Things to do in London: -Carrying a plank along the pavement -Defacing money -Shaking a doormat after 8 pm -Assaulting someone with Salmon -Flying a kite in a public place

I flew a kite in a public place

Matt, I walked past you in Leicester Square on the 7th. I would have said hi, but I was stuck on "Hey that's Matt from KZfaq"

I'm just now watching this and realizing this and the "Places to Eat in London" video were the only sources for my brother's list of things to see, do, and eat when we visited last year. Everything we managed to do (especially the Charing Cross tour, which I cannot recommend highly enough) off his list was great. So, thanks, from the future!

Well, I'm watching this in 2020. So, there's nowhere I can go.

It is now the future and I am here to say that the mail rail is open.

Cambridge's computing museum is "The Centre for Computing History". The Bletchley computing museum is "The National Museum of Computing".

my top tips the DLR (children can be fooled into believing it's a theme park) and Highgate Cemetery (no child will believe this is a theme park)

I would recommend Churchill's underground WW2 bunker at Westminster. It's called "Churchill War Rooms" and is really worth it if you are interested in WW2 or Churchill himself.

Matt Grey's Overstuffed Walrus needs to be a prize on Citation Needed. I don't know how, but it needs to happen

"If you'te watching in the future" Me: oh ok, so this was filmed in 2018 or 19 "If you're watching in 2017 or 18" Me: :0

Or better yet for platform 9 and 3/4; turn up at King's Cross at 10/11PM when the Harry Potter shop is closed. The trolley is always there - you won't be able to get a professional picture but as long as you've got a friend to take it jobs a good'un.

I work at kings cross, would recommend doing 9 and 3/4 late evening as they take the queue line away and you can take your own pictures, you can visit the shop earlier in the day then come back for the photo op later.

Tom: Crystal Maze Me: *British cheering noises*

Joke's on you, I'm watching this in 2020 so I can't go anywhere, let alone the mail rail tunnels

tom: "if you're watching this in 2017 or 2018" me: "challenge accepted"

Now that I am addicted to British panel comedy on KZfaq, I find my biggest curiosity would be to visit many of the shops that are constantly mentioned, with lunch at Nandos.

My Great Grandad worked with Alan Turing at Bletchley Park. He received an award can't quite remember what

I'm starting up a guided tour of all the park benches Matt and Tom have ever sat on.

Did anyone else think Matt's sunglasses were actually a yarmulke?

Also Tim Hunkin's Novelty Automation in Holborn

One of my favorite things was the RAF museum in Hendon.

Idk about anybody else, but I'm now *really* curious to see Tom's "set it up for a sequel" mime

So in regards to Granary Square, my girlfriend studies there at Central Saint Martins and they have bought the app so you can still play snake on the fountains. They are sometimes turned off though (like this week for the CSM's Degree show.)

I'm watching this in 2018, and have been down the Mail Rail. It's great! Had to buy tickets 4 months in advance though.

walking alone at in Croydon... thats something too... (HINT: DONT DO IT) and if you are a fan of Horror movies: The HELLRAISER house (exterior) is at 187 Dollis Hill Lane, NW2 which is quite near Brent Cross.

When you are talking about preserved specimen in London, don´t forget the Hunterian Museum near Holborn. It also has a big portion on the history of surgery.

Try the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons if you want to see stuff in jars. It's directly opposite the Soane's museum and it's free.

Look for a cafe 'Fatboy's Diner' near (not that near) East India Dock DLR for somewhere with a really 'off the beaten track' vibe. It's in an area of old docklands with loads of incongruous artsy sculptures and architecture around.

-Borough market is an excellent place for food (it's a food market if you're not familiar), they have a website for opening times. -Wanted to add to your recommendation of Greenwich park that it has a great view of Canary Wharf from afar and is generally a nice park -There's a decent market in Portabello Road at certain times -Going to the top of The Shard really is awesome and a little cheaper if you book in advance (note that lunch time is often busy) -There's a restaurant that looks to have a cool view at the top of The Gherkin -Covent Garden often has things going on there and loads of shops including a really cool market, there's stuff nearby too (comic book shop, international sweets shop, etc). I think there's a railway museum or something along those lines there too. Awesome christmas decorations there at the right time of year as well -Excel often has conventions going on (there's about two comicons that happen there for example) -Going to a play at the Globe Theatre is a really cool experience, it felt very authentic when I went a few years back That's all I can think of at the top of my head, as I say, there's always something going on in London

there are several escape the room thingies in berlin, the one i got for easter is called "go west", for obvious reasons

Ah my fave action movies: Skyfall, Bourne Supremacy and Paddington bear!

