8 London Tourist Attractions That Make Absolutely No Sense

5. Madame Tussauds

Actually take a second to think about what Madame Tussauds offers you. The opportunity to go and look at a bunch of waxwork models of famous people you will never meet in real life for £30. That's supposed to be good, is it? Well, it's not. Ponder what you're actually doing when you hand over your hard-earned cash to wander around an overcrowded museum filled with - quite frankly - models that don't even resemble who they're supposed to. Madame Tussauds is the most popular tourist attraction in the whole city, and yet the whole thing is downright bizarre in its execution. We've all been brainwashed into thinking that a waxwork museum is fun... and it just isn't. You can sort of see why a Japanese tourist might like to get their picture taken with The Beatles, we guess. Sort of. But if you're British, there's no reason why you should ever agree to spend the day in this otherworldly hole. Madame Tussauds makes no sense for one reason, then: it isn't enjoyable in any capacity, and yet the people of London are flocking to it like nobody's business.
 
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