually, what i'm worried the most about is that even though i have a whole day... what time does everything open on a sunday? if it's like good ol' canada, we don't get going until 12!
Reviving an old thread so the thread topic nazi's don't get me...
I haven't been to london since 2000 so I'm taking advantage of the 7/4 holiday and slowly compiling the long list of things to see of which I'm sure I'll see half... but still, rather be prepared than not...
So far on the list:
Tate (H & DeM)
Courtyard at the British Museum (foster)
Serpentine pavillion (anyone know where in hyde park this is?)
Gherkin
Laban Dance Center (Anyone know the tube stop?)
Lloyds of London
... just starting to go through old issues of Architecture Review and religiously reading Building Design (http://www.bdonline.co.uk/indexbd.asp?navcode=1956) but hope people can add on in the next few weeks....
I love the design museum and the Zaha exhibit opens on June 29th. Do yourself a favor...sit and have a cappuccino outside their cafe overlooking the Thames.
The Serpentine Pavilion is unlikely to be finished yet, but lives beside the Serpentine Gallery to the west of the road as it crosses the lake. The unremarkable Princess Diana memorial fountain is there too. The Royal College of Art is there too and might have their summer show on.
From there you can go and see the hell-hole that is Harrods and buy some tea, or potter down Sloane Street past the ubiquitous uber-branded shops. Some fine interior architecture there.
Knightsbridge: Sloane Street
The Royal Academy Summer Show might be open on Piccadilly
and just across the road
Damian Hirst has a diamond encrusted skull on show at the White Cube in St James (Masons Yard). It's on sale for £50m. That's the artwork, not the gallery.
St James: Jermyn Street, St James Square
Then you can wandre into Mayfair (North), or Soho(North East), or along the (shitty) Strand (East)and across the wonderful Waterloo bridge. Waterloo bridge is a highlight and puts you at the London Eye and onto the South Bank for stroll to the Tate Modern (from whence to St. Pauls over the milenium bridge or further along the south bank to the design museum). I've never been to the Dali museum (beside the Eye, but there is less easily seen Dali at the Tate Modern as I write.
Waterloo bridge, and the Southbank rooftops are also home to the Anthony Gormley statues while his exhibition carries on in the Hayward Gallery. Underneath the Hayward Gallery is a graffitti-ed concrete niche occupied by some very good skateboarders and bmx-ers
Mayfair: Mount Street and Bond Street, Cork Street and Saville Row.
Soho: Wardour Street, Berwick Street (and porn alley which runs between Berwick & Rupert), Old Compton Street, Frith Street
Most of all, get a London A-Z, about £7 in any newsagent it will save you hours.
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12 hours in london
i will be in london from 8am to 8pm this Sunday and I was wondering if anyone knows of anything special or interesting might be going on?
i'm planning on using this time to also beef up my photography before i head off onto a safari, + 30 degree weather here i come!
brick lane market and around. nearest tube aldgate east, good for bits of photography. gerkin is close, lots to see.
to prove my love for this magnificent city I recomend the London Eye on a clear day.
tough to beat Southwark/Bankside. and I hear they put a museum in a power station!?!
tate modern + st. pauls cathedral... connected by the millenium bridge... then salvador dali museum near the eye. that could take up your day
don't forget the national theatre. maybe catch a matinee of a play...
BOTS...are you ok?
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definitely brick lane, and the city area (liverpool street station) for lloyds and gerkin!
don't forget to allow plenty of time for transfers (i assume you'll be travelling from and to the airport) as it will be a heavy day for transport because of xmas shopping!
i realized yesterday how much i hate christmas shopping and the crowds that obviously ensue.
actually, what i'm worried the most about is that even though i have a whole day... what time does everything open on a sunday? if it's like good ol' canada, we don't get going until 12!
Reviving an old thread so the thread topic nazi's don't get me...
I haven't been to london since 2000 so I'm taking advantage of the 7/4 holiday and slowly compiling the long list of things to see of which I'm sure I'll see half... but still, rather be prepared than not...
So far on the list:
Tate (H & DeM)
Courtyard at the British Museum (foster)
Serpentine pavillion (anyone know where in hyde park this is?)
Gherkin
Laban Dance Center (Anyone know the tube stop?)
Lloyds of London
... just starting to go through old issues of Architecture Review and religiously reading Building Design (http://www.bdonline.co.uk/indexbd.asp?navcode=1956) but hope people can add on in the next few weeks....
I love the design museum and the Zaha exhibit opens on June 29th. Do yourself a favor...sit and have a cappuccino outside their cafe overlooking the Thames.
The Tate Modern is a spiritual experience.
WhatToDo,
you just made me week. Thanks for the Design Museum tip.
no problemo! say hi to my motherland for me ;)
not 'architectural'...but it's always fun to walk around covent garden, camden, and Greenwich.
The Serpentine Pavilion is unlikely to be finished yet, but lives beside the Serpentine Gallery to the west of the road as it crosses the lake. The unremarkable Princess Diana memorial fountain is there too. The Royal College of Art is there too and might have their summer show on.
From there you can go and see the hell-hole that is Harrods and buy some tea, or potter down Sloane Street past the ubiquitous uber-branded shops. Some fine interior architecture there.
Knightsbridge: Sloane Street
The Royal Academy Summer Show might be open on Piccadilly
and just across the road
Damian Hirst has a diamond encrusted skull on show at the White Cube in St James (Masons Yard). It's on sale for £50m. That's the artwork, not the gallery.
St James: Jermyn Street, St James Square
Then you can wandre into Mayfair (North), or Soho(North East), or along the (shitty) Strand (East)and across the wonderful Waterloo bridge. Waterloo bridge is a highlight and puts you at the London Eye and onto the South Bank for stroll to the Tate Modern (from whence to St. Pauls over the milenium bridge or further along the south bank to the design museum). I've never been to the Dali museum (beside the Eye, but there is less easily seen Dali at the Tate Modern as I write.
Waterloo bridge, and the Southbank rooftops are also home to the Anthony Gormley statues while his exhibition carries on in the Hayward Gallery. Underneath the Hayward Gallery is a graffitti-ed concrete niche occupied by some very good skateboarders and bmx-ers
Mayfair: Mount Street and Bond Street, Cork Street and Saville Row.
Soho: Wardour Street, Berwick Street (and porn alley which runs between Berwick & Rupert), Old Compton Street, Frith Street
Most of all, get a London A-Z, about £7 in any newsagent it will save you hours.
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