London 2016

Clubs

These all sound amazing :D

• Cargo
• Corsica Studios
• Egg London
• Electric Brixton
• Fabric
• Koko (seems fun)
• Ministry of Sound - super club
• Studio 338
• XOYO

Places

• Icebar London
• St. James's Park - http://www.partyearth.com/london/things-to-do/parks/st-james-park-2/
• Sky Garden
• Ping Pong Bars
• Bounce - http://www.bouncepingpong.com/
• The Bat & Ball - http://www.thebatandball.com/
• Bowling - All Star Lanes -
• London Cocktail Club - http://www.londoncocktailclub.co.uk/goodge-st-gin-palace?nggpage=2
• Covent Garden
• Camden Market
• Regent’s Park
• Harrods

Things to Do

• London Loo Tour - http://www.lootours.com/ - lol
• Parkour Generations - http://parkourgenerations.com/training/
• Street Feast - Night Market - http://www.streetfeastlondon.com/
• Paul A. Young - London’s best hot chocolate - http://www.paulayoung.co.uk/
• Go to a museum at night
• Science Museum - http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
• Natural History Museum - apparently they have full events there at night.
• Ice Walls :) - http://www.vertical-chill.com/
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Film Gala - "Until you’ve seen one of these shows, you haven’t truly appreciated the genius of Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, John Williams and the other composers whose work has brought so many incredible movies to life. The Film Gala is only on once a year,"

Ruth's List of Epicness

East London is pretty much where all the cool kids hang out.

• Brick lane (Bar 1001, Roughtrade East, Great Indian food), Old street)
• Dalston (Passing clouds, The Haggerston pub, Vortex jazz club, Great Vietnamese food)
• Hackney fields, Broadway market, Bethnal Green are my old hang outs.

There is always cool random stuff happening in East London. Exhibitions, mad parties, live music, markets, great food, street art, nice parks…. East London is home to London’s most interesting art and music scene. Very creative and considered the ‘alternative’ part of town, even though everyone lives there now. Awesome vintage clothing, music and book shopping around the East London markets and little shops.

All the tourist stuff is in central and west London. I would recommend going up the shard for the ultimate view of London. http://www.theviewfromtheshard.com/ I took my mum up there and it almost brought us to tears the views were so awe inspiring. Go up just before sunset to see the see London day transform into London by night. Magic!

Being a North London girl, I very rarely venture South of the river – However, it has become very cool of late. Brixton is worth a visit for the makers markets, Ritzy picture house and the burgeoning bar scene. Corsica studios in Elephant and castle is a good spot for parties and live music and Clapham is pretty in parts.

Good websites to check out things happening in the next few months are: Time Out London –obvs.

• http://www.timeout.com/london/
• http://now-here-this.timeout.com/?DCMP=OTC-OTC-blog-shortcode
• http://www.thisisyourkingdom.co.uk/
• http://www.dontpaniconline.com/events/london

Clubs

Your list of clubs looks good. I’d recommend checking out Resident advisor for info on upcoming club nights (they list the big and the small underground stuff) - http://www.residentadvisor.net/local.aspx?ai=13

• Fabric is London’s famous ‘big’ club (DnB, tech house, deep house etc.) and they get all the big DJ’s. Worth a visit once in your life.
• Corsica studios is supposed to be cool located in an abandoned car park
• Ministry of Sound is very out of the way and a touristy club with a shit crowd IMO.
• Egg is a late night drug den that stays open for days on end – a last resort.

Best areas/ bars for live music

• Camden: ( Barfly, proud, lock tavern, Hawley arms, The Jazz cafe)
• Shoreditch/ Brick lane: (1001, 93 feet east, Vibe bar, Favela chic, The Book Club, Basing house…
• Notting Hill: Notting Hill arts club (Interesting world music nights mid-week)
• Brixton academy: Best gig venue in London IMO
• Soho: – ‘Aint Nothing But’ is a banging blues bar that is well worth a visit. Behind Carnaby Street is also a cool, famous London spot http://www.aintnothinbut.co.uk/

Random places

• The breakfast club - Awesome all day breakfast with good music and good vibes. http://www.thebreakfastclubcafes.com/ (I used to pretty much live in the Hoxton square bracch on a Sunday)
• Cahoots – Underground blitz themed bar http://cahoots-london.com/ (haven’t been but supposed to be quite a novelty)
• Lobster and Burger http://www.burgerandlobster.com/ Does what it says on the tin
• The Dean street townhouse - http://www.deanstreettownhouse.com/ Quintessentially English food/ location and décor plus they make a mean Martini
• The Oxo tower http://www.harveynichols.com/oxo-tower-london Perfect place to end a day on the Southbank. Expensive, but great food, spectacular views across the River Thames and cocktails
• Bloomsbury bowling - bowling lanes/ diner/ karaoke rooms/ salsa DJ that goes until 3am. Always a fun night - http://www.bloomsburybowling.com/

Art galleries ( if you’re feeling cultural)

• Tate modern/ Tate Britain http://www.tate.org.uk/

• The RA http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

• Saatchi Gallery http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/ (Free and always full of amazing modern art. I saw a great Russian exhib when I was there. Also Partridges food store and food market on a Saturday is well worth a visit)

• The Serpentine gallery http://www.serpentinegallery.org/ - (Tiny but perfectly formed little gallery in the heart of Hyde Park. Perfect on a sunny day.)

• National Portrait Gallery http://portrait.gov.au/?gclid=COux3u32qrcCFQRapQodsR8A3Q Full of history and a great bar/ restaurant on the top floor with stunning city views

• The Wallace Collection ­ one of our ancestors – Lady Carnac – is on the wall here! http://www.wallacecollection.org/

My favourite small galleries

• Pure Evil gallery, Leonard st. off Old street http://www.pureevilclothing.com/ (There are a few cool places on Leonard street – The Book club being one)

• Stolen space gallery http://www.stolenspace.com/

• Brick lane print club http://www.printclublondon.com/shop/brick_lane/

• Graffik gallery http://graffikgallery.com/

Links

• 105 UNUSUAL THINGS TO DO IN LONDON - http://curious-london.co.uk/bucketlist/
• Top 10 London Clubs - http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/nightlife/club/top-10-london-clubs