A vast park in North London, with lovely views, wooded rambles, swimming ponds, cozy pubs, and Old Master art in a genteel manor house
A 395-acre park with an Open Air Theatre, zoo, sports pitches, and flower gardens
A relaxing steep slope of tree-spotted greenery good for Frisbee tossing, napping, and picnic pauses in between Greenwich's big sights
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.