Every year from the end of November till the beginning of January in Hype Park is opens Winter Wonderland. Its an amazing place to be if you want to get some Christmas spirit.
You can play games, do fun or scary rides, eat or drink some mulled wine even ice skate or even take a spin with a smaller version of London Eye.
To visit Winter Wonderland you have go to Hyde Park Corner tube station or bus stop. It start in the corner of the park( Hyde Park Corner ) , look on any good map, Winter Wonderland is located on Serpentine Road.
Perfect place to take your kids and family. Best of all is that you don`t have to any entrance fee.
Winter Wonderland is open daily from 10 am till 10 pm.
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Tate Modern is one of the most important museums of modern art, it was opened in 2000 in an old London Power Station.
It contains works from famous modern artists like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali or Henri Matisse. Entrance is free of charge, but if you want to visit the special exhibitions that are on display, you have to purchase a ticket.
What I love about Tate Modern is that is always surprising, you never know what you can find in the next room.
Every time that I visited to Tate Modern, was always something new and interesting to see. So if you visited Tate Modern last year, you should visit it this year aswell, you never get bored if you love art.
Some rooms have videos playing in loop, some of them have adult content but this shouldn`t stop you taking the kids. This videos with adult content are usually small dark rooms and you can pass thru them without kids seeing anything.
If you are an modern art lover you should aspect to stay at least 2-3 hours.
When you are finished you can pass the Millennium Bridge to visit St. Pauls Cathedral.
Opening times for Tate Modern:
Sunday – Thursday, 10.00–18.00
Friday and Saturday, 10.00–22.00
Last admission into exhibitions 17.15 (Friday and Saturday 21.15)
Closed 24, 25 and 26 December (open as normal on 1 January).
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London has some of world wide famous museums. One important thing is that entrance is free of charge for the most important museums. Below I offer you a list with the museums you should not miss when you visit London.
- My favourite in the National History Museum and Science Museum, both of them in the same building, if you visit you will encounter there a hungry T-Rex and some other small dinosaurs. On the other hand in the Science Museum you will see how Earth works you can experience a small earthquake and many more;
- British Museum has large collection of antiquities from Egypt, Roman era and many more including some antiquities from ancient England;
- National Gallery contains a best collection of painting for the 13th to 20th century from England and Europe, includes some works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, French Impressionist and paintings from British artists;
- Tate Britan has the biggest collection of British Art; this museum is dedicated to British Art only; but you will see works from Turner, William Blake, Constable, Hogarth and many more;
- If you want to see some modern art you should visit Tate Modern;
- Imperial War Museum is not that much advertised but you can really have lot of things to see like: war planes, guns, small submarines, tanks. You have sections with First World War, Second World War, Holocaust;
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National Gallery is located in Trafalgar Square and the nearest tube(subway, metro) is Charing Cross. National Gallery is the perfect place to visit in London if you are passionate about art.
You will find inside one of the biggest and most important collection of paintings from the 13Th to the 20Th century. In this important collection of paintings it coundn`t miss painting from French impressionist and post impressionist or famous Italian artists like Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael.
Other famous artist that have works in National Gallery are Degas, Monet, Manet, Cezanne, Van Gogh or Rembrandt. Because you are in London; the capital of England you will find works by famous British artists like Turner, Constable or Reynolds.
Entrance to National Gallery is free of charge but if they have special exhibition, you have to buy a ticket for that. If you are a art lover you should budget at least two hours to visit the museum.
Location: Trafalgar Square, London
Search on google this post cod WC2N 5DN and you will see the location on google maps.
Opening hours are daily from 10am–6pm and only on Fridays from 10am–9pm
Closed all day 1 January and 24-26 December
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Entrance to British Museum is FREE. You only have to pay tickets to special exhibitions.
When you visit you should take a map of the museum, because is easy to get lost or better say to miss something interesting. You should be well rested because is a big museum and you get tired after visiting so many rooms. But if you want to take your breath, you can have a something to eat or drink.
British Museum was open to the public on the 15 January 1759. The Museum was open since than with only exceptions First and Second World Wars. Since the opening times ware increased and went from an attendance of 5000 visitor per year to 6 million visitors per year. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was the founder of the British Museum.
At this time the expositions in British Museum are from (this is due to change):
- Africa
- Americas
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece and Rome
- Asia
- Europe
- Middle East
- Themes
I would highly recommend visiting British Museum, is one of my favourite places to visit in London. If you don`t travel to London often you should buy tickets to visit the special exhibitions as well. Best time to visit the museum, is not in high season because it can get crowded during this time.
Location: Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG London
Tube: Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Russell Square, Goodge Street;
Opening times: Daily 10.00 – 17.30;
The only time when the museum is closed: 1 January, 24-26 December;
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San Francisco 49ers will rally in London, on the 30th of October 2010, before the play against Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium on the 31th October. This will be the fourth game in the NFL International Series that takes place in London.
This is the perfect opportunity to see an American football team. You will have the chance to see: the team`s cheerleaders, interviews with the NFL legends, you will see on a big screen videos from the history on NFL and many more.
Even if you are not a fan of American football you should go for the show. I was at Wembley Stadium at last years NFL game its totally different from the European football(soccer), they take the game like a show.
Go to Trafalgar Square this Saturday at 1pm (30.10.2010) to see the NFL Fan Rally.
To watch the changing of the guard you can do it by standing outside of Buckingham Palace. The guard change takes place at 11:30 every day in the high season and any other day for the rest of the year.
I order to get a good place to see the parade you should arrive at Buckingham Palace before 11:00 am, especially on the high season.
When the change of the guard takes place in off season you should always check online in witch days it takes place, to be sure that it takes place in the day that you are planning to go.
You should know that in severe weather condition the changing of the guard doesn’t take place.
The ceremony is done by changing the new guard that comes on duty with the guard that comes off duty.
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London is the capital of England, one of the most exciting cities in the world. With a population of over 8 million and if we take is consideration all the metropolitan area around London the population goes over 13 million, that makes it largest urban area in Europe.
London has its roots from the time of the Romans when it was called Londinium.
Most of ancient London was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, one of the building that remain since that time is Tower of London, it was build in 1066 by William the Conqueror.
After the Great Fire the wood was replaced by stone and brick as construction material. St. Paul`s Cathedral was build after the fire, by Christopher Wren how was the architect of many building in his time.
London is one of the financial capitals in the world. London has the most impressive underground(metro,tube) system in the world even the high business men’s travel in London with the Underground, because in peak hours, is the best way to travel.
London has an impressive collection of old buildings like: Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral or famous museums like British Museum, Science Museum, Tate Britain and many more.
If you haven`t visited London yet you should put it on you next holiday list, you won`t be disappointed.
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