North London is vast, and you could easily spend a week exploring the parks, sightseeing, and enjoying the gastropubs and nightlife . If you’re short on time, you have to make choices.
The energy of Camden Market is infectious, and Hampstead Heath lends itself to superb walks (some uphill) with beautiful views of the town. These residential neighborhoods come alive on weekends.
King’s Cross , a former industrial wasteland that has become a trendy neighborhood , is a pleasant place for an outdoor dinner, an ice cream or a stroll but, due to its central location and numerous offices, it is livelier during the week. You can visit two museums and, on weekends, the lovely St Pancras building .
Walking along Regent’s Canal is a pleasant and convenient way to reach places such as King’s Cross, Camden and Regent’s Park.
What to do in Hampstead and North London?
- In Hampstead Heath , you will enjoy the panoramic view of London from Parliament Hill, you will get your fill of culture in the splendid Kenwood House, then you will relax on a sofa in the Garden Gate pub or in its magnificent beer garden.
- The images, the soundtrack, the scents and the boundless energy of the legendary Camden Market.
- The treasures of the British Library , the national “collective memory”, whose walls house mountains of knowledge.
- An afternoon reflecting on life, death and art in the intriguing Wellcome Collection museum .
- 5 A visit to the ultra-modern Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , with its retractable pitch, which hosts American or “authentic” football.
