Tips & Guides

1) Step into one of the iconic glass capsules and ride 135 metres high on the London Eye 2) Travel back in time to some of the most terrifying moments in history at the London Dungeon 3) Piece together the evidence at the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London’s...

Will we or won’t we? Whatever happens with Brexit, these gold-star-spangled events are here to hold your hand through the uncertainty ‘Goodbye Europe’ London is home to one-third of the UK’s 3 million resident EU citizens. Get to know...

Come visit some of our favorite places in Amsterdam! Salon Boat: “The Tourist”, Boot (Boat) in Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS   “Our boat is so old, we call it a ‘floating monument.’ We’ve even welcomed Sir Winston Churchill and Queen Wilhelmina on board back...

If you’re among the hordes of London shoppers – residents and visitors alike – who’ve recoiled in horror at the souvenir shops on Oxford Street and the like, bear with me for a second: this is no ordinary souvenir emporium. No postcards of Kate and Wills here...

Sky Garden at 20 Fenchurch Street One of the best things to have with a good drink is a view.  Lots of places out there have rooftop bars or observation towers where one can get a cocktail, a pint, or a glass of wine and gaze out over the horizon.  London...

As much as we love the buzz of the city, there’s nothing quite like a lunch break in a leafy park.  And now, finding a quiet corner of grass could get a little easier, thanks to a huge new park that aims to open near Liverpool Street...

  Last week I had the pleasure of staying at Abbey Hotel Bath and spending some time in this beautiful city. I’d been invited by the hotel to celebrate World Sleep Day and stay in one of their newly renovated boutique bedrooms. What better place to get a good...

Thanks to a new wave of hip vegan and vegetarian restaurants popping up in Paris, it’s now easier than ever to enjoy veggie-friendly dining in the French capital. Whether you’re vegan or just want some healthier options, here are some of our favourite...

London has a huge selection of kebab shops – ranging from the dodgy ones with questionable cleanliness where the donner meat looks so homogenous that you wonder whether it was ever part of an animal, to the ones that pride themselves on their charcoal grills...

Need study advice for the Life in the UK test? This includes strategies I used, a video outlining my timeline and notes you can download to make preparing for the Life in the UK test faster and easier! Source link

York is one of those beautiful English cities that’s incredible to visit. Filled with mountains of history, that warm Yorkshire charm and oodles of foodie haunts, there are literally hundreds of the best things to do in York dotted all across the city. It’s...

It’s World Sleep Day, and according to new data from our Time Out Index, most of you should be marking the occasion with an early night. We quizzed 5,000 Londoners as part of our global survey project, and more than half of them – 53...

The Dutch and cheese: a love affair for the ages. Anyone who’s been to the Netherlands can tell you that Dutch fondness for dairy runs deep – especially for kaas, or cheese. Dutch people consume 25% more dairy products on average than the British or Americans....

Georgia (the country, not the US state) is known for its food, and this is my favourite place in London to try it.  If you’re here for a whistle-stop tour of Georgian cuisine, I’d encourage – nay, implore – you to make your first calling point a round of...

Craft beer is the wave of the future.  So many new breweries have sprung up in the last few years it feels as if they’re reproducing at the same speed as rabbits.  The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) estimates there are 125 craft breweries in the city spread out...

All you have to do is say ‘Shazam’ and your superpowers will reveal themselves. Well, they would if you were the star of the upcoming DC superhero movie ‘Shazam!’. Unfortunately, you're not, but that doesn’t mean that...

Since 1951, 15 of the UK’s most precious landscapes have been designated as national parks. From magnificent mountains and moors to spectacular dales and coastline, their landscapes differ wildly. But they all have one thing in common: extraordinary natural...

Come visit some of our favorite places in Amsterdam! Butcher Louman, Slagerij (Butcher’s shop) in Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS “You can taste the craftsmanship, and if it’s up to us you’ll carry on tasting it – in any case, at least for the next 100 years!” –...

Formerly famous as one of South East London’s dodgy urban neighbourhoods that most would be terrified to set foot in, Peckham is considered to be one of the coolest districts in the capital. Open since December 2017, the Peckham Levels complex is certainly...

Tea has been an important part of British culture since the 17th Century, and you’d be hard pressed to find a society on this side of the globe that loves it more.  While coffee houses preceded tea rooms in London, the culture quickly flipped when Thomas...