Things to do in London

London is YouGoDo’s top destination, in terms of the sheer number of great things to do in London. We offer over 630 great activities and experiences in the London area. So, with so much to choose from, what are most YouGoDo users looking to do in London? Here’s our top 3 generic London activity searches:

Unusual things to do in London

Our most popular London search, by quote a long margin, is users looking for Unusual things to do in London, where we have over 80 great ideas for those looking to visit the UK’s capital, and do more than just the standard museums, Buckingham Palace, Harrods and the London Eye! Not that there is anything wrong with any of these popular attractions! But many YouGoDo users are looking for an ‘Off the Wall London’ experience, some maybe returning visitors who have done ‘popular London’ on previous visits, or we simply attract users who are more adventurous and want to avoid the crowds.

Our extensive guide of the unusual things to do in London includes exciting ideas like Kayak Tours on the Thames, Ice Climbing, Roller Skiing, Horse Riding (not that unusual in itself as an activity, but an option many London visitors consider), Ice Bars, Classic Mini Tours, Treasure Hunts, Pedal Powered Pub Crawls, Helicopter Tours, Bus trips to New York and Sydney (yes you can take a bus around the world from London!), day trips to Paris (take in two capital cities in one day and experience the Channel Tunnel connecting England to France under the English Channel), etc.

Things to do in London with Teenagers

Second up in our list of popular London activity searches is things to do in London with Teenagers, where again we have a great deal of choice, for parents struggling to entertain their teenage children, and teenagers themselves looking for something ‘cool to do’ in London.

So if the Museums are ‘really lame’, or ‘so boring’ try some of our great activities for teens. Things like Ferrari Driving (yes for kids!), Urban Freeflow Classes, Paintball, High Speed Rib (speedboats!) Rides, Climbing Walls, Ghost Tours, Zorbing, American style baseball Batting Cages, football stadium tours, Duck Tours and much more. And if they play up take them to the museums!

Things to do in London when it rains!

Third up in our most popular London generic experiences searches is ‘things to do in London when it rains’! Mmmm – I’m from the UK so I suppose I should have guessed this would be in the top 3!

The weather in London is not that bad - It does not rain every day in England, although it can seem that way at times! YouGoDo has a great choice of things to do in London when the weather is a little inclement.

Great undercover activities like all of the popular Museums, Climbing Walls, Indoor Karting, great and unusual places to dine, cookery courses, flight simulators, wine tasting, ice skating, outdoor swimming, brewery tours, great shopping and much more! So just relax, grab your umbrella, hum the tune to ‘singing in the rain’ and go visit the museums, hit the credit cards in Harrods, dine is panoramic restaurants while watching the public run around in the rain and enjoy seeing the Thames topping up. It’s part of the experience, and there are plenty of great places which make it easy to enjoy wet London.

Have fun in the smoke!

Extreme Mountaineering

Just come across this great video of Ueli Steck climbing the amazing North Face of the Eiger in a record time of 2 hours and 47 minutes. From memory of my visit to the region a few years back the train takes a good while longer than this!

The Top of Europe, or Jungfrau Mountain Railway, takes visitors from Interlaken, Grindelwald, Wengen and Lauterbrunnen up to the highest railway station in Europe (some 3454m or 11333ft), where visitors can ski and snowboard all year round. On its route up through the tunnel the train stops and visitors get a change to look out of windows cut into the Eiger, at the North Face of the Eiger. See picture - Vertical is the word that comes to mind!

The railway, and the associated experience at the top, are highly recommended. Amazing views, great restaurants, ice sculptures, skiiing, snow boarding, snow tubing, zip wires, hiking and more to enjoy all year round. Remember your coat!

Of course YouGoDo has a wealth of great climbing activities and experiences from all around the world, including many in Switzerland. On both rock and ice!

For those who would enjoy just looking at the Eiger, the Bernese Oberland Region is stunning, and the pretty swiss village of Grindelwald is a superb place to admire the mountain from. Its one of life's spectacles which photo's never seem to do justice!

And as well as the winter sports, for which the region is famous, there are huge amounts of great and unusual things to do in Switzerland. Things like cowpat golf, the first flyer (a huge 4 side by side zip wire run near Grindelwald), the
Pintenfritz (the worlds longest sledge run), Trotti Biking (big adult and child sized scooters for downhill runs) and much more. Try this link for all of these things to do in Switzerland, with information, weather and stunning photos of the country.

And if you are planing to climb the eiger the time to beat is currently 2 hours 47 minutes ;-)

Wingsuit Flying in China

A quick blog to include this great video of some superb looking wingsuit flying in China. For those of you new to Wingsuit flying it made number 1 in our 'top 10 dangerous things to do'!

Great video - it takes a little while to get to the good stuff, bear with it!

Chinese Scenes from BASE-Book - Matt Gerdes on Vimeo.

After watching this you will no doubt be wondering either:

(a) where can I learn to wingsuit - you will need several hundred parachute jumps under your belt before most places will take you on a course. But we have a good few options on YouGoDo in the UK, France and Spain.

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(b) are there other less dangerous things to do in China! Yes there are plenty great things to do in China on YouGoDo. Although the choice does include a few equally dangerous activities like Climbing Everest, or the amazing Mount Hashuan walk. Of course we also have a selection of the less dangerous, like hot air ballooning, hiking, biking and the stunning Harbin Ice Festival.

Take a look, take your choice and have fun!