Things to do and see in London? Depends a bit on what you find to be appealing.
For extreme location-weirdness, I recommend Rotherhithe (one stop north of Canada Water tube station, on the Overground, which at that point is solidly under ground), where you can find local information boards with text in Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish (there's a Norwegian and a Finnish church right nearby, and a branch of the Swedish Sailors' Church a couple of km away). I mostly went to the area for the purchasing of salty liquorice, from the Finnish Church store, before it was more available in the UK.
For "did I really see that?" I think the tank on a yard is still around. It's pretty much allowed to be graffiti-ed as people see fit, so exact looks probably vary from week to week. Although, Wikipedia says it's temporarily not there.
If you like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you can also experience the slight thrill of "aha, I recognise that!" by ambling around randomly in Camden and Islington, where you are likely to see signs from the estate agent Hotblack Desiato.
If you're inclined to rail geekery, the steepest incline on British passenger rail is smack in the centre of London (it's on the north end of Blackfriar's Bridge, as southbound Thameslink transition from underground to "on the bridge").
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Date: 2022-05-30 01:49 pm (UTC)For extreme location-weirdness, I recommend Rotherhithe (one stop north of Canada Water tube station, on the Overground, which at that point is solidly under ground), where you can find local information boards with text in Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish (there's a Norwegian and a Finnish church right nearby, and a branch of the Swedish Sailors' Church a couple of km away). I mostly went to the area for the purchasing of salty liquorice, from the Finnish Church store, before it was more available in the UK.
For "did I really see that?" I think the tank on a yard is still around. It's pretty much allowed to be graffiti-ed as people see fit, so exact looks probably vary from week to week. Although, Wikipedia says it's temporarily not there.
If you like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you can also experience the slight thrill of "aha, I recognise that!" by ambling around randomly in Camden and Islington, where you are likely to see signs from the estate agent Hotblack Desiato.
If you're inclined to rail geekery, the steepest incline on British passenger rail is smack in the centre of London (it's on the north end of Blackfriar's Bridge, as southbound Thameslink transition from underground to "on the bridge").