My infrastructure recommendation - and I know this is something you've done, Tom, because you've posted a GIF of yourself there, though I was almost disappointed that it was a GIF rather than a longer video - is the ULTra personal rapid transit ("podcar") system at Terminal Five in Heathrow. It's a series of automated driverless taxi-like vehicles. It's simultaneously incredibly space-age and incredibly mundane and ordinary, which makes it even better.

"A friend showed me a picture of himself and said 'This is a picture of me when I was younger.' I told him 'EVERY picture of you is a picture of you when you were younger!'" - Mitch Hedberg Your comment about "if anyone's watching this in the future" "no one's watching it live" made me think of that classic Mitch joke. Of course like all his jokes his weird delivery is half the humor.

Thanks for all of those nice suggestions! I'm possibly going to visit London again this year, I'll be sure to check some of these out

Couple of unusual places- Kirkaldy testing Museum, and God's Own Junkyard - Google will find them

One park I've always loved is Russell Square Park. Whenever we got to London and Visit the British Museum, we spend time in that park. It's very nice.

"To anyone watching this in the future" is a fair claim. the NSA and GCHQ were watching live!

Fly a kite in a public place.

The Docklands Museum is free and you can get to it using the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) which I always find quite a fun way to travel. More like a monorail in the theme park called London. There is a lot of free stuff in London, but probably obvious - Natural History Museum and Science Museum are next door to each other but both free. Go early in the morning to avoid queues. For an interesting pub, try the Argyll Arms near Oxford Circus - built in 1742, but with some Victorian additions, it is quite an interesting place to go for a drink!

You should have mentioned the conservatory in the Barbican on the 3rd floor! That is probably my favourite place in London. I know they only really open it on Sunday, but very worthwhile.

I would highly recommend the sky garden on top of 20 fenchurch street, amazing view!! Also it becomes a bar after I think 8pm, and I don't think you need tickets for that. Just saying that you should book tickets well in advance as it sells out quickly

Wellcome Collection! Near Euston, always something worth looking at there!

Bletchley's Museum of Computing is really good, definitely go if you're in the general vicinity of England.

And i find i come full circle. I came to / found your channel from suggested videos after watching about intersting facts about hte underground stations........... You seem to be a natural presenter, good voice able to make things weirdly interesting and do videos on a very wide range of things. Keep it up. thanks for hte entertainment and learning! :)

I had the great good fortune to connect through King's Cross a couple of years ago at a not so busy time, and got through the line at Platform 9 3/4 in about 2 minutes.

Glad you mentioned Bletchley. Walked around there for 3 hours and didn't see everything. This is making me want to go back to London again.

That crystal maze experience sounds amazing, I love that London has crazy cool stuff like this

I'm watching this in the future remembering how, in the past, I did check out the mail rail tour and it was interesting!

I went on the tour of Charring Cross a few weeks ago, absolutely brilliant!

Kew Bridge Steam Museum. If you like steam engines they have some lovely ones which that they run on weekends, also just over the river from Kew Gardens which is a bit expensive but lovely to wander around

I always find a trip on the Thames Clipper to be quite fun!

Really far south London: Farthing Downs and Happy Valley as there are great views and it's a wonderful name. In central a place I've never been to but keep meaning to go is The Grapes, Limehouse. Owned by Sir Ian Mckellen and he's put Gandalf's staff behind the bar.

Thanks, Matt & Tom! My family just spent four days in London and in addition to the regular tourist sites, we visited Bletchley Park, the National Museum of Computing, and Clue Quest London on your recommendations. All of them were great! We also saw the Crystal Palace dinosaurs and found the secret turny-button thingies under the pedestrian crossing boxes. Wish we'd had time to see more of the things you suggested. Love your channel(s)!

