London Is The City Of Surprises
by Gus 'the Fox' Foxton
When asked about London, the same thoughts always come to mind; Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, the famous private member's club, Home House and Black Cabs - the list is endless! But what of the facts that so often fall under the radar?
For example, I had no idea that 55% of the London Underground is actually above ground, no idea at all. And the travel shockers don't just end there either as I was even more stunned to find out that the most popular tube journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line, is actually quicker to walk instead - unbelievable, talk about carbon footprint!
From travel to landmarks, did you know that Marble Arch was originally designed to be the main entrance into Buckingham Palace? I never really thought about it, but it makes sense if you look at it with fresh eyes. Covent Garden is also an interesting one as it's actually the product of a very silly spelling mistake: it was supposed to read Convent Garden as the area used to be the market garden for what is now Westminster Abbey monastery and convent. Saying that, the most surprising landmark fact of them all has to be in relation to the London Eye. Researching further into this modern day creation, I was surprised, to say the least, to find that the famous wheel receives more visitors per year than the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramids of Giza!
But then London is cool and it is hip. There are so many world famous bars, restaurants and clubs in the city and visitors flock from all over the world. I mean, it's remarkable to think that restaurants in The Big Smoke actually total a remarkable 22% of all restaurants in Britain. Moreover, Paris is the only other city in the World that can boast more Michelin Star restaurants than London - we even surpass New York!
On a final note, we have some more bizarre facts, stories such as how the first demonstration regarding television took place in a small office above what is now known as Bar Italia in Frith Street, Soho. And the department store Harrods - I never realised that it actually existed pre-1916 and was a store that sold medical supplies such as cocaine, morphine, syringes and needles to the soldiers who returned from the front. The final and most interesting thing I learnt is of Big Ben. For a clock I thought had never stopped working, I was amazed to hear how, back in 1949, it actually slowed by 5 minutes when a flock of starlings landed on the minute hand.
Steeped in rich history and nostalgia, The Big Smoke really is one of the most interesting cities to visit this side of Europe. Just when you think you've learnt it all, yet another surprise is waiting to throw you off course! Dubbed as the new 'design capital of the World', London really is a visual adventure to be embraced by all
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Title: London Is The City Of Surprises
Author: Gus 'the Fox' Foxton
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