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VIEW FROM THE LONDON EYE
The South Bank
The South Bank has a lot going for it. As well as the massive waterside arts
centre, it's home to a host of tourist attractions including the enormously
popular London Eye, Europe's largest observation wheel, the London
Aquarium and, further south, the Imperial War Museum, which harbours the
country's only permanent exhibition devoted to the Holocaust. With most of
London's major sights sitting on the north bank of the Thames, the views
from here are the best on the river, and thanks to the wide, tra
c-free
riverside boulevard, the area can be happily explored on foot. Buskers
congregate here to entertain the crowds, and for much of the year there's
some kind of outdoor festival going on along the riverbank. You can
continue your wanderings eastwards along the riverside towards Tate
Modern and the regenerated districts of Bankside and Southwark (see p.223).
