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Where to Go in 2026: East London's Olympic Park Has Transformed Into a Cultural Powerhouse
It's a shiny new year, so this month on Unpacked, we're diving into Afar's Where to Go list: 24 emerging regions and overlooked locales to explore this year.
Like East London, where a billion-pound investment has transformed the 2012 Olympic Park into a creative powerhouse.
In this episode, host Aislyn Greene talks with Nick DeRenzo, Afar's editorial director of newsletters (sign up here!) and a self-described Londoner at heart. Nick makes the case for hopping on the Elizabeth line and devoting time to the East Bank cultural quarter, where you can order a David Bowie costume at the…
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