House of Vans Opens a Subterranean Skatepark Beneath the Streets of London

U.S. clothing and footwear brand House of Vans has transformed a series of five disused tunnels beneath the streets of London into an indoor skate park! The Old Vic Tunnels at London’s Waterloo were recently transformed into a subterranean cultural and entertainment hub with pop-ups and performances, but it was closed last year until the footwear giant gave it a major makeover. Now revived, the underground playground comes with a gallery, cinema, café and artist studios.

FourSquare check-ins show the pulse of cities

For years, the location-tracking app FourSquare has been amassing an enviable well of data on how people spend their time, where they go, and what these patterns reveal about their commuting and entertaining behaviors. If you're on one end of the app, checking in on your smart phone at a neighborhood dive bar, the tool is a handy way to broadcast your whereabouts to your friends. From the other end – from FourSquare's point of view – each logged location contributes to a much larger picture of the life of whole business districts and cities.

Foursquare check-ins show the pulse of New York City and Tokyo