Best Of Londonist: 5-11 January 2026

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Last Updated 13 January 2026

Londonist Best Of Londonist: 5-11 January 2026

Your weekly roundup of Londonist news and features.

Things To Do In London In Winter

The best events in January and February 2026.

The inside of a church covered in beautiful light

London's Going Snowdrop Crazy This Month - Here's Where To See Them

The flowers about to take over your Instagram feed.

A young girl with snowdrops
Image: Shutterstock

Discover Polynesian Dance At The London School Of Hula And 'Ori

Drums, chanting and a LOT of hip action. (sponsor)

Grass hula skirts

The Freedom Pass Could Be Scaled Back

Review looking into a bus-only freebie for retired Londoners.

What's The Oldest Place In London?

A question with many answers...

An iron age hut

Huge, Unsettling Paintings Of The Tube To Appear In Guildhall Art Gallery

Soundtracked by a Pogues musician.

A painting of Aldgate East

Time Travel Back To 17th Century London - With This Royalist Reenactment Along The Mall

Commemorating the execution of Charles I.

Royalist soldiers on horseback

Canary Wharf Winter Lights: Free Trail Returns In January 2026

Illuminations to be dotted among the skyscrapers again.

A colourful pedestrian tunnel

London, In Six Nursery Rhymes

The capital pops up more often than you'd think.

The Eagle pub

City Lit: What Will YOU Learn In 2026?

City Lit's fun courses cover everything from massage to physics. (sponsor)

A person working on an art project

Around London In 11 Whales And Dolphins

If tracking them down is your porpoise...

A statue of a boy riding a dolphin

The Orchid Festival Returns To Kew Gardens In February 2026

Thousands of colourful flowers to brighten up the winter.

A colourful looking glasshouse
© RBG Kew

How 1926 Imagined 2026

The London of the future is now.

An old futuristic image of London in 2026

10 Day Trips From London You Can Now Do With Contactless

Mysterious tunnels, a coastal gem and an alternative Natural History Museum.

A prospect from Box Hill

Ramadan Lights Return To The West End In February

Dazzling light display celebrates Muslim festival.

Ramadan lights

How To Visit The Hampton Court Palace Gardens For Free

A little-known opportunity, a few times a year.

Hampton Court Palace gardens

Looking Ahead: Things To Do In London This Week: 12-18 January 2026

A wildly popular play about witches, and a legendary Beach Boys album revisited.

A bus under the Cally bridge