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Some of the weirdest places London has to offer!

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London is the best known cities in the world, there’s enough touristy memorabilia to fill a museum ten times over, but with London being as big as it is, the touristy parts can become pretty repetitive. We can all goon the London Eye, down the Thames, get on a Double Decker red bus. There’s nothing wrong with that, and that’s part of the classic experience that comes with London. However, for those that like to really venture to weird and wacky parts of London, we have a great list to offer you,. We have some unconventional places that can show you just some of the weirdest and most fascinating that London has to offer! Starting off with a place that just cannot be replicated, with have the Novelty Automation Museum. Just hidden behind a Bloomsbury shop front is an arcade that really doesn’t think Pacman is all that interesting. Created by a completely mad artist and inventor Tim Hunkin over the space of thirty years, each arcade game has a very interesting story behind it, and com...

Top 3: Weirdest buildings in London

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Anyone who’s browsed through our cool on Pinterest will know that we’re suckers for stuff a little out of the ordinary . This passion for alternative designs and interesting architectural form prompted us to produce a list of the weirdest buildings in London. Check them out and tell us which is your favorite! Container city If you've ever been to Wahaca's new place on Southbank, you'll know that shipping containers also make pretty good living and recreational spaces. Lloyd’s Building Slap-bang in the middle of city finance territory, Lloyd’s building is an enormous hub of bustling insurance activity, swarming with suited and booted Londoners who occupy its many trading floors. The structure looks so strange mainly because it was designed with services like lifts, stairs and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space within the building itself. The Thin House This building on Thurloe Square in Knightsbridge must be one of, ...