BBC Travel reader Rachel Collins is moving to the British capital with her fiancé and is looking for quick, affordable weekend getaways. Our Facebook fans gave her some suggestions.
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Starting 14 June, leave the kids at home and celebrate your own inner child at the weekly London Zoo after-hours summer parties.
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Until 28 September, Propstore – a pop-up riverfront cafe and bar built using scenery and props from recent National Theatre productions – is stealing the show.
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While the Thames is well known, at least five waterways have disappeared under the city’s pavement over time, becoming watery ghosts whose rumbling waters can still be heard.
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From a mosque-like stronghold in Malaysia to one of London’s most iconic structures, these five landmarks were designed to stand the test of time.
Although often associated with the seaside, the first chippie opened its doors in London, where the working class propelled the iconic dish into popular culinary culture.
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Starting 14 June, evening parties at London Zoo
Until 21 June, Le Grand Palais transformed
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Beijing’s labyrinth of history
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America’s best little beach towns
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A new chapter for Johannesburg
South Africa
Duct tape designs take form in Ohio
USA
Reader Q&A: Mini breaks from London
London
See eye to eye with a butterfly
San Francisco
Spain’s super-charged sport
Spain
Walking in Inca footsteps
Peru
Jaffa, an Israeli city in flux
Israel
An artful 48 hours in Neukölln
Berlin
New gear to smooth summer travel
Technology
Monkeying around in China
China
Italy’s lesser-known Riviera
Italy
Our favourite images of the week
Coastal Australia’s nautical icon
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London’s wild night out
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Indonesia’s business boom
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