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Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross

Everyone knows that London is one of the best settings for cinema. Awarded films, successful TV series and impressive documentaries have been filmed in the English capital. But, maybe, one of the best examples is J.K.Rowling's masterpiece, Harry Potter's saga. 

Many scenes from these magical movies were shot in central London. To see the most famous place to get into Hogwarts, you need to go to King’s Cross. In this station you'll find the mysterious platform 9¾. But Leadenhall Market, Borough Market, the Australia House, Westminster Underground Station or the Great Scotland Yard have been chosen to be part of the movies too.

The Tour de France

The Tour de France, one of the world's biggest annual sporting events, arrived this Monday to London. The first stage of the competition took place last Saturday, 4th of July, from Leeds to Harrogate. The bikers departed on Sunday, 5th of July, from York and arrived to Sheffield after they went across 201 kilometres.

The third stage, and the last one that occurred in the UK, started in Cambridge, it passed through Essex and, after 155 kilometres, the competitors finished on the Mall, London.

The race went through some important landmarks including the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.

The Skateboard Graveyard

Hungerford Bridge connects Charing Cross Station with the south of the River Thames  It’s situated between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge, in the heart of London. 

In a first place, it seems like a normal bridge, except for the great views. But this platform hides a valuable secret in the London subculture: a skateboard cemetery call "Skateboard Graveyard”. 

When young skaters break their boards, they throw them into the platform. In that point, the skate will rest after a long and busy life. Even, they have created a website “to commemorate the «lives» and «deaths» of the skateboards”. The applicant can upload a description and the key dates of their skate. As well, they can have an obituary and know, in just a second, what is the physical situation of their board. 

This cemetery is located at this point not by accident. In the River’s edge, between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge, the Queen Elizabeth Hall is placed. Under these pillars, for more than 40 years, appears the Southbank Skatepark. It’s a circuit with ramps, benches, columns and stairs that allows young skaters to perfect their technique with the roller skate, the bike or the skateboard