- 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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