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Where Can You Get Views Cheaper Than The Shard?

The rumoured cost of the Shard viewing gallery is £20. Where else in London and the world is cheaper?

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Preview: Truvia Boating Lake @ Selfridges Rooftop

Ever wanted to row around a pea-green pond while quaffing a cocktail and enjoying the sights across central London? Welcome to one of the strangest boating experiences this capital has seen.

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Viewing Platform Planned For Pinnacle

There’s still not much to see at the construction site of the Pinnacle tower (aka the Helter-Skelter) in Bishopsgate, but when the 288m-tall skyscraper is complete, it’ll offer the public some of the finest views of the capital. Plans for what will be the Square …

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In Pictures: Sunset From The Rooftops Of Peckham Rye

Londonist drinks last night were of a somewhat unusual persuasion. We assembled in Frank’s Bar on the roof of a Peckham multistorey car park to watch (a) the sun go down and (b) intimidatingly cool art students swaggering around the rooftop sculpture park as though …

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Get Up Balfron Tower

If you missed it on Open House weekend you can legitimately get inside Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower this weekend without stalking a resident. Artist Peter Wylie is exhibiting his paintings on the 21st floor, 4 of which are off the building they’re hanging in. Called “From …

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Moonwalk on the Millennium Dome

Thrill-seekers, take note: the once destitute, now awesome O2 arena wants to become even more awesome. Since the Dome’s rebirth nearly a year ago, its owners have no doubt managed to squeeze a pretty penny or two out of the O2’s interior – what with …