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Dialogue of Cultures Three.

Track Five.

Next here on Globetrotter, we go to London, which is still one of the top tourist destinations in the world for young people. Of course, we all know that London is a cool place for music, fashion, and nightlife, but it can be an expensive city. Many visitors to London end up spending a small fortune, not just on accommodation, but also on food, museums, and entertainment. So, on today's Globetrotter, we've decided to give you all some useful advice for visiting London on a budget. And who better to talk to than the people who have to live in London all year? Londoners.

I think that travel's quite expensive in London. So I've never understood why tourists always travel by tube. That's what we call the underground here. I mean, it's so crowded and expensive. And you don't see anything either. I think buses are great for getting to know London. That is, if you're not in a hurry. You can buy a one-day bus pass for about three pounds fifty, which is much cheaper than the travel cards you buy for the tube. And then you can travel on any bus you like, all day, and use it on the night buses too. And there are some great bus routes that are probably much more interesting than those expensive bus tours that tourists love. I think the number eleven bus is great. It goes through the city, past St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Ten Downing Street, where the Prime Minister lives, of course, Parliament, and Westminster Abbey, and then close to Buckingham Palace. But there are lots of routes to choose from. Over six hundred, in fact.

In a lot of cities around the world, you can look around the churches and cathedrals for free. But you have to pay to get into museums and art galleries. In London, it's the opposite. The best museums and art galleries cost nothing. But anything else is quite expensive. So if I were you, I'd forget about paying to visit the Tower of London, for example. You can see it for free from the street. Instead, you should visit one of the great London museums. You can spend a whole week just visiting the British Museum or the Science Museum. My favorite's probably the Museum of London. Not so many people seem to know about it, but it's really interesting. In fact, I'd say it's probably the one that any visitor to London should go to first. You learn all about the earliest history. The Romans in London, the Viking town, the Great Fire of London in sixteen sixty-six, right up to the present day. The section on London during the war is really fascinating too. It always makes me laugh when I see the queue for Madame Tussauds. Thousands of tourists queuing in the rain for their really expensive tickets. There are so many interesting places they could visit for nothing.

London's quite expensive for eating out. Even a coffee or a glass of Coke can cost a fortune. There are a lot of chain restaurants in the center, which are always full of tourists. They're usually called the Something Steakhouse. But no Londoners I know ever go there. It's much cheaper to buy fish and chips, for example. There are several places in Soho, not far from Leicester Square. Or if the weather's good, you could do what office workers in London do. Buy some sandwiches from a sandwich bar and go and sit in the park for an hour. There are some good ones near Charing Cross Tube Station. And then you can go and sit by the river. Or why not go to one of the markets for a cheap meal? My favorite's probably Borough Market near London Bridge Station. You can buy delicious, cheap takeaway food from every corner of the globe.

There's a lot of music in London. And a lot of it you can listen to for free. The big public art centers like the Barbican and the Southbank Centre often have free concerts, especially jazz music at the weekends. I always buy the local paper, the Evening Standard on Thursdays, and check if there'll be any free concerts during the next week. If you like classical music, then there are also the famous free lunchtime concerts. The most famous ones are probably at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the church on Trafalgar Square. And if you prefer rock music, then there are dozens of pubs and clubs with free concerts or gigs as we call them. Actually, one of the best places for cheap gigs is the University of London Student Union on Malet Street, close to the British Museum. It's a good idea to buy Time Out, a listings magazine, or the NME, a weekly music paper, to catch the best gigs.