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Amazing food. Lovely atmosphere. Buy local and cook up a storm! Enjoy with a good wine :-)
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Borough Mini Market
Amazing food. Lovely atmosphere. Buy local and cook up a storm! Enjoy with a good wine :-)
Perfect 2.5 miles from Angel - Victoria Park. Good breakfast stop on the way back (The Boathouse...)
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Regent's Canal
Perfect 2.5 miles from Angel - Victoria Park. Good breakfast stop on the way back (The Boathouse...)
Come weekdays btwn 11-3 for excellent international food. Take your food and go sit in Fortune St Park.
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Market Movies
199 Whitecross StreetCome weekdays btwn 11-3 for excellent international food. Take your food and go sit in Fortune St Park.
Arches Gym is friendly but has that old-school boxing gym style to it. Newbies and beginners are welcome to come along and check it out, in Bethnal Green, the Boxing capital of London.
Railway Arches
Long StreetArches Gym is friendly but has that old-school boxing gym style to it. Newbies and beginners are welcome to come along and check it out, in Bethnal Green, the Boxing capital of London.
People just LOVE this canal walk. Stretching from Angel to Victoria Park, yyou might even some bands playing from Long Boats if you're lucky! East London at it's best.
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Canal Walk
Canal WalkPeople just LOVE this canal walk. Stretching from Angel to Victoria Park, yyou might even some bands playing from Long Boats if you're lucky! East London at it's best.
Bikes. Stuff. Vintage cameras. more stuff. It's all here. Check it out on a Sunday then stop off at the Big Chill for a drink and some tunes afterwards. Finish with dinner at Tayyabs.
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Imarike yaseBrick Lane
Brick LaneBikes. Stuff. Vintage cameras. more stuff. It's all here. Check it out on a Sunday then stop off at the Big Chill for a drink and some tunes afterwards. Finish with dinner at Tayyabs.
The local council have been re-developing these baths for ages. Due to open in Autumn of 2012, which I believe is almost over. I guess it will be a place to bathe with strangers.
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Spa Experience Old Street
1 Norman StThe local council have been re-developing these baths for ages. Due to open in Autumn of 2012, which I believe is almost over. I guess it will be a place to bathe with strangers.
Food Scene
Exmouth Market
Exmouth MarketGood coffee at Caravan and Gails...
Exhibit at Golden Lane Estate
20 Goswell RdCoffee EXPERTS! Go say hi to people who know their stuff!
Incredible breakfast which is probably why there are queues on weekends. Great for coffee. Make sure you try the Avocado on Sourdough toast with Chilli Flakes.
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Caravan Exmouth Market | Takeaway & Coffee
11-13 Exmouth MarketIncredible breakfast which is probably why there are queues on weekends. Great for coffee. Make sure you try the Avocado on Sourdough toast with Chilli Flakes.
This restaurant is so good, you'll find queues and queues on a Friday or Saturday night. Trust me, it's worth it. The lamb skewers are incredible and the peshwari naan to die for. Go there!
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Tayyabs
83-89 Fieldgate StThis restaurant is so good, you'll find queues and queues on a Friday or Saturday night. Trust me, it's worth it. The lamb skewers are incredible and the peshwari naan to die for. Go there!
FARM
Nice coffee and food. Never had a crap coffee here.
Old School American Style burgers and naughty milkshakes which you should never give to children. Love this place!
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The Diner Shoreditch
128-130 Curtain RdOld School American Style burgers and naughty milkshakes which you should never give to children. Love this place!
Great vibe. Coffee is OK depending who you get. I spend too much time here, soaking up the atmosphere, music and free wifi. They have some crazy books too. Check it out. 50m from home.
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Goswell Road Coffee
160-164 GreaterGreat vibe. Coffee is OK depending who you get. I spend too much time here, soaking up the atmosphere, music and free wifi. They have some crazy books too. Check it out. 50m from home.
Drinks & Nightlife
An absolute Shoreditch MUST! Excellent cocktails and good people-watching.
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Callooh Callay Bar
65 Rivington StAn absolute Shoreditch MUST! Excellent cocktails and good people-watching.
Sunday recovery and the place to be seen. Excellent sounds.
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Big Chill Brick Lane
Brick LaneSunday recovery and the place to be seen. Excellent sounds.
Extremely random music and even more random people. Fun night out.
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Passing Clouds
1 Richmond RoadExtremely random music and even more random people. Fun night out.
The newest update to one of the oldest bars in the area.Also about 50 metres from our house, Candlelit, comfy couches, nice beers. Perfect for Sunday roast.
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Old Ivy House
166 Goswell RdThe newest update to one of the oldest bars in the area.Also about 50 metres from our house, Candlelit, comfy couches, nice beers. Perfect for Sunday roast.
