Q1: So just how safe is London?
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- Philadelphia 66.1
- Berkeley 60.1
- Paris 58.1
- London 55.3
- Milano 52.9
- New York 50.8
- Geneva 30.5
- Vienna 30.3
- Tokyo 24.7
- Zurich 23.1
Source: Numbeo Crime index
Q2: Wow why hold a collaboration meeting there?
Area around South Kensington and the university (red-encircled dark green) is <30% of the UK norm, some of the safest places in UK with police patroling the embassys. The 200% crime rates are clustered into hot spots in London, you're reasonably safe if you avoid them.
Q3: How about the subways
Safe, especially District and Circle Lines near South Kensington.
Q4: What are these Oyster cards at the subways?
Recommend use debit or credit cards. Don't buy individual tickets they're more expensive. Click
Q5: Tourist destinations near the university (avoid the bus during rush hours)
- Science Museum (3 min walk)
- Natural History Museum (5 min walk)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (5 min walk)
- Kensington Palace (10 min walk)
- Buckingham Palace (20 min bus)
- National Gallery (20 min bus)
- Westminster Abbey/Big Ben (30 min walk+train)
- British Museum (40 min walk+train)
- Tower of London/Tower Bridge (40 min walk+train)
Q6: Lunch during the meeting?
Lots of food outlets inside the campus
We'll figure out how to get back into the building.
Q7: I can only eat Japanese food for lunch.
Q8: I can only eat Italian food for lunch.
Q9: No I mean edible Italian food
- Jacuzzi (200 Euro)(not worth it)
Q10: It's the day (before/after) the meeting, I want Fish and Chips
- Queen Victoria was here (recommendable)
Q11: Show me an ok Polish restaurant
Q12: Sorta ok Chinese near the university?
Q13: I don't like restaurants. Swiss wine and cheese?
- Whole Foods Market (Laugh at the insane prices)
- Sainsbury's Cromwell Road (recommendable big supermarket)
Q14: It's morning and I can only eat French bread.
Q15: I want to buy inexpensive but ok casual wear for some reason.
Q16: Why is everything so expensive!?
- Take a stroll through the most expensive apartments on earth.
