- 10 weird things to do in London.
I'm Chris, this is Yellow Productions.
I do travel guides that are
fun, informative, entertaining.
In this video, I'm not
gonna be telling you
the usual things to do,
I'm gonna be telling you
some weird things to do in this city.
And the first one, it's
here in Trafalgar Square.
It's at that Admiralty
Arch right back there
and it's to go find London's Nose.
Let's go check it out.
Okay, close up to the arch,
right in the traffic lane
on here, where there's a small protrusion.
And what do we see?
A nose, there was an artist in 1997,
he put up about 30 of these across London,
seven of these noses are still left.
You can do a whole walk to
find the seven noses, as well,
but in this video, I'm just
gonna leave you with this one
and head on to the other
weird things to do in London.
Second weird thing to do
in London, from the nose,
turn left, we're gonna head
back to Trafalgar Square
and find London's smallest police station.
Here's the arch, there's the cross,
and right over here in
this hollowed out lamppost
is London's smallest police station.
Built in 1920 to house two
police officers as a lookout
to keep the peace on this
busy, bustling square.
Another weird attraction in London is
the Old Operating Theatre Museum.
This Operating Theatre
Museum date back to 1822.
Where this operating theater is
in the roof space of a church.
To get to it, you go up this staircase,
I'll show you going down, 'cause
it's hard to film going up.
It's 52 steps up to the top.
Admission is 650 British
pounds, and you can see
what surgery was like in the 1800,
and this theater is where
they would show off practices.
Interesting, surgery
was done here before the
introduction of antiseptic,
so hands weren't cleaned,
neither was the things used to
actually perform the surgery.
Anyway, I am glad I was
not in that hospital.
Wooden tables definitely
look a little less modern
than when I was recently in the hospital.
What do they have under the
table to catch the blood?
Sawdust, over on the side,
they show you the bandage rollers.
They used to reuse bandages, too.
And then they wonder
why people got infected,
or at that time they called it ward fever
from the recovery ward.
Outside the operating theater,
the rest of the museum
shows you more about medicine of the time.
They've got an old pharmacy,
they've got old pharmaceutical products,
I mean, it's really intriguing.
You're not gonna spend
the day in this museum,
but it's worth at least 30 minutes,
and it's right next to the
Shard and Borough Market,
so lots of stuff to do in this area.
Another weird thing to do in London
is to visit the Wellcome Collection,
Wellcome with two ls.
It is a free museum and library
for the incurably curious.
It was established by Mr.
Wellcome, a philanthropist,
a collector of medicinal historical items.
Somehow in his personal
collection and on display here
is Napoleon's toothbrush, a mummy,
some hair from a really old former king,
lots of really just weird
things, hard to describe.
There's currently an exhibition on cows,
hence the picture of cows out here.
There's a alien sex museum exhibition.
It's, um, I don't know,
it's really hard to explain.
You just have to come and check it out.
There's also a cafe and a gift shop
if you want to part with some
souvenirs or you're hungry.
The next weird thing to do in London
is to visit the Grant Museum of Zoology.
You can link this one up
to the Wellcome Collection.
This is two blocks around the corner
and run by the University
of Central London.
This museum not open
super early, 1 to 5 p.m,
Monday to Saturday.
It is all about the
preserved remains of animals.
They've got bones, they've
got preserved things.
It's basically one big room
with lots of things in cases,
but it is one of those things that,
while I always knew these
kinds of things existed
for science, I never really knew it,
and they've got, like,
an elephant's skull,
which is really big, and next to it,
they've got an elephant's
heart, which is also big.
You can see remains of a tiger
and the head of a saltwater crocodile.
Also, in the back they've
got preserved animals
including a preserved pufferfish.
He looks pretty sharp, and
unless you're a huge lover
of animal remains, this
might not be worth a trip
on its own, but it's certainly
worth checking this out
after you've checked out
the Wellcome Collection.
For a weird hotel in London,
sleep at the London Zoo,
Yes, the London Zoo has a hotel.
It's called the Gir Lion Lodge,
and you can sleep with the lions, well,
next to the lion enclosure
at the London Zoo.
Gir Lion Lodge consists of nine cabins,
each sleeps two, and
they start at 378 pounds
for two people including
dinner and breakfast
and entry into the zoo on both days.
What do you get?
You get to sleep right
next to the lion enclosure.
That's right, and the
zookeepers will take you
on a guided tour of the Africa section.
I mean, I haven't heard
of anything like it
to spend a night in a zoo.
The seventh weird thing to do in London
is to visit Sir John Soane's Museum.
This used to be his house, who is he?
He's a famous architect in London
that designed the Bank
of London, and he is
one of the world's original collectors.
His house is full of knickknacks.
I have never seen so many
rare collectible items.
He even has a original Egyptian
sarcophagus in his house.
Admission is free, there
are fairly long lines.
Don't get discouraged, they
can move pretty quickly.
Okay, if you didn't think
it was weird down there,
this store is called
Cyberdog, and it's got
two big silver statues.
I don't know, let's go inside,
see what's inside Cyberdog.
Cyberdog is definitely the weirdest store
I've been in in London.
It is in Camden Market
in a basement level,
and it's got everything you need
to go to that next rave party.
You want light-up
sunglasses, light-up hats,
light-up jackets,
everything that lights up,
blinks, moves to the
music, even their escalator
has, like, Pac-Man characters on it.
(techno music)
The ninth weird thing to do in London
has a bit more culture.
This is to visit the Tate
Modern Museum, which is
generally regarded as one
of the best modern art
museums in the world,
but modern art can be
kind of on the weird side.
Take, for example, this
piece, a men's urinal,
signed by the artist, that's it.
Or, take this room, I mean,
it's really interesting
to walk through, and it
probably makes you think
and makes you wonder what
it is, but modern art
is definitely a different
art than what I'm used to.
There's some things that are weird,
but there are some things
that are pretty cool.
Take, for example, this robotic art piece.
Final weird thing to do in London is
to take a London Loo Tour.
It is London's only
toilet-themed walking tour.
They've got four different walking tours,
all themed about toilets.
One even followed the
life of Thomas Crapper.
Yes, if you ever wondered
how the toilet got it's name,
crapper, or about the
life of the person that
gave the toilet the name crapper, well,
you'll want to check
out that walking tour.
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