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I'd say a visit to Borough Market - early to avoid the hordes that descend on it, and also for the atmosphere of seeing the stall holders set up and say hello to each other. My personal favourite is an egg and bacon roll for breakfast from Maria's Market Cafe. Then wander down the South Bank of the Thames...

Go to Primerose Hill. Have a pint at the Engineer and another on further up the Gloucester Ave at the Landsdowne. Lunch at the Russian Tea Room right in the Center (101, Regents Park rd)

Go for a walk around the City while it's empty of workers, and don't forget to look up.

Walk along the Regent's Canal from East London right to West London. Breakfast at Columbia Road flower market, lunch in Camden Lock, and end up in Little Venice for drinks, you'll even find yourself wandering through London Zoo.

Walk east along the river from the London Eye to Tower Bridge. This will take you past about 20 cultural venues including the South Bank Centre, The Globe Theatre, Tate Modern, the National Film Theatre and The Unicorn Theatre (for those with young children). During the summer there are also street entertainers (mime artists etc).

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have a great meal at the Freemasons Arms followed by a classic film at the Everyman Cinema, all in Hampstead, north London.

If the weather holds, a Sunday stroll past the hustle and bustle of Spitalfields Market, Brick Lane and Columbia Road is rather nice. If you've still got the energy it's a short walk from the end of Columbia Road up to Broadway Market, where you can find a bite to eat or have a more relaxed wander along the canal.

Take a tube to St Pauls and walk through the churchyard then down to the river, across the Millenium bridge and to the Tate Modern. Alternatively Columbia Road Flower Market (every Sunday morning on Columbia Road E2) is still quite fun (though less and less flowers each year, more bijou shops)

A good weekend walking tour would be to start in Hyde Park, cross Westminster and the Bridge to Jubilee Gardens. From there follow the Walk by the Globe Theatre and OXO Tower to the Tate Modern. Cross the Millenium Bridge to St. Paul's. Carry on east through Cheapside and Poultry to Leadenhall Market. From there, head to Camden and Primrose Hill. Return west through Fleet Street to Temple Place (LSE, Somerset House). Continue west to Leiscester Square. This will make for a busy weekend, yet is worth it.

If you enjoy curries and other South Asian cuisine, make your way to Brick Lane (Tower Hamlets, accessible from Aldgate). If you are for the band and club scene, make your way to Shoreditch (Hackney, accessible from Old Street).

Forget all the posh markets and hang out where it's 'real'... Ridley Road Market in Dalston has great fruit and veg a pound a bowl, fish and meat, and some interesting clothing, electronics and music...all with lots of character (everyday except Sunday). Or pick up some nice bread, cheese and olives at Broadway Market on Saturday afternoon and have a picnic at London Fields. You might even catch a Cricket match.

I love to meet friends near Borough market and then stroll along the south bank with a coffee and some food. There's plenty of small shops, cafés and sights to see along the way like the Tate Modern, the new Globe theatre and the Oxo tower!

Just walk - London is the greatest city in the Western world

Go to the opposite side from London Eye on the South Bank, pass under Westminster Bridge, avoid all crazy tourist crowds, enjoy the beautiful full-length view and photo opportunity of the Westminster Palace on the opposite bank of the Thames, relax on a bench with duck-headed handles, enjoy one of the oldest buildings in London - Lambeth Palace where Archbishop of Canterbury resides

Further options - 1) to walk in the gardens near Lambeth Palace 2) to cross Lambeth Bridge and continue your stroll passing MI5 headquarters looking at the MI6 headquarters on the opposite side and then go to Tate Britain. There are a lot of places to eat in that area too.

If you were in North London you could have lunch at one of the pubs in Primrose Hill (e.g. the Lansdowne or the Engineer) before having a walk on Primrose Hill itself and seeing the views. Then pootle into Camden for some more drinks. A quality Saturday.

Take a Thames Clipper down the river to Greenwich for the day, where you can enjoy Greenwich Park, the covered market, and the Royal Observatory (home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the world). http://www.thamesclippers.com/ http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich_park/ http://www.nmm.ac.uk/royalobservatory

Settle in for lunch at the Greenwich Union with a pint or two of Meantime brew. http://www.greenwichunion.com/

Brixton market for Afro-Caribbean flavours.

You have to do a museum, but which one? Tate Britain for the most marvellous JWW Turner pictures in the Clore Gallery, Tate Modern at the South Bank for its regular collection (free!), National Portrait Gallery for everything, but especially the annual portrait competition, Victoria and Albert for the costumes and musical instruments collection, Natural History museum for the kids, and there are TONS of little museums as well.

Hottest ticket that you won't be able to get without booking a year in advance? The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a business that created Big Ben and The Liberty Bell. You can join a tour on Saturday mornings, but you have to book WELL in advance. They are sold out through 2009 now. Great two hours on a Saturday morning.

The new Saatchi Gallery off the Kings Road, Sloane Square end, is a really good space and well worth a visit.

In the summer, head up to Hampstead Heath. It's 1-10 mins walk from various tube / train stations (Hampstead tube, etc) and you will be amazed at what London manages to retain, all within zone 2 of the underground. Scenery, people-watching, great views, fresh air, the works.

how about a trip out to Richmond Park to see the deer also go and see what ever is on at Wiltons Music Hall in the East End

I would recommend going to Hampstead Heath to look for George Michael.

If it's a nice sunny day, have a walk through Holland Park (watch out for the peacocks!), stop for lunch at the Belvedere (no need to break the bank - they have their weekend lunch special), sit in the Japanese Garden for a while then walk up to Portobello Road, have a look around the market. Walk through to Westbourne Grove and have a late afternoon tea at Tea Palace - scrummy scones and the best finger sandwiches complemented by a great selection of teas.

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Visit the Hampstead Heath, take at least half days time and a well prepared pic-nic bag and maybe a kite to fly at the Parlament Hill. Do not miss the Kenwood House http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kenwood_House.jpgu, either where a dozen British films have been made in the Jane Austin - vain. You can also drop by at the Wells tavern on your way (30 Well Walk), Or at the Flask (14 Flask Walk). Lunch at the Freemansons arms, The Food must be forgiven, but there is still something about this place. Especially nice with the kids.

Walk across Hampstead Heath from Highgate to Hampstead. In Hampstead, refuel at Louis' Patisserie - lovely old fashioned tearoom with proper tealeaves, china cups covered in rosebuds, and utterly delicious cake. Then walk up to Fenton House, a tiny country house in the middle of the city with a lovely garden and Orchard (National Trust). Before you head back across the Heath, pick up an ice from the lovely Slice of Ice on Flask Walk. When you get back to the Boating Pond on the Highgate side of the Heath, look out for a chap sailing a remote control yacht or maybe steering a miniature steamboat on the pond. I'll be sitting by him on the bank, knitting. Say hello!