THINGS TO DO IN OLD STREET
URBAN FOODFEST
Every Saturday all-day and late into the night, there are an abundance of delicious food stalls serving food from all over the world and cocktail bars.
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BARBICAN CENTRE
A quirky but intimate spot for live plays and music events. Home of the London Symphony Orchestra.
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RIVINGTON PLACE
A public art gallery where the artworks are meant to prompt debates on cultural diversity.
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HOXTON SQUARE
Features contemporary and modern art pieces by emerging artists. The collection includes everything from collage and wall paintings to watercolours and photography.
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LOOK MUM NO HANDS
A great concept for anyone who loves cycling. Full-time mechanics working upstairs that can help with flat tyres and answer any questions about bikes, as well as a great outdoor area to sit and bask in the sun with a coffee and food.
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ST LUKE'S CHURCH AND GARDEN
This is a lovely city garden where you can relax and smell the roses throughout the square. There are also Jazz concerts sometimes as a soundtrack to your lunch breaks.
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KING SQUARE GARDENS
This is a more family-oriented park where your kids can play in the sandpit, on the children’s merry-go-round, and plenty of slides & swings.
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SHOREDITCH PARK
This park has been awarded the Green Flag award for outstanding green spaces in England because it hosts a giant boulder for climbing, a beach volleyball court, various sports pitches, and an amphitheatre.
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WHITECROSS STREET MARKET
Food from so many different countries that you’ll feel like you’re on a round-the-world trip: Turkish, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, and French! It's the perfect place to go for lunch.
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DENNIS SEVERS
The brainchild of eccentric designer and performer, Dennis Severs' House at 18 Folgate Street captures, in a series of evocative snapshots, 18th-century life as experienced by a family of Huguenot silk weavers.
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THE MUSEUM OF HOME
Housed in a set of 18th century almshouses, The Museum of Home explores home and home life from 1600 to the present day with a lively chronology of domestic interiors to show the messier side of home life.
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SPITALFIELDS CITY FARM
There is loads to do at the 1.3 acre Spitalfields City Farm - meet Bayleaf the donkey and Bentley the goat - just a few of the cute and cuddly animals dotted around this lush, sprawling plot.
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