A bustling plaza of buskers, tourists, theatre-goers, and pub crawlers at the heart of London's West End
The London equivalent of Times Square, a broad traffic circle bedecked in neon acting as the de facto center of the West End
London's main central square is flanked by top sights and pinned by Nelson's Column
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.