Category: London Travel

This post was originally published in 2016 and was updated in November, 2017. London’s Oldest Food Market Borough Market is one of London’s most famous food markets. At the Southwark market you’ll find British and international foods. Celebrities, chefs, locals and tourists alike visit the Borough Market for its high-quality...

  “Thursday is the new Friday” – that’s what they’ve been saying for some time now, although a fuzzy head on that last weekday at work has more than often caused me to disagree with this statement. What’s clear, though, is that Thursdays are certainly a great night for going...

There are so many places that spring to mind when you hear the word “London”… Big Ben, the Eye and the Houses of Parliament are just three of them, and what’s the one common feature they share? All can be seen in their absolute splendor from the Southbank, a stretch...

Football, or soccer to some people, is the most popular sport in the world, being played in just about every country around the globe. There are actually more members of FIFA (the Federation of International Football Associations) than there are countries recognized by the United Nations. In 2014, over 2 billion...

Modern Soho is home to trendy restaurants and media companies, but this wasn’t always the case. For centuries, it was a seedy corner of town filled with criminals, bohemians and prostitutes, thanks to a thriving art scene and cheap rent. It’s still London’s red light district today, and though it’s...

Wondering which European cities are best represented on Instagram? Yep, we were too! So we undertook the highly scientific mathematical research of finding out how many times the hashtags for the names of each city in Europe have been used*. Et voila! We bring you the top 10 most Instagrammable...

Like much of London, Soho is an area where you don’t just hear about the history of the area, you experience it. Today, Soho is a place that divides opinion. It seems everyone has their own thoughts about the place: is it London’s seedy red light district? Maybe it’s the...

Soho: you mention this area of London to 10 people and you’ll most likely hear 10 different opinions on the place. Sex shops, drugs, shopping, drinking, media… these are just a few of the things people associate the area with, but what many people don’t know is the historical importance...