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Business Insider Just Opened An Office In London's 'Silicon Roundabout' - Come On In!

Business Insider Just Opened An Office In London's 'Silicon Roundabout' - Come On In!

This is "Silicon Roundabout," the actual traffic circle that gives the district its name.

Business Insider Just Opened An Office In London's 'Silicon Roundabout' - Come On In!

You have to walk past TV chef Jamie Oliver's famous Fifteen restaurant to get to the new office. Fifteen takes unemployed youths and, through an apprentice program, turns them into top-flight chefs.

You have to walk past TV chef Jamie Oliver

Business Insider U.K. is on Underwood Street. Google and Facebook also have offices in the area.

Business Insider U.K. is on Underwood Street. Google and Facebook also have offices in the area.

Older leftists will remember that BI's new London office, at 16-24 Underwood Street, used to be the HQ of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament back in its 1980s heyday, at the height of the Cold War.

Older leftists will remember that BI

There are about 5,000 different tech companies and startups in Silicon Roundabout. It claims to be the largest tech hub after Silicon Valley and New York.

There are about 5,000 different tech companies and startups in Silicon Roundabout. It claims to be the largest tech hub after Silicon Valley and New York.

Here's the front door. It's not very glamorous.

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You have to climb up a bunch of gloomy staircases to get to the top of the building.

You have to climb up a bunch of gloomy staircases to get to the top of the building.

The stairs are gloomy for a reason!

The stairs are gloomy for a reason!

Our front door doesn't look like much but ...

Our front door doesn

On the inside it's a really nice loft space with two skylights.

On the inside it

We probably have room for about a dozen staff, but right now there are only three of us. Can you see that ladder in the back?

We probably have room for about a dozen staff, but right now there are only three of us. Can you see that ladder in the back?

It leads up to a roof space ...

It leads up to a roof space ...

Where there are some nice views. You can see that London is going through a crazy building phase right now.

Where there are some nice views. You can see that London is going through a crazy building phase right now.

The people across the street have an even nicer roofdeck, but ...

The people across the street have an even nicer roofdeck, but ...

Our roofdeck has another ladder that leads to another roofdeck!

Our roofdeck has another ladder that leads to another roofdeck!

Here's the view from the second roofdeck.

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Back inside, we have a small kitchen area in one corner.

Back inside, we have a small kitchen area in one corner.

We've got lots of light. Which is a luxury in London, because of the weather.

Here's a typical desk, as modeled by the author.

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This is London editor Dina Spector, settling in at her new desk.

This is London editor Dina Spector, settling in at her new desk.

The first two cups of tea ever made in the new office.

The first two cups of tea ever made in the new office.

If we need a break there's a Union Jack beanbag chair ...

If we need a break there

Or an easy chair with an Escape button ottoman.

Or an easy chair with an Escape button ottoman.

Downstairs in a communal area there is a table football game. (It's not called "foosball" in Britain.)

Downstairs in a communal area there is a table football game. (It

Another kitchen area with a fully stocked bar.

Another kitchen area with a fully stocked bar.

Conference room ... although until we hire some more people it's hard to see much action happening in here.

Conference room ... although until we hire some more people it

We have to be nice to our neighbors because we have to walk through their office to get to our office.

We have to be nice to our neighbors because we have to walk through their office to get to our office.

Crucial: The bathrooms. Single room each. No communal stalls. This is the men's room.

Crucial: The bathrooms. Single room each. No communal stalls. This is the men

The women's is slightly larger.

The women

Our local pub is The Eagle. It's famous for being mentioned in the British nursery rhyme "Pop goes the weasel."

Our local pub is The Eagle. It

We'll probably eat lunch here a lot.

It's also convenient for this ...

Now see Business Insider's new office in New York!

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