Unspoken London rules every tourist should know 📝

[moonloversheila]

‘Downtown’ is American. It’s not used anywhere in the U.K., not just London!

[michaelmontagu]

Never get the underground from Covent Garden to Leicester Square. Quicker to walk

[berillyispog]

The escalator rule is not unspoken, you get reminded of it and there are signs

[Likuli]

As someone who has lived in London for the past 18 years, the most annoying part on the underground is not people standing on the right side of the escalator but rather people not moving out of the way at the bottom and the top of the escalator.I understand you're new to the area, I know you don't know where you're going, but move aside and then look it up! Only the wealthy can afford to live in central, most of us spend 1+ hours to get to and from work every day, and we count every minute, you being in our way really sparks up our passive aggressiveness !

[TheCaptScarlett]

Top Tip: Take the No11 bus from Liverpool St station to Sloane Square and you'll pass a lot of the sights.
With an Oyster travel card you can just hop on and off without paying for a tour bus

[vishalchandjain]

The best part of the video is u mentioning it is better to walk rather than taking a public transport.
I have walked miles and miles in the city of London.

Thx for sharing 👏

[Jess-T]

Also don't say the river 'T A Y M E S' it's pronounced ' T E M S' and don't get upset when we correct you.

[aviationintheair]

As a Londoner, I can definitely stand by these!

[B_men_apo]

As someone from the Netherlands I must say I love the escalator rule and even follow it in my own country.

[helgaioannidis]

The same things apply for Munich.
Was expecting the Brits to stand on the left and walk on the right, due to different traffic rules 😅

[grahamsmith]

Sta.nding on the right on London Underground escalators. Is not an unwritten rule. It is written into the Bylaws.
Section 9 (1) States.
No person shall use any escalator. Except by standing or walking on it in the direction intended for travel. Persons shall keep to the right of escalators when not walking.
9 (6) states A person who attempts to breach any of the Bylaws 9 (1) to 9 (5). Shall be liable to the same penalties under the Bylaws as if he had breached the Bylaw.

[jonistan]

Sometimes it's also quicker to walk than to get the tube, especially during rush hour when you might even have to queue for the train. And I don't just mean stuff like the Leicester Square to Covent Garden thing, but also journeys like London Bridge to Liverpool Street. You have to get down to the platform, wait for a train, maybe walk through long corridors when changing, get back up again once you arrive. You can walk quite a bit in this time.

[sueramsey]

I always used to get the tube, until a friend who lived in London told me how near a lot of the places I wanted to visit were to each other.

[abnormallyfunny]

In the clip you can clearly see a sign asking people to stand on the right

[epicurusone]

And please queue… for transport, in shops etc. Not queuing is the practice of barbarians.

[unrulysue]

We have the same rules on the TTC in Toronto. It mimics road traffic rules in a way. Slower moving traffic on the right, passing on the left.

[mapletreegames]

The escalator rule also exists in Australia, just in reverse. And yes people will remind you it exists!

[raymondberry]

This is an old one but tourists (especially American tourists) need reminding often. We know we have some difficult to pronounce names here so if you get stuck on how to say something just ask someone. Most people won’t mind. So if you want to go to Leicester Square as someone first how it’s pronounced. By the way you say it as “LESTER Square” please don’t ever say the dreadful “LIE-SESS-TER” you will just be met with lots of eye rolls and tutting.

[asakurboy]

The first one is also a rule in São Paulo, Brazil

[paulm]

I like these video shorts, well presented and good content 👍