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Brick Lane
Brick Lane is the centrepiece of a thriving Bengali community in an area nicknamed Banglatown, and today it's one long procession of curry and balti houses intermingled with sari and fabric shops, Indian cookery stores and, to the north, streetwear boutiques. The street's reputation as a place to eat has declined over the years, and the numerous restaurant touts (or curry pimps) don't help.
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Docklands
It's worth sparing a few minutes to glance around the strange sci-fi neighbourhood of Docklands. Sir Norman Foster's sleek Canary Wharf Underground station is monumental, while Cesar Pelli's 244m Canary Wharf Tower dominates the landscape.
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Hampstead Heath
Sprawling Hampstead Heath, with its rolling woodlands and meadows, is a million miles away - well, approximately four - from the city of London. It covers 320 hectares, most of it woods, hills and meadows, and is home to about 100 bird species. It's a wonderful place for a ramble, especially to the top of Parliament Hill, which offers expansive views across the city and is one of the most popular places in London to fly a kite.
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Madame Tussauds
It's unbelievably kitsch and terribly overpriced, yet it draws over 3 million people every year and sits high on the 'must-do' list of any visitor to London. Different strokes for different folks, as they say, but if you like the idea of wax celebrities, movie stars and fantastically lifelike figures of the Windsors, you're in for a treat.
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Victoria Park
If you want a little more green than Mile End Park affords, head north from Mile End tube along Grove Rd, until you reach 87-hectare Victoria Park. This leafy expanse has lakes, fountains, a bowling green, tennis courts, a deer park and much more. It was the East End's first public park when it opened in 1845 and came about after a local MP presented Queen Victoria with a petition of 30,000 signatures.
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