Underground cellar, very dimly lit with candles and serves cheeses and great wine. Very romantic or good for a chat with a close friend. Outdoor seating in Summer for claustrophobes!
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Champagne Bar
87-135 Brompton RdUnderground cellar, very dimly lit with candles and serves cheeses and great wine. Very romantic or good for a chat with a close friend. Outdoor seating in Summer for claustrophobes!
Shop by day, club by night. I really like this random little club just a short walk from Kings Cross station (and bus 214/205 from home). Fun music and funny crowd. Open late on weekends.
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Drink, Shop & Do
9 Caledonian RdShop by day, club by night. I really like this random little club just a short walk from Kings Cross station (and bus 214/205 from home). Fun music and funny crowd. Open late on weekends.
Big Uber-club. I hear it has incredible world-class DJ's which probably explains the insane entry prices. You'll find people exiting around 9am.... lots of vomit in nearby alleys.
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Fabric London
77A Charterhouse StBig Uber-club. I hear it has incredible world-class DJ's which probably explains the insane entry prices. You'll find people exiting around 9am.... lots of vomit in nearby alleys.
Unlike other bars on Shoreditch High St, this one is really nice. Go earlier in the night for your first cocktail and let the music get you in a great mood!
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The Shoreditch Spa
167 Brick LnUnlike other bars on Shoreditch High St, this one is really nice. Go earlier in the night for your first cocktail and let the music get you in a great mood!
This bar is fun if you want to catch a few football games with fellow fans and play foozball at half time. It has a sister on Shoreditch High St.
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Cafe Kick
43 Exmouth MarketThis bar is fun if you want to catch a few football games with fellow fans and play foozball at half time. It has a sister on Shoreditch High St.
Lots of bars and restaurants around Hoxton Square. It's a fun place to go for bar hopping on most nights of the week. In Summer people sit on the grassy square with drinks and catch some rays.
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Hoxton Square
Hoxton SquareLots of bars and restaurants around Hoxton Square. It's a fun place to go for bar hopping on most nights of the week. In Summer people sit on the grassy square with drinks and catch some rays.
Essentials
Come here for good prices and pretty much anything you need
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Chapel Market
Chapel MarketCome here for good prices and pretty much anything you need
This is about 4 minutes walk from home. Nice groceries - decent quality.
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Waitrose & Partners
366 Holloway RdThis is about 4 minutes walk from home. Nice groceries - decent quality.
Sightseeing
High Tea. Take your Mum or your Aunty. You gotta try it once. Super English, super yummy cakes.
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Fortnum & Mason
181 PiccadillyHigh Tea. Take your Mum or your Aunty. You gotta try it once. Super English, super yummy cakes.
Clothes, new designers, vintage, antiques, gifts and food. It's all here - every day of the week. Good for lunch on weekdays with many choices from cheap and cheerful to fancier stuff.
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Spitalfields Arts Market
1 Market StClothes, new designers, vintage, antiques, gifts and food. It's all here - every day of the week. Good for lunch on weekdays with many choices from cheap and cheerful to fancier stuff.
Old meat market where most of the local restaurants pick up their meat and fish. Smells terrible but it's worth a look. Afterwards, go pick up a coffee at Farm (great coffee) in Farringdon.
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Smithfield Market
Grand AvenueOld meat market where most of the local restaurants pick up their meat and fish. Smells terrible but it's worth a look. Afterwards, go pick up a coffee at Farm (great coffee) in Farringdon.
All the queen's stuff in one big castle. I have been to a few castles now but this was TOTALLY worth the trip.
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Windsor
All the queen's stuff in one big castle. I have been to a few castles now but this was TOTALLY worth the trip.
I'd say this is a MUST do on a Sunday morning if you are interested in seeing East London at it's most... uh... East London. You'll hear some beautiful cockney accents from the flower sellers too!
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Columbia Road Flower Market
Columbia RoadI'd say this is a MUST do on a Sunday morning if you are interested in seeing East London at it's most... uh... East London. You'll hear some beautiful cockney accents from the flower sellers too!
Possibly the ugliest place you have ever seen, it looks like a nuclear meltdown occured in the 70's and became expensive housing estate. Use it to cut through the city to Bank and St Pauls.
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Barbican
Possibly the ugliest place you have ever seen, it looks like a nuclear meltdown occured in the 70's and became expensive housing estate. Use it to cut through the city to Bank and St Pauls.
Entertainment & Activities
London Fields is the home of hipsters. Fun to go to the park and see all the latest, uh, fashions. Also can swim in the Lido. It's like a fancy English name for a public pool.
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Izitsha zaseLondon
London Fields West SideLondon Fields is the home of hipsters. Fun to go to the park and see all the latest, uh, fashions. Also can swim in the Lido. It's like a fancy English name for a public pool.