Canary Wharf

Cabot Place, if you don’t get lost (I always do), has plenty of places to eat and drink close to a bunch of transport links. Avoid in the week if you don’t want to be surrounded by suited and booted business people.

Should really check out the winter lights exhibition until the end of Jan if in the area

Sicherlich ein Ausgangspunkt für viele Diskussionen. Canary Wharf wird wohl nicht die grüné Lunge Londons werden. Ist ja auch nicht seine Absicht. Modern, licht und offen gestaltet. Also mir gefällt es. Ich muss allerdings noch ein wenig stöbern gehen, um den Eindruck zu bestätigen.

OK It’s true if you don’t like concrete and lots of modern buildings, Canary Wharf is not the place for you, but personally I find it brilliant. High rise towers, modern ambience, security guards and lots of well heeled business people make it a bit less rough feeling than some parts of old London town. Great selection of shops and eateries and a few bars scattered around, a world class tube station and services and I love living and working here on business trips. Oh yes and they have some good gym selections if you are into fitness, or just jog around the Wharf at lunch time. Nature lovers might not like it though, so watch your style I guess.

Ein sehenswerter aber unspektakulärer Teil Londons, mitten im Finanzdistrikt.

5 star location, very inspiring!

There are many places offering burgers in town and you will find yourself inexplicably eating one living here.
Kiwi burger
Beef, beetroot, egg, pineapple, aged cheddar, salad, mayo and relish. £8.95
When I find myself at GBK, I always find myself ordering the kiwi burger. The beetroot, egg and pineapple always draws me in and blinds me to anything else.
It’s a decently good burger and definitely tastes better than say going to the Golden Arches. At least I get beetroot, egg and pineapple.
You also get to contribute 25p to charity and help save the kiwi in Whakatane.
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For those of you who think the east end’s Canary Wharf is only about the hustle & bustle of the bankers, you are dead wrong! The Canary Wharf group hosts a number of exciting events throughout the year in just about any space within Canary Wharf. Here are some places to name a few; Canada Square Park, the Reuters Plaza and inside the shopping center.
Last night there was an event in Canada Square park called «The Magic of Musicals», The spectacle commenced at 6:30PM and brought some of the best of the west ends musicals to Canary Wharf completely FREE! The show included numbers from Chicago, Mama Mia, Priscilla the Queen of the Desert, Million Dollar Quartet, The Rat Pack, ZooNation: Some like it Hip hop and music performances by the hilarious Jodie Prenger.
The event was absolutely amazing and loads of fun. The space was completely packed and many made it a family affair by bringing the kiddies!
If you work in Canary Wharf or live in the area, its great because there is always something going on that breaks you away from the routine. And if you don’t take a trip out here there are loads of great restaurants, great shopping and of course awesome events! I highly recommend signing up for the newsletter in order to make sure you don’t miss out on anything.

Every summer, Canary Wharf hosts a heap of events that will have something that appeal to everyone.
I have watched ‘The Magic of Musical’ which was awesome and singing to Mamma Mia at the end. In July, they showcase ‘Madame Butterfly’ which was just epic and had me moved to tears at the end. The park was packed and but chilled which allows you to watch or read or hang out in peace.
There are still some events happenning, be sure to check it out!

Ce quartier est la Nouvelle City. Bön, pas grand chose à voir je vous l’accord mais vous pourrez enfin vous promener à Londres sans que quelqu’un dégaine un appareil photo toutes les deux minutes.
Vous en profiterez aussi pour faire vos achats dans les multiples boutiques du centre commercial souterrain.
Pour ceux qui viendraient en voiture, l’accès est surveillé car Canary WHARF est un quartier privé ouvert au public. Né vous étonnez pas si on fouille votre coffre voilà tout.

it’s like looking in heavan! my dad works in canary walf and he say’s that it’s beatiful if you get a day off exploring the city!

its not as glamerous as the photos show you

Am Canada Square im Herzen der Docklands sind viele führende Unternehmen Großbritanniens angesiedelt, und das Einkaufszentrum ist täglich geöffnet. In dem eleganten und modernen Bezirk befinden sich über 200 Geschäfte, Cafés und Restaurants, die ein entspanntes Einkaufserlebnis mit einer guten Mischung aus High-​Street– und Designer-​Läden bieten.

Es la zona con más rascacielos de Londres. Tambien la más cara.
Etre los rascacielos esta el más alto de Europa.
Esta llena de centros comerciales.

Its a massive financial centre which im sure most people reading this will already know. Theres lots of jobs here for people in Finance especially if youre graduates.
Theres a shopping centre next to the tube station which is ok but its not very big. Theres a GBK (gourmet burger kitchen) which is nice and a few other nice restaurants in it, as well as a few bank branches but not much else.

