june-2012

TRAVEL LONDON
“London’s city farms are such
wonderful and unlikely spaces, a bit of
the countryside in the big city,” says
Simeon Rose, a goat race co-organiser.
“We were blown away when 400 people
turned up for the fi rst event four years
ago and now we regularly attract around
1,500 punters.”
On 5 August, if all goes to plan, Usain
Bolt will attempt to reclaim his 100metre
sprint title at the Olympic
Stadium. Th e eyes of the world will be on
east London, but for a certain breed of
local, the year’s big race ended when the
goat marked ‘Cambridge’ crossed the
line fi rst. v
London fact fi le
GETTING THERE
KLM operates several direct
daily fl ights to London
Heathrow from Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol.
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RIGHT
A traditional ice
cream van in
Victoria Park
N
Victoria Victo c
Park
Regent’s
Park
WHERE TO STAY
Malmaison (malmaison.com)
in cripplingly hip Clerkenwell is
Hyde Park Big Ben
a particularly sleek and wellpriced
spot within striking
distance of the banking district,
London
Heathrow
Airport
and a gateway to the east. Muse (diefrechemuse.
NIGHTLIFE
co.uk) does decadent 1920s
cabaret. Stoke Newington
Power Lunches
International Airport
(powerlunchesltd.co.uk) (stkinternational.co.uk)
for Dalston’s coolest local for quirky events. Bethnal
bands. Cafe Oto (cafeoto. Green Working Men’s Club
co.uk) for experimental (workersplaytime.net) for
music. Hammer and Tongue
(hammerandtongue.co.uk)
happenings in a retro setting.
does regular spoken word ART
slams. The Book Club Mother Studios
(wearetbc.com) for wild and (motherstudios.co.uk),
wonderful nights. Die Freche artists’ studios in Hackney
UK
London
Europe
London
Hackney Wick
Olympic O
Stadium S
Thames
Wick. Elevator Gallery
(elevatorgallery.co.uk) for
cutting-edge London artists.
Stour Space (stourspace.
co.uk) has the excellent
Counter Cafe. Eva Roovers
(evaroovers.net) is a Dutch
artist in Hackney Wick.
GREEN SPACES
Baja Bikes (bajabikes.
eu) offers great day-long
cycling and walking tours
of east London and other
areas, with English, French
and Dutch spoken. Tower
Hamlets foraging tours
arranged through The
Amazings (theamazings.
org). Spitalfi elds City Farm
(spitalfi eldscityfarm.org).
FURTHER INFO
yeahhackney.com
DON’T FORGET
You can take this magazine
with you, or read the
article again at
holland-herald.com.
Map: Allan Grotjohann