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I visited recently for the Tutankhamun exhibition. As such I haven’t got to see the main arena space. However I did get to see the cinema and part of the ‘street’ that goes round the outside. It’s an amazing building. There’s loads of cafes of all types. It did seem a little short on loos (though I guess there are loads of them in the individual parts), and we only spotted one shop that wasn’t a café. Still it’s a great place to wander around among the artificial trees and ‘street life’. There’s ‘installations’ to look at, and a place where you can make your own dance video for free.

The open area outside on the way back to the tube station is also worth exploring. It doesn’t look much, but look closer. There’s a water wall, and the Greenwich Meridian cuts through, so you can get your piccy taken on that. At time of writing there was a display relating to the local area, which I didn’t get time to look at, and a huge statue of Anubis for the Egyptian exhibition.