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Weird girl places in London, episode 4. And this one's for the weird girls that are in the mood for a Sunday stroll, but they want to have it a bit scary, a bit spicy. So here are the instructions. You get off at Haggerston Overground and you walk to the canal. Imagine beautiful sunny weather, a little iced coffee in hand. You walk along the canal until at some point, you see the most amazing view a weird girl can imagine. Five giant fiberglass sharks in the water. Two megalodons, two great whites and one tiger shark. So let me explain the story to you. The sharks were a 2020 art piece inspired by the Heddington shark in Oxford. Ifykyk. And the architect Jamie Shorten wanted to prove a point that the whole point of art is that it doesn't have to be in harmony with its surroundings and that eccentric things do belong in cities. The plan was for the sharks to have different personalities. There was a sporty shark, there was a ginger shark. They were supposed to blow bubbles out of their mouths and give lectures to each other on architecture and urbanism. But Hackney Council did not like that idea. And so they served an injunction the night before the opening, followed by years and years of legal battle over these sharks. And in 2024, Hackney finally lost the appeal and the sharks got to stay. I've been collecting weird girl places in London like this for years. So comment down below WEIRD and I'll send you a full updated map.