As a Poirot fan I liked taking a walk to Charterhouse Square to see Florin Court/Whitehaven Mansions. Also Eltham Palace is perhaps a bit pricey but interesting Art Deco mansion if that is your thing.

The Bread and Roses Pub in Clapham has a theatre showing alternative and upcoming plays, and Europe's oldest operating theatre is preserved at a museum above a church near London Bridge.

This was freaking awesome. I'd love to visit some of these when I go to London next time!

You've got to go to Brixton covered market, Pop Brixton, Brixton Academy, and the other markets and places around it! There is so much going on there, this like the Camden of south London and people north of the river don't go there enough

I am watching this 5 years later and thinking that Matt and Tom really haven't changed it is hard to tell when it was from unless you look. I would love to see some out of the way places in London, less busy and cheap!

Visit the Royal Society and say hi to Keith. :)

A few suggestions in the area near the Sir John Soane's Museum: - The other side of Lincoln's Inn Fields is the Hunterian Museum. Great for body parts in jars and other things on the history of surgery. - The Inns of Court - Grey's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple are worth looking around. They're surprisingly hidden away. Particularly Inner Temple and Middle Temple, which you can get to off the Strand/Fleet Street or Embankment. This is where barristers used to be trained and where many Chambers are. The Temple Church is a really interesting church dating back to the Crusades. You have to pay to go in, but it's impressive from the outside too. - Royal Courts of Justice. Just go in and sit in a case for a little while! Although this may be more interesting for prospective law students, I realise. - St Clement Danes - the RAF Church. It's got some interesting stuff about the RAF in there. Outside there's an infamous statue of Bomber Harris. If you're near the Barbican, go to Postman's Park, which is a couple of minutes away. There's an interesting memorial set up to people who sacrificed their lives to save others, which is quite poignant. Also, they didn't mention that the Museum of London is at the Barbican - perhaps because it's a bit more well-known. If you find brutalist architecture interesting and you're near Russell Square (perhaps you've just been visiting the British Museum), have a look at the Brunswick Centre. It's also right next to the Foundling Museum - a museum about a home for abandoned children. If you're here in summer and it's actually hot, go to a lido or a swimming pond! There are several, but to name a few: Serpentine (Hyde Park), Hampstead Pools, Parliament Hill Lido and Richmond Lido.

I might be going to London this summer. I will certainly use this video to help me plan my trip. Thank you very much.

I stayed in a youth hostel in London and it was right near an art gallery, a health food restaurant and an artisan bakers, so I would reccomend staying somewhere that is on a back road or something, well worth it.

Hampstead Heath is brilliant on a sunny day with lots of kite flyers on Parliament Hill - also there's a great little crepe stand in Hampstead - tube station is nice also

I (last year) went on the Hidden London tour of Aldwych/Strand (another disused station) and it’s really cool. That train in Tom’s photo is the last unrefurbished Mk1 1972 stock train (it’s only 4 carriages long) and is one of the last trains anywhere on the tube that has a section in the driving motor carriages for the guard’s door controls.

UNEXPECTED TOM HIDDLESTON MENTION BRINGING JOY TO MY HEART

It's 2017 and this sounds awesome! My sisters living in the UK right now so I'll definitely tell her about this!

I used to live just out side Bletchley. It took me about 16 years to finally know about what went on there. It is well worth a visit!

love the barbican, went to an exhibition on gaming there a couple of summers ago and thoroughly enjoyed it

Is the David J. Bodycombe, game designer on The Crystal Maze (wikipedia footnote 29, or Google results box), the same David Bodycombe who was the game designer for Tom's Game On series?

I went to Holland Park back in May, when I was on Holiday in London. Very nice park! Did a raid on Pokemon Go.

On a sunny day: Riverside walk east starting south of the river at battersea park, crossing over at Westminster bridge and then continuing on until tower bridge. Lush walk. Lush views. Positive vibes.

I'm watching this in 2017!! Mail Rail can now be visited!

Legends of the Hidden Temple... haven’t heard that series of words for AGES. Thanks for the tip!

