Well hidden and yet in the heart of the city, the canals meander for tens of kilometers under tunnels or in the shade of leaning trees. Long one of the secrets of the British capital, the canals of London (United Kingdom) have become preserved places especially liked by the locals. “We love looking at the barges along the canal, they are always beautifully decorated with flowers. Here there is always life, it is beautiful”says a Londoner.

Roads formerly used for the transport of goods.

On the canals there is an open-air cinema, a puppet theater on a barge or a floating Chinese restaurant. A strange harmony with a very English style that attracts tourists. “It doesn’t feel like we are in the middle of a big city”said a tourist. The locks scattered along the canals are there to remind you that navigation is an invitation to patience. If these channels are out of time, it is because they recall the history of London. Before the invention of engines over 200 years ago, these waterways were used to transport goods on horse-drawn barges. Fallen into disuse with the arrival of the railway, these places have now found another use.