I’ve decided to tell you about a place not far away from my apartment, from a block. It is situated on a riverbank and it is situated on the abandoned part of the riverbank where people usually don’t go as it is quite deserted and the trees and actually plants, vegetation isn’t very well looked after. Usually people go for a walk on the right side of that riverbank because there they can find a lot of comforts like benches, like different terraces, like for example, covered areas from sun and some playgrounds for kids and some gym machines like alexis or treadmill, but if they turn left on the riverbank they would get to that place I’m telling you about. I like this place because of its special atmosphere. This is probably one of few places in the city when you can get away from Haslam Basel of the city. You usually don’t meet many people there sometimes you can meet no one on your walk and the view is quite beautiful although it is not very clean and there is some rubbish on the riverbank you still can enjoy the view of the river and I quite often go there because I like to spend my time alone. I guess if they clean the rubbish on that place and created some covered areas it would be much better.
Band 7+: Describe a place in your city that you think is underrated. You should say: where it is, what makes it special, how often you go there, and explain why you think it deserves more recognition.
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I've decided to tell you about a place not far from my apartment, just a block away. It is situated on a riverbank, on an abandoned part where people usually don't go as it is quite deserted, and the trees and vegetation aren't very well looked after. Usually people go for a walk on the right side of that riverbank because there they can find a lot of comforts like benches, terraces, covered areas from the sun, playgrounds for kids, and some gym machines like ellipticals or treadmills. But if they turn left on the riverbank, they would get to that place I'm telling you about. I like this place because of its special atmosphere. This is probably one of the few places in the city where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of the city. You usually don't meet many people there; sometimes you can meet no one on your walk. And the view is quite beautiful, although it is not very clean and there is some rubbish on the riverbank. You still can enjoy the view of the river. I quite often go there because I like to spend my time alone. I guess if they cleaned the rubbish in that place and created some covered areas, it would be much better.
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