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South Bank

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1. Borough Market
Spend a Saturday morning gauging your way through stalls of organic produce.
2. British Airways London Eye
If you long to see London from a different perspective, look no farther. Take a flight on a clear day.
3. Hungerford Bridge
Walk across the bridge at dusk, then east along a fairy-light embankment towards the OXO Tower.
4. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Catch a performance on a summer's eve.
5. Tate Modern
Observe one of the changing installations -- always impressive and humbling -- in the turbine hall.

Map of South Bank

Culture, history, sights: the South Bank has it all. Stretching from the Imperial War Museum in the southwest as far as the Design Museum in the east, high-caliber art, music, film, and theater venues concertina up alongside the likes of an aquarium, a wine museum, historic warships, and a foodie-favorite market. Three structures dominate the skyline: the looming stack of Tate Modern, housed in an old power station; the distinctive OXO Tower; and the one ring to rule them all, the British Airways London Eye. Meanwhile pedestrians cross between the north and south banks using the futuristic Hungerford Bridge and the curvaceous Millennium Bridge, purposely dragging their feet as they go to take in the compelling views of the Thames.