I went to the computer museum at Bletchley Park on a school trip. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in old computers - it was an amazing day out!

I'm taking my Grandfather to the now opened mail rail tunnels because he used to work loading mail into the trains that used to use those exact tunnels in the 70s.

The barbican has a conservatory on the top floor with lots of nice plants and a fish and turtle pond which is open for free some bank holidays and Sundays. You can also have afternoon tea there but it is quite ££££.

I tried so hard to find an abandoned tunnel tour while I was in London... asked directions, googled, asked the tourist information center, walked just about the length and width of the city center, but didn't find anything. So thanks for the link! If England somehow manages not to explode and sink into the ocean, it might be of use to me yet ^_^ On a side note, I adored the RAF museum. Only regret I have is not taking more pictures there.

Not sure, being a northener, whether the Regency Cafe is considered famous or not. If not, then I would say that's the biggest food recommendation. The original Twining's Tea Shop in Temple is also a really cool place to visit if you happen to be a fan of the Great British Beverage (And it's near the temple, St. Clement's and the Royal Courts of Justice, so overall a good visit). There's my contribution to the forum that this comments section has become!

Bishops park is nice to have a jog around. nice to bump into toff toff some times there too aha.

the Sherlock Holmes museum and tour of the city as featured in the books and various screen plays is worth it, can be a tad pricey but fun.

If you enjoyed the Crystal Maze, you might also enjoy Boda Borg if you're ever in Sweden or near Boston, MA. It's a combination of physical and mental challenge rooms that sounds rather similar to what you're talking about.

Haha u said the crystal maze and my eyes widened and I smiled XD such a good show

Went to the barbican architects tour last autumn. Incredible place.

As a Canadian, I love the Darts, and I would kill to do the Crystal Maze!!

I once went to platform 9 3/4 at like 6AM because I was bored waiting for my train to Edinburgh. Also when I went to Hyde park it was always decently quiet. Well in comparison to Central Park.

Food recommendation- the flat iron, Covent Garden. Can’t book but the best steak for a tenner you will ever have

love Barbican, great for photography!

The Tour of Lord's cricket ground is great even my mum who knows very little about cricket enjoyed it

We have similar tours and trips here in New York for the subway (been on plenty of those)and a museum in Philadelphia made their own sort of live "Legends of the Hidden Temple" event just last month. And they are making a movie based on it.

If you need something to do in London I recommend Sky Garden. It is a excellent view. You just book it and it’s completely free. It’s at the top of a skyscraper and you can see everything in London!! It’s just opposite the Shard. I’d highly recommend it. Also if you want food I recommend Pizza Union. It’s a very good pizza place near Liverpool Street tube station (5 min walk) and it’s cheap and it’s the best pizza in London. Even the Italians believe so!

I'll have to go to that The Crystal Maze re-creation. I've always regretted not going to the one in Blackpool while it was open. Just had a look on the page for The Crystal Maze linked above and there's also a Knightmare re-creation at the Southbank Centre for the next few months.

hey, I'm watching his and it's 2017! crazy world this is, mate

Things to see in London: a couple of HILARIOUS comedy plays. The Play That Goes Wrong, and A Comedy About A Bank Robbery. Both times I've near wet myself laughing

I'm always impressed how well you guys (often Tom) will know enough about American culture so that when you're talking about something thoroughly British, we can still relate to it. Either that or our stuff is shouted out so hard that you can't help but know about it, in which case I apologize. (Specifically referencing Legends of the Hidden Temple here.)

Okay. We definitely need to see that fountain snake. Now!

I'm an American but I watched Crystal Maze regularly on Sky TV when I lived in the Philippines in the early/mid '90s and went into such withdrawal when I moved away. The trailer looks absolutely amazing!

Another good park (but about a 1 hour tube ride from central London) is Bushy Park/Home park. (Henry the 8th)

Another thing you can do is the sky garden in London! You have to book but it's a massive cafe on top of a tall building where you can see everything in London!!

Go to Barking - it's officially London, but really Essex. Strange place, nice churchyard. You'll never go there again. But down the road (by 368 bus) is Dagenham - home of Ford and Becontree, the biggest council housing estate in Europe (or it was).