Why You Should Go To Shoreditch

Until recently I had never really heard much about Shoreditch, all that I knew was that it was typically known as a 'hipster' area, which intrigued me. So I decided to go there yesterday with some friends, and it was amazing! It was fairly easy to travel there as from London Bridge Station you simply had to get the Jubilee line to Canada Water and then the overground to Shoreditch High Street.

First of all, coming out of the station there was street art everywhere! And it didn't stop there, throughout our walk we saw graffiti at every turn. It wasn't horrible pointless scribbles either, it was elaborate, beautiful designs that really made you stop and appreciate your surroundings. I went to Berlin last year and it was exactly the same. I love this because I think that the art adds more culture and atmosphere to an area. Even though I am an Art student so you may think that I would have more appreciation then most people, even my friends who don't do Art loved it! There are also lots of free galleries there that I didn't get to go to but definitely will in the future.
We wondered up and down brick lane into all the charity shops and markets, which was really nice, since a lot of the stuff was being sold quite cheaply compared to an average highstreet store. Plus, there were some really unique clothes that you wouldn't be able to get elsewhere. Its nice sometimes to just wonder round shops with friends and browse through the strange clothing and assorted objects that they are selling.

One of the best things was the food. There were loads of cute cafe's selling drinks and cakes. Plus a doughnut shop called Crosstown were I bought a peanut butter and jam donut that was lush, and there were tonnes of different flavours there from cinnamon bun to matcha green tea. My friend also got some frozen yogurt from a shop opposite called The Sloane Bros, where you got quite a large tub of either original, chocolate or peanut butter frozen yogurt and then could put any desired topping on top. Also there were several bakeries one of which sold rainbow bagels for just 50p! Unfortunately, they were out of them until the next day so I couldn't get one! But at least that gives me an excuse to go back. There was also a box park by the station there. If you don't know what that is its basically lots of pop up restaurants in cargo craters with all types of food! I ended up having sushi (which was actually quite cheap as it was £7 and I got a massive box!) and a warm milk coconut bubble tea with tapioca pearl and popping passion fruit pearls, and my friend had a pulled pork burger with chips! This really shows you the contrast in cuisines that are sold there. Moreover, underneath the Box Park were lots of cute independent shops.

Overall, going to Shoreditch was lots of fun and made quite a relaxing and chilled out day, so I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wanted a day out in London.

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Thanks,

Hannah x