This is one of the largest lamdmarks in the city and whilst you cannot go up it — at the moment — it marks the modern city — neatly manicured gardens that wouldnt look out of place ina Disney theme park! I recall many years ago when the tower was open to the general public and I saw the views from the top which were very impressive. Now, its just anither tower block though there are plenty of bars and restaurants in the area with great waters edge seating — just avoid the place at lunchtime as it will be full of city workers. It also tends to get quiet rather quickly as it is more of a work place. However — if you’re at a loose end then worth a visit and the shopping centre is covered!

If you’re looking for sightseeing with a difference (and pretty decent shopping too), then take yourself into Canary Wharf, preferably by the DLR, to get the full Metropolis experience. The famous landmark is, of course, 1 Canada Square, but don’t miss Reuters Plaza, and crossing over the bridge to the real drinking area on the Wharf, with Browns and Bar 38 being the most decent bars.
As far as shopping is concerned, you have the Cabot Place area, with the cheaper end of the Canary Wharf retail experience — you’ll find fairly modestly sized units of Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, Gap, Monsoon and Next here, alongside the slightly more upmarket (Hobbs, Ted Baker). At the far end, you have a reasonably sized Waitrose, with a nod to John Lewis on two upper floors. A recently opened lower level (turn right out of the DLR station rather than left) will take you to some more boutique style units, and a rather incongruous River Island.
The second retail unit is Jubilee Place — follow the signs through to Canary Wharf underground (not DLR), and you will see directions to the other unit. This is somewhat unfairly known as the posher side (although a fair few of the banks that dictated that have crashed), with Whistles, Molton Brown, and Jo Malone. There’s also a large Boots and what I can only describe as a travel-​size M&S over this side.
As far as noshing on your shopping/​sightseeing trip is concerned, stay over in Jubilee Place — Tiffin Bites and Wagamama come highly recommended, or if you want something lighter or healthier, have a smoothie and a health pot at Crussh.
A word of warning — don’t go there to shop between 12 and 2, any time on a Friday, or during half term!

25 years ago this area was disused former docklands and a complete wasteland with just the odd warehouse to break up the bleakness!
Thanks to the Thatcher government of the 80’s (shock horror!) the land was given away at ridiculous prices to companies in an effort to stimulate a new business area. 1 Canada Square was the first to be built and gradually more and more skyscrapers have been added — heaven knows what this will look like in 20 years time.
This may seem very humdrum to any US readers but this area is quite unlike anything else in the UK and most of Europe for that matter. Stood in the centre of the estate you could be in downtown NY.
Lots of great shopping is available. Pubs, Restaurants etc. I’d also recommend a visit to the Museum at the Docklands, well worth the small entrance fee
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Beautiful architecture! =D

its such a great building to look at and the shops are so posh to look around! worth a stop off on the docklands light railway! its easy to do.

Not much else to describe Canary Wharf as apart from tall… absolutely giant. iT’s a great feeling to stand directly underneath it and just look straight up– makes you feel so small. It is part of the newly re-​developed docklands, so is in a buisness-​orientated area, and also right next door to the tube station, so its easy to get to. It would’nt be a place i specifically recommend you go, but if you, re in the area… keep your eye out for it!!!

Canary Wharf is a massive new development. The best known bit is the huge office building at 1 Canada Square, which is the tallest building in London, but not open to the public. But there’s also a whole complex of pedestrian walkways, shops, stations, roads (frequently under the other stuff), businesses All this is built around a network of docks. Money is everywhere and it’s all very clean and pretty.
Personally I’ve been through a few times on long runs on my way to Greenwich. As a sweaty oik with no money I do feel a little out of place. Everybody in Canary Wharf wears a suit. Well, except for a few folks in lycra jogging round. But it’s nice lycra It was interesting to see one of the Greenpeace ships in one of the docks. It’s also interesting to see the contrast as you pass through: this is urban regeneration, and surrounding areas are old-​style East London and not nearly so affluent. If you do decide to head on to Greenwich, down through the interestingly named Isle of Dogs, Mudchute and Millwall Parks are actually surprisingly nice.
As to London Marathon’s course through here it was a low point for me. To explain: the course takes you down to the bottom of the Isle of Dogs, then you turn and head back up, (passing 17 miles where the spectators from Runner’s World have their support point), with 1 Canada Square in view ahead. It seems like only a short way before you turn and head for the finish Unfortunately I’d forgotten that the course then takes several turns around the Canary Wharf area. I’m sure it wasn’t really as long as it seemed, but to me it felt like I was plodding back and forth for ever and I’d never get out of there. Not helped by the fact that by the time I arrived all the suits in the area seemed to have pooled around a few pubs and were getting drunk and mouthy, with the ‘support’ sometimes sounding more like heckling. Nothing really nasty and I was probably taking things the wrong way due to tiredness, but it was still a low. After all 20 miles is the location of ‘the wall’ for many, and while proper re-​fuelling does ward that off, it’s still hard going as you head towards it. Very glad when I finally turned for home for real.
As I couldn’t decide where on the 26.2 mile London Marathon Course I should put a flag, I decided it would be better to split it up so this is one of a series of reviews I’ve done on points along the course. For the full set search using the keyword ‘FLM’