Visit Times Square in New York or the Champs Elysees in Paris and you'll likely find more tourists than natives. If you're looking to glimpse the true spirit of a city, check out these five neighborhoods in Barcelona, New York, London, Paris, and Seattle, and experience a bit of the local life. ...

One of the most unique carnival funfairs in the UK is going to be at various locations around London in the next month or so. Carters Steam Fair features attractions and rides that were built as far back as the 1890s and have been painstakingly restored, although the majority seem to be from the 192...

The National Gallery Tel:020 7747 2885 Fax:020 7747 2423 Address: The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN - Map email:information@ng-london.org.uk Opening Hours Daily 10am-6pm (9pm Wed) National Portrait Gallery Tel:020 7306 0055 Fax:020 7306 0056 Address: National Portrait Gallery,...

Late summer seems to be the time when the older rockers come out to play in London. Prince (49) is working his way through playing his 21 shows at the O2 Arena in London, the same venue where The Rolling Stones will play three gigs starting next Tuesday 21 August. Mick Jagger (64), Keith Richards [...

Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square in west London is staging a special screening of all 12 of the newly restored Charlie Chaplin Mutual films, made during Chaplin’s 12 month period with the Mutual Film Corporation between 1916-17. Charlie Chaplin Complete Mutuals 1916-17 runs from 15-18 August st...

The London Assembly has launched an investigation and consultation into the travel arrangements in place for sports fans travelling to events in London. According to the Assembly around 250,000 people go to sports stadiums in London on an average autumn weekend but there’s no one in charge of ...

Shutters Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007 How do you cope with sensory overload? Is it possible that Paris needs to be taken in small doses? Some cities are just too pretty for their own good. Paris, Venice and Rome lead the pack, with London close on their heels (in my opinion). So you may [...]...

Londonlogue reported on the 10th that London may soon have bike rentals resembling Paris’ Velib program. Not only that, London will also have it’s very own Paris Plage with palm trees (of course it won’t be called Paris Plage).According to Londonlogue, the new London Urban Beach...

Inspired by Paris’s Velib bike leasing program, London will try out a similar program according to Londonlogue.com. News. Chris at Londonlogue wonders whether the prices for renting a bicycle in London would remain affordable or would greed and bicycle theft be more of problem in London than...

New York City is one of most beautiful cities in the world. For international business and commerce, it is a global hub and is one of three command centers for the world economy along with London and Tokyo. Its business, finance, trading, law, and media organizations are influential around the globe...

* Giant Bollywood film poster erected in Trafalgar Square.(Metro) * Radioactive poison that killed Russian spy found at London lap dancing club.(DailyMail) * Record number of new restaurants were opened in London last year.(TheIndependent) * Heathrow climate protesters glue themselves to Department ...

Day or night, London thrives with life. A city that seems to have never fallen asleep from the time of its first founding, everything that one might want to experience can be found within the city center. ?When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can a...

Day or night, London thrives with life. A city that seems to have never fallen asleep from the time of its first founding, everything that one might want to experience can be found within the city center. ?When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can a...

For visiting London, proximity to King?s Cross is the perfect location. An intersection of six tube lines, including the Northern, Picadilly, and Circle Lines, to name a few, can get you virtually anywhere???????? ...

London is probably the one of the biggest hubs for air travel in the world with all the major airlines flying here and five airports located in and around the city to handle the thousands of flights each year. Whether you’re searching for a long haul flight or a short hop over to the continent...

French Embassy and Consulates French Embassy - London Tel:(44) (0) 207 073 1000 Address: 58 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7JT - Map French Consulate General - London Tel:020 7073 1200 Fax:020 7073 1201 Address: 21 Cromwell Road, London SW7 2EN - Map Visa Department Tel:020 7073 1250 Address: 6A Cromwel...

The fourth annual London International Animation Festival is on this week from 21-26 August at the Curzon Soho and Renoir cinemas. Among the programme titles in the festival are Siggraph?A history of computer generated animation, Bizarre animation, Animated Documentaries, Masters of Polish Animation...

Brick Lane Market Address: Brick Lane, London E1 - Map Nearest Underground Station: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East Market Type: Flea Market selling everything from second hand clothes, furniture, dvds, household equipment and ‘brand new’ bikes to food. Opens Sundays, daybreak-2...

* Ryanair banned from claiming its faster and cheaper to fly from London to Brussels than it is to go by Eurostar.(BBCNews) * Labour starts the mudslinging early in the London Mayoral race.(FinancialTimes) * Terracotta warriors arrive at the British Museum from China.(Telegraph) * London Mayor Ken L...

London has a wealth of architecture with some of its newest and most modern buildings sitting next door to others that are hundreds and hundreds of years old, and a lot of the time because of their uses members of the public don’t have access to them to experience the building from the inside ...

A survey by the Travelocity website in the US has found that despite rising international airfares London is still in the top four destination choices for single people over the upcoming US Labor Day holiday on 3 September. The other cities in the singles top four where Atlanta, Minneapolis and Detr...

The latest edition of the London Cycle Guides have just been issued this month by Transport for London(TfL). They’re a series of 14 free guides covering Greater London that offer the best cycle friendly routes on roads that have been ridden and recommended by experienced cyclists. The guides a...

Interesting artcicle in The Times today about how you can save up to 40% on a lot of flights just by booking them on American based websites as opposed to British ones even if the flight in question is from say London to somewhere in Europe. British Airways even admit that have different prices for ...

Borough Market Address: Borough High St, Southwark, London SE1 - Map Nearest Underground Station: London Bridge Market Type: Fine food, wholesale market used by the restaurant trade that’s also open to the public. web:www.boroughmarket.org.uk Opens Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri 12pm-6pm, Sat 9am-4pm Gre...

London is getting a new statue of Nelson Mandela next week. Its being installed and unveiled on a plinth in Parliament Square on Wednesday 29 August, the square across from the Houses of Parliament where there are famous statues of former British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Disraeli. The i...

London’s biggest street party of the year kicksoff this weekend, 25-27 August, with the Notting Hill Carnival attracting anything between 1-2 million people to the streets of west London. The Carnival has its origins in the late 1950s when immigrants from the Caribbean settled in the Notting ...

Emperor Jones Theatre: National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX - Map Box Office Tel:+44 (0)20 7452 3000 Fax:+44 (0)20 7452 3030 Synopsis: Eugene O’Neill’s play about American ex-convict taking over a remote island in the Caribbean. Run:22 August - 31 October 2007 Tickets:£10-£27.50 ...

* Porsche driver faces jail time after being clocked doing 172mph down the A420 near Oxford.(DailyMail) * Ryanair to charge passengers £2 to check-in from next month.(Guardian) * Playboy store to open on Oxford Street in mid-September.(Reuters) * Average salary in Kensington and Chelsea is over £100...

Camden Lock Market Tel:020 72842084 Address: Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8AF - Map Nearest Underground Station: Camden Town, Chalk Farm Market Type: Fashion, clothes, arts, crafts, books, records, antiques, food. web:www.camdenlockmarket.com Opens Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm Camden Passa...

Rex Lounge - Russell Square Tel:+44 (0)20 7637 4545 Fax:+44 (0)20 7637 4544 Address: 30 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0JR - Map web:www.rexlounge.com Opens: Daily 9am-11pm Services Internet, printing, digital photos, £2.50 per hour Nearest Underground: Russell Sqaure Netstream Tel/Fax:020 74...