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Jul 12 '07 by Phoenix4224
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Hello Hello! I am currently staying in London for the next month and am looking for the hidden secrets of this town for my short stay. This means restaurants, pubs, night clubs and cool little shops. Especially places that either you can get things for very cheap or get in for free. I am poor. What are your favorites? (And try to stay away from Curry house and fish and chip suggestions)

This Weeks favorite: Yo! Sushi! at the Brunswick center

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Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 5:45am

What area?

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 5:46am

I live near Bloomsbury, so central London I suppose.

staffell on Jul 12 '07 at 6:04am

BuSaba Eatthai!

staffell on Jul 12 '07 at 6:05am

(google it)

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 6:05am

Soho Thai is delicious.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:06am

oooh thai food. exactly what i'm looking for. noodles houses and thai ice tea. mmmmm

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 6:08am

Check out some of the London markets, usually on at the weekends.

Spitalfields is a good one. Camden is touristy and best avoided.

But remember - if you're going to the markets, watch your bag and purse and belongings in general - pickpockets are pretty common there.

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 6:09am

If the weather picks up while you're here, go to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds to relax - they're Victorian outdoor swimming pools, and there's one men's, one women's and one mixed. All surrounded by trees and lovely, apparently.

Vindemiatrix on Jul 12 '07 at 6:11am

I like Camden. Amongst all the tacky goth shops there are some nice bargains.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:12am

yea i've been warned about the theft here. Spitalfields huh?

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 6:14am

My brother knows all the best markets in London, what with him actually living there and all. And around the markets, you tend to get a lot of good permanent shops too.

I've had some great presents from London's markets.

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 6:15am

Spitalfields is a good one. Camden is touristy and best avoided.

Agreed. I hate Camden market.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:20am

gotcha. i'm also making a geek tour, and finding all of the Peter Pan and Harry Potter sites. yea yea i know. but peter pan is something i loved growing up and harry potter I shouldnt need to explain. so.

g3rpander on Jul 12 '07 at 6:20am

Camden should be bombed to ze ground. At least the markets.

g3rpander on Jul 12 '07 at 6:22am

Peter Pan = Peter Stringfellow in a thong.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:24am

....dont know who peter strongfellow is

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:24am

stringfellow. whatever

Vindemiatrix on Jul 12 '07 at 6:24am

I'm saddened by the Camden-hate. :(

Phoenix, there's a sign for Platform 9 3/4 in Kings Cross now, with a trolley sticking out of the wall...

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:27am

yea i heard about the platform. i'm going there this week

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:28am

im also heading out to Christ Church to see where they film The Great Hall

benbrignell on Jul 12 '07 at 6:34am

You have to check out the Tate Modern and the NFT (Southbank). Agreed about Camden. Overrated and full of tourists and people trying to be cool. A good area for eating out/drinks etc is Hoxton (if you can handle the Hoxtonites).

There is stacks to do in London - but one thing people always never suggest is Kew Gardens. It's an awe-inspiring place.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:37am

tate modern and nft? are they markets?

benbrignell on Jul 12 '07 at 6:38am

Also Colombia Road market (Near Hoxton/Liverpool St/Hackney) Sunday mornings and Borough Market (near London Bridge) Saturday morning.

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 6:38am

Tate Modern is a gallery.

NFT is National Film Theatre.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:41am

going to the movies is so expenisive here. i heard matinees are way cheaper though. any suggestions?

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 6:42am

Prince Charles cinema is dirt cheap.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 6:46am

ooh PC. wow, yea. cheap. good movies to catch up on. havent been to the theater in months. and its close too.

benbrignell on Jul 12 '07 at 7:01am

Also remember to spell 'theater' as 'theatre' otherwise Brits won't know what you're talking about

g3rpander on Jul 12 '07 at 7:29am

This week Prince Charles is showing his holiday slides from Belgium 1974. Admission 50p.

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 7:36am

Tate Modern is an amazing modern art gallery housed in an old power station, on the river. It's BRILLIANT.

As you go in, you enter the turbine hall, which is HUGE, and usually has some pretty spectacular installation in it. At the moment it's some kind of big exhibition looking at the cities of the world, or something.

