Wicked places in Europe
When young couples get wedded in Kiev, it is a tradition that they go to various places to have their photos taken. Along with friends and family, they arrive to monuments like the Fallen Heroes Tomb in Dnieper Park in their wedding clothes with a very equipped hired photographer in tow to capture every movement. The panoramic view over Dnieper River seems particularly popular as a backdrop for those cheesy shots. On busy wedding days, there can even be a line of wedded couples waiting to have their photo taken here.
Through times Transport for London has been collecting all those things passengers have forgotten in the tube, buses and trains - and what a rare collection. Ever lost some false teeth, an artificial limb, breast implants, wheelchairs, urn of ashes or sex toys? Well, someone has, for they have all been through the basement of TfL Lost Property Office (yes, breast implants too - we kid you not). A lot of things get back to their absentminded owners, but after three months, the unclaimed objects will be auctioned off (unless it is something very special, like the urn).
Until it is possible to tour the treasures of TfL's lost and found, you can swing by their office, right next to Baker Street Underground station, to browse their exhibition in the window.
Until it is possible to tour the treasures of TfL's lost and found, you can swing by their office, right next to Baker Street Underground station, to browse their exhibition in the window.
The house on Goldhawk Road is the slimmest house in London. Built in 1870 in the gap between two buildings, it is only 1.67 m wide on the street side while it widens out to a spacious 3 m at the back. It was up for sale in 2009 and sold for about 550,000£.
The foot tunnel under the Thames between Greenwich and the Isle of Dogs was first open in 1902. It was built so the workers living on the south side of the Thames could get to their workplace at the docks and shipyard on the north side. The 300 m long pedestrian tunnel is still functional today and is probably the most unusual way to cross the Thames.