08/12/2012

North Greenwich

North Greenwich is known for enormous O2 arena, Millenium Dome. Around the venue, there are modern buildings, works of art and old industrial areas with gasworks. Area seems a bit incomplete, but I think it will be a very nice area when it's finished. This is part of the whole dockland area renovation into futuristic urban land.
 Sights:
  • Around the Millenium Dome there are a lot of sculptures. Some of them are really good, such as Quantum Cloud by Anthony Gormley. 
  • O2 Arena hosts stadium-size concerts. The gigs are usually really expensive, but then again it is no surprise with big names like Radiohead.
  • There is Emirates airline cable cart running from North Greenwich to Royal docks. The views are worth the trip.
Museums:
  • There is a pop music museum British Music Experience in O2 arena that delves into british pop history. Museum is made for MTV generation who have a concentration span of few seconds. A lot of short clips from live shows, interviews and famous items, such as performance costumes and old guitars. The best part of the museum is a room full of instruments from guitars to drums and from pianos to bass guitars. You can watch videos where musicians teach you how to play some songs they wrote.
Travel:
  • A ferry runs from North Greenwich to central London. You can use Oyster on the ferry and you get to see London from the Thames. 
 Parks:
  • Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park is a piece of London as it would be without all the modern buildings and people. It shows the marshland that Greenwich peninsula used to be.
 Areas around North Greenwich: Charlton, Greenwich, Canning Town 

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