Practically each capital in the world has its own easily recognizable places, yet some of these inevitably seem to be more familiar to people than others. One of these is, or at least I would say it is, Carnaby Street in London. Rings a bell? I bet it does. Carnaby Street, just as the district within which it is located, Soho (yup, that’s the one, you got it right!), is as popular a destination as, say, the Statue of Liberty in New York. Or actually, thinking about it, even more, as there truly isn’t much to be done on that small island apart from taking pictures (no doubt, a perfectly decent and delightful occupation) in the first place, and then obviously telling people that hey, you couldn’t miss it after all, could you?
In this respect Carnaby Street is, you’ll agree with me if you’ve been to both places, very different. There is simply an awful lot to be done here. No wonder if, among London’s many shopping destinations, this is a favourite one, especially because it is, since 1973, completely pedestrian: and that means a lot, in big cities like London.
One of the reasons why Carnaby Street won’t sound that new at all – apart from what, I believe, will count as a rather limited amount of cases – is most probably the fact that there are quite a few songs in which it has a role, not to mention the times it has appeared in films, music videos or TV series.
Last but not least, every year Christmas lights here constitute quite an attraction for many. I can think of a single word to describe them, and that word is actually “overrated”, yet every year I feel like I have to go and have a look at them. Why I don’t know! What I do know is that they’re always quite a surprise.
At any rate if you happen to be in London – be it at Advent or any other time of the year – I’d definitely say that popping by old Carnaby is certainly something worth doing. You’ll tell me if I was wrong.
Text by Laura ”Croft” Vivio
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