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[MadmanUK]

The Pub "The Bobby on the Boat" is very nice.

 

[Dilly]

How can you not be interested in any kind of museum? Not to mention that there are a lot of beautiful museums in London.

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Nevermind, just saw the follow up post.

 

[Whitechocolatekrispies]

If you're in London you HAVE to go to Nando's ... does the best chicken.

 

[thekonamicode]

No musicals?!

 

[lastflowers]

I've got two weeks in London, timed to the start of the world cup.

Which pubs should I go to at night to see the games? My nights will be spent watching football/soccer.


Which museums or places should I visit? Planning on Tate Museum, Raf museum, British library, British Museum, Tower of London.

 

[Arjen]

I've got two weeks in London, timed to the start of the world cup.

Which pubs should I go to at night to see the games? My nights will be spent watching football/soccer.


Which museums or places should I visit? Planning on Tate Museum, Raf museum, British library, British Museum, Tower of London.

Imperial war museum is pretty interesting as well.

 

[Dougald]

I've got two weeks in London, timed to the start of the world cup.

Which pubs should I go to at night to see the games? My nights will be spent watching football/soccer.


Which museums or places should I visit? Planning on Tate Museum, Raf museum, British library, British Museum, Tower of London.

If you're interested in WW2/The Blitz, the Cabinet War Rooms are really good

 

[spekkeh]

go to the maritime campus, and think, hmm i've seen it before, and you will have, it's been in Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tomb Raider.

pimping out my Old Uni, shit they should pay me

Oh that's what I meant with 'Greenwich' actually.

I've got two weeks in London, timed to the start of the world cup.

Which pubs should I go to at night to see the games? My nights will be spent watching football/soccer.


Which museums or places should I visit? Planning on Tate Museum, Raf museum, British library, British Museum, Tower of London.

The Natural History Museum. It's like Darwin's Cathedral.

 

[thesuperfunk]

Covent Garden is always a winner when the weather is good!

 

[spekkeh]

Covent Garden is always a winner when the weather is good!

Also good luck finding a spot . I love London, but they don't have enough outside terraces.

 

[rezuth]

forget 'proper' pubs. For authentic British go to Boots and get a meal deal for lunch, followed by dinner at Wetherspoons. That's where British people go.

Go to Camden.

This is the only answer you need.

 

[lastflowers]

forget 'proper' pubs. For authentic British go to Boots and get a meal deal for lunch, followed by dinner at Wetherspoons. That's where British people go.

Go to Camden.

exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks

 

[Bleepey]

Please be joke post.

About 8 people tried to buy drugs from me when I went there.......

 

[Quick Mustard]

Make sure you buy HEAT magazine.

 

[hertog]

but deep down we are a friendly noble proud people, a bit like those Emo teenagers , they may all look sullen and down and pissy but they just want a hug, OP will you be that hugger?

Most British always look more approachable than the stereotypical Dutch idiot.

 

[Dougald]

If you use the tube, make sure to stand on the left side of the escalators and engage people in conversation on the trains. Londoners love that

 

[avaya]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
I didn't know I went to London until yesterday and I'm leaving monday already.

I've been there 3 or 4 times already. I was just hoping for some original and new ideas.
That's why I ruled museums and musicals out


We'll just have a few relaxing days filled with shopping, sight seeing and enjoying the local ales.

Restaurants

Meatliquor, Marylebone
Flat Iron, Soho
Burger & Lobster, Mayfar Soho or City of London
Dehesa, Soho
Patty & Bun, City
Polpo, Soho
The Diner, Soho
Yuatcha, Soho
Hakkasan, Mayfair or Hanway Place
Bincho in Soho
Shake Shack Covent Garden
Maroush in Marylebone or South Ken

or

Bars

Milk & Honey Soho
Aqua @ Regent Street
Vista @ Trafalgar Hotel (you will NOT be disappointed)
Hakkasan bar @ Hanway place
The Connaught Bar
Floridita's

Any number of places on Charlotte Street, if you're feeling like a hipster go to Shoreditch.

Pubs
If you want atmosphere and shit buried away in the city go to the City of London. Try the Telegraph in Moorgate. Go on a Friday when the banker wankers are all there. We make the atmosphere.

 

[Cyport]

Go to Meatliqour

Good lord that place is good

God yes, I had a game over drink at that place. Some combination of 6-7 spirits topped with mountain dew. Was revolting but the burger more than made up for it.

If you're dutch, try out De Hems in Chinatown.

 

[Z..]

Are people seriously suggesting Primark as something to visit or is it a joke?

If you guys are being serious, capitalism has utterly defeated you.

If you're in London you HAVE to go to Nando's ... does the best chicken.

No they don't. I'm actually Portuguese, Nando's is the McDonalds equivalent of what good periperi chicken should be. It sucks ass and the only reason you can seriously like it is if you've never tasted a good original recipe.

It's not bad, but it's incredibly average.

 

[Z..]

Oops, double post.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I'd sat Trocodero but then I'd shed a tear. Namco arcade...eh.

 

[jimbobsmells]

Find someone to take you up the monument.

You get a certificate.

 

[jufonuk]

If you use the tube, make sure to stand on the left side of the escalators and engage people in conversation on the trains. Londoners love that

as well as if you listen to your music catalog on your smart phones speakers, Londoners love discovering new music, or listening to some old classics.

feel free to engage in long phone conversations on the bus, punctuate every other word with, nah mate or Fuck.

 

[jufonuk]

Are people seriously suggesting Primark as something to visit or is it a joke?

