A Preview
"That's the London Eye — the enormous, slow, glass-capsuled wheel turning over the river in front of you. And almost nobody visiting it knows this: for twenty-four years, it was standing here illegally. Not illegally exactly — technically. It was built in the year two thousand as a millennium project, and the planning permission that let it exist was explicitly temporary."
Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.
The Reveal
This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.
Tour Stops
Follow the full The South Bank route.
Hear the full story at The London Eye
This is just one of 12 stops on the The South Bank tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.
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