London-Insider

Hello everyone

My best friend and me will travel to London in December.

Now I'm looking for some tips... where should we go shopping? which restaurant should we visit? which places should we see?
Something we should know?


Thanks

timeout.com and choose London - you'll find tons of information there.

And i think the usual tourist things are pretty widely known such as big ben, madame tussauds etc.
for shopping theres oxford street and camden.

if you'd tell me what you're more into, i could help more, otherwise i would spend ages just writing about stuff that you can easily google

there's some cool places around the carnaby area, there's a small shop called the playlounge which sells really cool books and figurines. they sell loads of tim burton character figurines, like the nightmare before christmas etc. there's also a place called choccywoccydoodah which sells the most amazing and delicious chocolate things, and they sell lovely hot chocolate

there's also the tate modern gallery, which is fantastic. the victoria & albert museum is supposed to be really good as well, they have a hollywood costume exhibition there until january, i think

just a few things that are quite good

I know about the "tourist things" like Big Ben, The Tower of London etc.
I'm not so interested in museums etc.
I was looking for something "secret".

Hmm... I'm interested in accessories and inside decorations... clothes and make up (this is a wide area, I know) would be interesting too.
Oh... and I want to buy some sweets and food which is "typical" or well known in London / England. It would be good if I could take those food home. But well...we have to eat so it would be also great to know some good restaurants.

And of course I want to see some christmas markets... and I'm looking for christmas presents too.
I heard that you have a lot of markets (not christmas related) in london too... can you suggest some? I heard about camden and portobello...


Thanks until now

camden is a gothic area and they've got a big market place for gothic/emo clothing/shoes and jewellery and then there are tons of shops that sell amazing stuff (every shop basically sells the same things lol) but its quite expensive!!
portobello is mostly antiques so if you're not thinking of buying a clock or old records, its not what you're looking for

there's a food market on the south bank (near national theatre) at all times and nearer christmas time there will be christmas markets on the south bank as well. south bank is gorgeous on its own though so definitely take a stroll there!

in december, i think, winter wonderland will open in hyde park again. i went there last year, its very cute but SO crowded so i wont be going next year. google it and you can find out when it is exactly and how much the tickets are.

if you want a cool cocktail experience, google icebar, it is a bar made entirely of ice! i took my sister there when she was visiting last time and its definitely smth completely different and awesome! even the glasses were made of ice

all the clothes and make up you will find on oxford street plus, in christmas lights the central is breath taking
where are you staying by the way, in which area?

I guess it's called Southwark. But we have a travelcard

Camden sounds really good Hopefully it's not tooo expensive ... I think we don't have to visit portobello then
Do you know something about Greenwich Market or Covent Garden Market?
Can you recommend any other market (Maybe something like camden, but without gothic)?

I will keep the south bank in mind
Do you know the name of the market...for opening hours and such?

Winter Wonderland looks just awesome. No comparison to our german christmas markets. If I understand right the market is for free but you need tickets for the circus etc....right? I'm sure we can get those tickets there?!

The icebar looks great too Is it easy to get a place there without reservation? ... And is there a age limit or something like this?



Thanks you soooo much for helping I hope you don't mind all the questions.

the ice bar is 18+ and you'll have to reserve in advance. the tickets are £12 if you book in advance and you get a drink in that price too.

ah yes, i think the market bit was free but everything inside winter wonderland is so expensive so if you want to buy anything you'll pay haha

London is very expensive. there are ways around it if you bother to do enough research, a lot of stuff is free or you can get good discounts but you really need to take time and research.

Thanks


I hope someone can help me again I have some problems with "reading" adresses.

For example:
Oxford Street
London
W1B 3AG

What does W1B 3AG mean??

Nobody who can help?

Isn't that just the area code?

Yeah... found something more specific. It's just too different from our adresses

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I hope someone can help me again I have some problems with "reading" adresses.

For example:
Oxford Street
London
W1B 3AG

What does W1B 3AG mean??

maybe try to send message to TheLastSongbird.. she's from UK