If you guys are being serious, capitalism has utterly defeated you.
.

U wot m8??
My Missus is french she loves Primark, seems a lot her friends from France love shopping there to as the clothes are so cheap, compared to in Europe, if the OP can pick up a few bits then why not?

I don't mean to keep Double Posting honest guvnor.

oh OP you need to learn cockney rhyming slang , how much a monkey is too

 

[Whitechocolatekrispies]

No they don't. I'm actually Portuguese, Nando's is the McDonalds equivalent of what good periperi chicken should be. It sucks ass and the only reason you can seriously like it is if you've never tasted a good original recipe.

It's not bad, but it's incredibly average.

Oh ... well in that case if your thirsty try getting a drink at Starbucks, if your in London you have to try them. They do amazing coffee.

 

[Carl]

Going to London but not going to a museum is silly. That's like going to Rome and not looking at the Colosseum

 

[thomaser]

I paid money to use the bathroom at Harrod's. Well worth it.

I like that they wipe your bum with a chamois cloth if you pay extra.

 

[Z..]

U wot m8??
My Missus is french she loves Primark, seems a lot her friends from France love shopping there to as the clothes are so cheap, compared to in Europe, if the OP can pick up a few bits then why not?

A - Primark exists in France and all over Europe as well. Including the Netherlands, where the OP is from. And it's just as cheap (actually even cheaper in most cases because of the &#8364.

B - You completely missed the point I was trying to make. Primark represents capitalism at it's most despicable extreme.

Oh ... well in that case if your thirsty try getting a drink at Starbucks, if your in London you have to try them. They do amazing coffee.

Going to London but not going to a museum is silly. That's like going to Rome and not looking at the Colosseum

OP has been before and has already visited the museums.

 

[hertog]

We already have a Primark in Nijmegen, I'm all too familiar with it......

 

[No Love]

Londan is a wonderful palace

 

[hertog]

If you use the tube, make sure to stand on the left side of the escalators and engage people in conversation on the trains. Londoners love that

The fact that people have proper escalator etiquettes is one of my favoriete things in Britain

 

[daviyoung]

The fact that people have proper escalator etiquettes is one of my favoriete things in Britain

only on the London Underground, any other escalator is a free-for-all

 

[justjohn]

If you use the tube, make sure to stand on the left side of the escalators and engage people in conversation on the trains. Londoners love that

Don't forget to also make eye contact and smile at them.

 

[Mii]

I will be in London for 6 days. I need to still find a place through airbnb. Where in London (what neighborhood) should I stay GAF?

 

[stn]

London has hop-on-hop-off buses that you can take to view some of the major sites. Also, check out the City of London, which is within London itself.

 

[Porcile]

No Museums? The Tate Modern has a brilliant Matisse exhibition on at the moment and the Tate Modern is an iconic building as well. You should go there.

 

[charlie1701]

Food and people-watching at Borough Market is cool if you're around on a Saturday.

Also check out Heart Of Gaming! It's about 20mins outside the centre of town on the Piccadilly line tube. Lots of arcade cabs, Streetfighter, Daytona etc. Lovely people too.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I will be in London for 6 days. I need to still find a place through airbnb. Where in London (what neighborhood) should I stay GAF?

I don't know their prices, but you could check out the Hilton in Kensington Olympia? It's got busses that stop in front of it that go straight into Central London.

 

[daviyoung]

I will be in London for 6 days. I need to still find a place through airbnb. Where in London (what neighborhood) should I stay GAF?

anywhere in zone 1 will be fine

 

[jufonuk]

Food and people-watching at Borough Market is cool if you're around on a Saturday.

Also check out Heart Of Gaming! It's about 20mins outside the centre of town on the Piccadilly line tube. Lots of arcade cabs, Streetfighter, Daytona etc. Lovely people too.

heart of gaming??

 

[MRORANGE]

I'm surprised we don't have a London-GAF OT, heck Toronto has one.

Might be tempted to make one.

 

[Lucid07]

I'm surprised we don't have a London-GAF OT, heck Toronto has one.

Might be tempted to make one.

Do it, I need a few names of clubs to go to while I'm down there for Wireless Fest.

 

[Fusebox]

Holy shit how do you book a trip to London and still spell it Londen?

My suggestion, get a guide to help you with the street signs before you get seriously lost.

 

[jufonuk]

I'm surprised we don't have a London-GAF OT, heck Toronto has one.

Might be tempted to make one.

Do it we are the greatest City in the world, if not England at least

 

[MRORANGE]

Do it, I need a few names of clubs to go to while I'm down there for Wireless Fest.

Do it we are the greatest City in the world, if not England at least

Okay, will do, it's gonna take some time to sort it all out.


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[Bleepey]

heart of gaming??

Yeah it's in West London and it's about £5 for all you can play at the arcade, it's got a pretty decent selection.

 

[FlyinJ]

Head to The Good Mixer in Camden on Sunday night at 11 then head over to Marathon for a French guy playing Dick Dale covers in the back room.

 

[Volotaire]

Okay, will do, it's gonna take some time to sort it all out.


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Haha, honestly a London OT would be quite dull comparative to other cities around the world.

 

[akira28]

Look. He wants to go to Londen and he wants to get laid, and he wants to get drunk, and generally have a good time. Can you help him?

 

[runningjoke]

I'll be on London next week so I'll keep an eye on this thread

Look. He wants to go to Londen and he wants to get laid, and he wants to get drunk, and generally have a good time. Can you help him?

This guy gets it