{"id":76051,"date":"2025-05-05T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76051\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T08:59:12","slug":"4-iconic-london-attractions-turning-25-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/76051\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Iconic London Attractions Turning 25 In 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture the scene. It\u2019s\u00a01999, and the government has just spent\u00a0\u00a3789 million\u00a0building a giant dome-shaped building in southeast London. But what promised to be\u00a0a turn-of-the-millennium world-class exhibition venue, ended up a bit of a dud.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re of course talking about the infamous Millennium Dome \u2013 now the O2 Arena \u2013 which turns 25 this year. The Dome was one of\u00a0four major attractions that opened in London to mark the year 2000. Twenty-five years on, we look back at the iconic landmarks that arrived in\u00a0the capital\u00a0to herald in a new millennium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recommended: Gen Zs react to original photos of the Millennium Dome<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ah, 2000. It was a simpler time. There\u00a0were no Lime bikes,\u00a0or street vox-poppers, and barely any small plates restaurants. Perhaps one of the biggest scandals of the era was the misfortunate Millennium Dome, which opened on New Year\u2019s Eve 1999. After its bizarre opening exhibition, which offered an immersive human body experience, circus performers and a cinema, the dome eventually became the O2 as we know it today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Aerial-motion \/ Shutterstock.com <\/p>\n

Millennium Bridge\u00a0<\/p>\n

The once wobbly bridge<\/a> had to close\u00a0immediately after opening when it was revealed it couldn\u2019t hold the weight of all the people crossing it. It\u2019s all fixed now, and is currently in the midst of a (delayed)\u00a0\u00a33.5 million makeover<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Shutterstock <\/p>\n

Back in 2000 the London Eye was actually called the Millennium Wheel, and was the\u00a0world\u2019s biggest ferris wheel. It was only meant to be temporary, but in May 2024 it officially became a permanent attraction<\/a>. Phew!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not sure where Londoners went to see modern art in London before the arrival of this behemoth in an old power station. The Tate Modern opened its doors to the public on May, 12, 2000. Second gallery the Switch House\u00a0came later, arriving in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Shutterstock <\/p>\n

London has been named the best city in the world for sports events<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two of London\u2019s most unspoiled green spaces\u00a0could soon host more large-scale events<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stay in the loop: sign up for our\u00a0free Time Out London newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture the scene. It\u2019s\u00a01999, and the government has just spent\u00a0\u00a3789 million\u00a0building a giant dome-shaped building in southeast London.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,6419,393,4884,257,6420,7825,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-76051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-city-life","14":"tag-outside-kl-london","15":"tag-things-to-do","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114454407693585308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}