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 7:39am

I think most of what's in Tate Modern is bollocks, but they occasionally have some interesting exhibitions and installations.

tesco on Jul 12 '07 at 7:41am

royal academy of arts is also worth a look

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 7:42am

Aw, I love TM...

But I am unashamedly excitable when it comes to modern art, pretentious or not.

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 7:51am

I have asked my brother, who knows London inside out, and he recommends the following markets:

Borough Market (London Bridge) for amazing food.

Spitalfield Market for gifts, clothes, crafts, jewellery, some furniture and high quality miscellaneous.

Columbia Road flower market on Sunday mornings is worth seeing, and is lined with quirky shops also worth seeing. Stop for food at the pub there or at the Fleapit.

Brick Lane (East End) and that area on the weekend. Saturday I think, is good for proper dodgy London street market fare

Portobello for antiques and curiosities, though it's losing its uniqueness.

Greenwich market is great - clothes, furniture, miscellaneous - and when you're bored of it you can look at the amazing university and naval college buildings or walk in the park and go up to the observatory for one of the best panoramas of London.

So there you go - my brother: the walking A-Z.

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 7:53am

On a personal tip, I would recommend that when you're in Brick Lane area (uber-cool part of town) you chill out with a coffee at 1001 or some similar cafe / bar, and just do some hipster watching. Some of them are pretty spectacular in their insane bids to outcool each other.

We're talking crazy hair and outfits, low-rider chopper bicycles, ridiculously loud and pretentious conversations - all hilarious. It's like the circus have come to town - I love them.

Vindemiatrix on Jul 12 '07 at 7:56am

I loved the massive spider installation in the Tate Modern. I can't remember who made it, but man, it was awesome.

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 7:58am

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 8:37am

ah this is perfect info. exactly what i was looking for. are any of them free? like the tate modern?

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 8:45am

Tate Modern is free, except for the special exhibitions, I think...

But it's huge.

The markets are as cheap as you like - depends how much stuff you want to buy, though it's fun to just looks at all the stuff, and if you're into photography, they're a great place to take pictures.

Phoenix4224 on Jul 12 '07 at 9:26am

thanks for everyones help. keep the suggestions coming. i'm off to see the new harry potter in my first london theatre. nice.

Krakaboom on Jul 12 '07 at 9:39am

Over the weekend, my flatmate took his two little sons to Odeon Leicester Square to watch Shrek 3. Guess how much the tickets came to?

�45.50 for the three of them! �17.50 for one adult and �14 each for the two kiddies! That's like, $90 (or 6 tees!).

Bramish on Jul 12 '07 at 9:40am

Fuck me! I begrudge paying more than �8, and even then it has to be for a film I KNOW I'm going to enjoy.

angelito on Jul 12 '07 at 9:52am

I started a love affair with the Tate Modern yesterday, and I know we are going to be together foreeeeveeeeeerrrrrrrr.....

Krakaboom on Jul 12 '07 at 9:57am

I know! Shrek 3, of all the stupid movies. I wouldn't pay that if the Transformers themselves were sitting next to me!

(I so would)

phones on Jul 12 '07 at 10:08am

southbank!!!!!

angelito on Jul 12 '07 at 10:10am

Yeah!!!!!

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 10:21am

krakaboom - that's what happens when you go to the cinema in Leicester Square, though. It would be like going to that Chinese Theatre in LA or something - it's where all the premieres in the UK are held, and it's right in the middle of the most touristy part of London.

There are much cheaper cinemas in London if you seek them out. Always worth investing in a copy of Time Out.

13strong on Jul 12 '07 at 10:21am

Oh, and the Camouflage exhibition at the Imperial War Museum (not far from the South Bank) is supposed to be excellent.

Krakaboom on Jul 12 '07 at 10:29am

Yeah, Leicester Square is a total ripoff. I've only ever watched a movie there once ('What Women Want' starring Mel Gibson!) and I didn't pay for that ticket. That was about 6 years ago, and I think my friend paid about �12 - which is bad enough. But �17.50?!

I'd rather buy the DVD.

g3rpander on Jul 12 '07 at 1:34pm

Just go to Blockbusters and rent Big Lebowski and for the kids Porky's Revenge. If Bram is behind the counter, he'll give you discount or try to make a pass at you. Both if you're Chris Morris, or resemble him.

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