Londres es una de las ciudades más fascinantes del mundo. Además de museos de alta calidad, galerías de arte, monumentos, iglesias y famosos edificios, hay discotecas, salas de conciertos, musicales, teatros y por su puesto muchas tiendas. En Londres se concentran 2000 años de historia, casas de famosos escritores y cualquier otra cosa que puedas necesitar.

Sorprendentemente muchas de las cosas son completamente gratis. Además de todas las cosas que Londres te ofrece, nosotros también tenemos nuestro propio programa social a través del cual se organizan diferentes actividades durante la semana – algunas son gratis y algunas cuestan dinero. Para darte unos ejemplos de lo que Londres puede ofrecerte:

Museums: British Museum, Science Museum, National History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of London are ALL FREE ! Galleries: National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Wallace Collection are ALL FREE !

Parks: Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James Park, Green Park, Holland Park are ALL FREE!

South Bank: You can walk along by the river Thames from Westminster Bridge (opposite the houses of Parliament) past the London Eye, the Festival Hall (listen to FREE music), past the National theatre, the Tate Modern, (FREE) Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the City hall (home of the Mayor) and up to Tower Bridge (FREE to walk across). You will get fantastic views of the city and St Paul’s cathedral and the opportunity to sit outside one of the pubs or cafes along this part of the river.

Street Markets: Portobello Road, Camden Market, Greenwich Market, Petticoat Lane, Brick Lane Market, Borough Market (for food), Colombia road market (on Sundays for flowers and plants). ALL FREE

Free music: The Festival Hall on Friday evening and often Sunday lunchtime, Monday lunchtime recitals at the Royal Opera House, FREE lunchtime concerts at St Martins-in-the-fields near Trafalgar Square and at St James’ in Piccadilly. Notting Hill Arts Club – often has FREE evening and Saturday afternoon concerts with new bands.

Then there are pubs, restaurants, football (London is home to 5 premiership teams) the Olympics in 2012, trips on the river, ice skating, concerts, exhibitions, musicals  ………  and of course our own UIC events which include: Visits to pubs, bowling, musicals, restaurants, tour of BBC, clubs, weekend trips out of London to Oxford, Cambridge, Salisbury, Stonehenge, and our famous student parties!