Any country which does not get the full facility of sunshine, it is to be considered condemned. I think I remarked this long ago, when I first came, in the television. They asked me in London that “What is your conception of hell?” And “This is hell, London.” Not conception; practically. Always dark, moist, drizzly. No sunshine. Cloudy, misty. Simply big, big building.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.20 — May 24, 1973, London