Park sculpture (By David Breuer-Weil)
Two works of art almost side by side. Which one is more beautiful? (The first one is now removed.)
Some kind of elephant show in the street. You probably don't see this any more, but something similar still happens
55% of the Underground is above ground. But these above-ground parts are not particularly visible in the cityscape. For the most part, the railways (for both Underground and usual trains) run in canals lined with residential buildings. You walk down the street and have no idea what the residents of the house see from the back window. Or the railway is hidden by a high wall. This here is one of the few places where you could take a picture.
By the way, Mahatma Gandhi lived in one of those houses with red chimneys on the left.
District Line trains run on the outer pairs of tracks, Piccadilly Line trains on the middle ones. Around here, their paths overlap. The last to go into the tunnel is because this line skips West Kensington station.
West Kensington
Art (?) in the Olympic Park
Views of the city from the top of Orbit
That "white hedgehog" on the right is O2. A strange building, with which nothing much can be done.
I was here in a hotel, second window from the top.
Art is not making the art, art is seeing art in art.
Well played
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Things happen on the Underground
Citizens (The citizen of the second picture is resting right next to the wall of the secret service MI6. Free country. ;-) )
Just a nice view
A much-photographed motif. But I also tried the capabilities of my camera to take pictures of very different brightnesses at the same time.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) turned 100 years old
Buckingham Palace from the back. Notice this middle-high part of the building. This is the house (built 1703) from which the palace began, everything else around it was built later (architect John Nash). The throne room is located in this middle section. The building has 775 rooms.
In those Underground stations (minority) where there are no escalators, access to/from the station is via lifts, for safety reasons it is always possible to use the stairs as well. This recommendation not to use the stairs should not be taken seriously, it is not a ban - no one prevents you from taking the stairs, but it is quite tiring. Interestingly, most of these signs have the number of steps wrong. :-)
A very typical London house. The basement floor is a full-height living space, and in front of it there is a kind of channel enclosed by an iron fence. Very often there is also a sign on the fence saying that bicycles cannot be locked to it. When in 1814 there was a beer flood due to the explosion of the brewery and a wave of beer several meters high moved along the streets, then looking at this picture you can perhaps get an idea why many people drowned in their homes.
Welcome to CarnaBEE Street :-D
The view from the top of The Shard. Unfortunately, the window panes were a little shiny when taking pictures.
On the left, Walkie Talkie House (the nickname, not the official name) and 30 St Mary Axe (known as the Gherkin). On the right, the Tower and a bit of the famous Tower Bridge. A large warship on the river is HMS * Belfast, permanently anchored there. You can also go there to have a look.
* HMS - His Majesty's Ship
View to the west. Inside and partly below this triangle formed by the railways is Borough Market. This house with a brown chimney on the river bank is the Tate Modern. A pedestrian bridge (Millennium Bridge) leads to it, which looks airy from here, but is actually a comfortable walk from the museum to St Paul's. The dark green spot to the right of the London Eye is Hyde Park. And if you look up a little, on the horizon you will find Heathrow Airport in this place.
Cool London in the evening. I feel good when I look at it. Central Park Hotel. The best hotel I have stayed in in London. A long, impressive day is behind me, and new impressions await tomorrow. Soft air comes from the window. Silence. A big and wonderful city is all around. Please excuse me, I guess, I got sentimental.
Who likes Gagarin, who likes frog...
There is one monument base on Trafalgar Square, on which the statue (King William IV) was never put due to lack of money. Now the works of different artists are exhibited there at different times. Examples 2017 and 2018.
It looks like image manipulation. But in fact, it was such a sight. This monster is called Shoreditch Tech City.
Art project from 2015. There used to be a statue of the Duke of Cumberland here, which was removed in 1868 for political reasons. Korean artist Meekyoung Shin recreated the figure using soap as its material. You might even think that the statue didn't stand there for a very long time, it's not worth going to Soho to see it. ;-) I still partially saw it. But don't be sad. The city is full of works by "crazy" artists.
Nothing special. But special in that it's the very first picture I took in London! Our hotel mascot.
Look at those pipes. Need any more proof that London has warmer weather than we do?
Our children's advocates would start protesting against a children's playground with such a solution.
If you don't believe it, count these. 107 different brands of beer. :-)
