londýn - základní údaje
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London - basic facts
(Londýn – základní údaje)
London - basic facts
Location
Population
The City Squares, streets
Museums
Transportation in London
(underground, taxi, buses)
London - basic facts
An economic, cultural and political centre of UK.
Capital city of the United Kingdom.
Capital city of England, the biggest city in England.
The biggest Britain's port.
London - basic facts
Located on the river Thames.
The seat of the Queen and the Parliament.
Settled by Romans as Londinium, 43 AD.
Area - 1,570 km2 (607 sq mi).
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London - basic facts
Population - eight million people
Visited every year by nearly 26 million people.
Divided into the City of London and 32 districts.
London - the City of London
The oldest part of London.
The business centre, there are concentrated the financial services - banks, insurance companies
(Lloyds) and also the stock exchange.
The London EyeThe London EyeLloyd's buildingLloyd's buildingThe ShardThe Shard
London - the City of London
St.Paul´s Cathedral
The Tower of London
Tower Bridge
Bank of England Museum
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London - West End
The second most expensive location in the world.
London's main entertainment and shopping district.
Entertainment - Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Soho
Shopping centres - Regent Street, Oxford Street, Bond Street
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London - Greenwich
A district of south-east London.
The seat of National Maritime Museum.
The Old Royal Observatory
The Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude)
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
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London -Piccadilly Circus
One of the busiest squares in London.
Considered to be the centre of London.
Famous for its neon advertisements.
The statue of God of Love Eros in the Middle.
London -Trafalgar Square
The largest square in London.
Known for its fountains with lions.
Nelson's Column in the middle (56 m).
The National Gallery – famous paintings
London - museums
There are over 240 museums in London.
The British Museum - the largest museum in the world
Madame Tussaud´s Museum - the collection of wax figures
The London Transport Museum - exhibitions connecting transport
Tate Gallery – museum of modern art
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London - travelling
Double-decker buses – one of the symbols of London
Black cabs – taxis – there are 21,000 cabs in London
Underground (the Tube) - the oldest underground in the world
London Heathrow airport - biggest centre of air transport of UK
London - underground
Opened 10th January1863
270 stations
402 kilometres (250 mi) of track
3.66 million people every day
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