Also old: Westminster hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster#Westmins...), built in 1097 and still in active use today. I could care less for the rest of the Palace of Westminster, but the hall is absolutely stunning.
The best way to see the hall is to attend a public meeting hosted in parliament as it will be free.
Regarding the antique places; it's worth mentioning that vast swathes of London, in fact most of the medieval city, were obliterated by fire in 1666, with large parts bombed in the 1940's.
Actually the beatles thing was a recent point of debate because their carrear only kicked off after moving to London
Re:So you’re moving to London
by hipsters_unite on Monday June 16, 2014 @07:51AM
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By that measure the Beatles could be said to be from Hamburg, as that was also formative for their career. Even internationally, I would argue that 'Cavern Club' and 'Beatles' are inextricably linked and more famous than anywhere in London they were associated with.
That would be Liverpool
If you live in London, than you know that London is the only place worth mentioning, or even acknowledging, in England and thus if it happened in England and is worth mentioning, it must have happened in London.
On the contrary, actual Londoners give plenty of credit to the rest of the country for things that happened there. It tends to be ignorant foreigners who assume that anything in the UK must have happened in London.
Having lived in London 14 years by now have led me to think that "actual Londoners" are about as mythical as unicorns.
I hear they all drink at pub in the East End called The True Scotsman.
Point taken. I'm one of those ignorant foreigners who only lived there.
Re:So you’re moving to London
by petercooper on Monday June 16, 2014 @07:29AM
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Being a Londoner born-and-bred who "escaped" 15 years ago, I wouldn't say that but I do sincerely empathise with your sarcasm as it surely doesn't fall far off the mark, sadly..
That would be Liverpool, 200 miles north-west :-)
or a two thousand year old city, London has no antique palaces or medieval streets
It's hard to say what "antique" is in terms of a palace, but I'd argue it has at least one: the Tower of London (officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress) was founded in 1066 and much of what stands today was the result of building in the 13th century. This is older than anything in Paris, say, but hardly on a par with Greece ;-)
For a casual stroller London looks like a loosely linked collection of small villages
It is. Even when my dad was a kid, even suburbs as far in as Kidbrooke, Blackheath and Lewisham were essentially considered unique places, often separated by greenery, and not physically joined to the larger conurbation. A lot of gaps have been filled in the past 50 years to make it feel like more of a whole. Heading south, I don't think you even see a field until you hit Coulsdon now..