London oozes culinary creativity and it isn’t restricted to formal dining tables. Down a cobblestoned street in Camden, you’ll find Europe’s first liquid nitrogen ice cream bar, Chin Chin Labs. Подробнее.
This 370 metre long tunnel under the river opened in 1902, to ease congestion on the ferries that carried workers from south London to the bustling docks on the Isle of Dogs.
On a clear day the London Eye, the world's largest observation wheel, offers views as far as 25 miles away. Подробнее.
The home of Greenwich Mean Time, and therefore where each day and year commences. The Observatory’s original function was to improve sea navigation through knowledge of astronomy.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the college was going to have an enormous dome in the middle, but Queen Mary II objected as it would block the view of the river from her house in Greenwich Park.
This grand Tudor palace was built by Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor Cardinal Wolsey, but passed to the king in 1529. His 4th queen Catherine Howard is said to haunt the gallery outside the chapel.
