Capital of the world - London

According to wikipedia London and New York are the only two cities in the entire universe which are described as Alpha++ World Cities. London is the world's most economically powerful city according to Forbes, it is also known as Financial Capital or Financial Centre of the world. London is a leading global city, with its strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It has the largest city GDP in Europe and it is the most visited city in the world. London has many airports such as London Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport and London Biggin Hill Airport etc.London's five international airports make its airspace the busiest of any urban centre worldwide and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. London's Global University UCL is ranked 4th worldwide and Imperial College London is ranked 7th in the world. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times. London Underground is the oldest and it was the world's first railway underground system. London's bus network is one of the largest in the world, running 24 hours a day, with 8,000 buses, 700 bus routes, and over 6 million passenger journeys made every weekday. London's Chinatown is the largest in Europe. London has a diverse range of peoples, cultures and religions, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries. Richmond Park in London is 3 times bigger than Central Park in New York City. London has 2 financial districts such as The City or Square Mile and Canary Wharf. London is home to many museums, galleries, and other institutions, many of which are free of admission charges and are major tourist attractions as well as playing a research role. The first of these to be established was the British Museum in Bloomsbury, in 1753. London has 3 most visited museums in the world out of top 5. Wembley Stadium is the most expensive stadium ever built it cost USD$1.57 billion in 2007. London has many other famous and expensive stadiums such as Emirates Stadium Arsenal, London Olympic Stadium, London Aquatic Centre, Wimbledon (Tennis), and Twickenham Stadium (Rugby) etc.

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[sailechz]

London ranks low in international liveability comparisons, consistently below top 20. [sources: The Economist's World's Most Livable Cities; Mercer's City Rankings; Monocle's Most Livable Cities Index]. It is ranked below several German, Swiss, Australian, Canadian and many other cities.

London is only good for visitors and rich people, not for the struggling ordinary London folks.

[1234567loading]

@sailechz All the cities that are ranked top 30 are small cities with very little population compared to London. The greatest cities in the world are NY and London, in liveable ranking list London ranked 39th that beats NY in 48th position worldwide. Property markets in cities like Tokyo, Moscow especially in London and NY are tremendously competitive, very expensive rent and everything is more expensive. So do not expect these cities to be ranked among top 30, they simply will not be ranked.

[MrBlackguy28]

london is definately the capital of the world

[Burnzi2]

I would say London just edges New York because it has a longer history, and therefore a more varied architecture. Both are great, but there is nowhere like London.

[mrbusan]

@sailechz Lol, where did you come up with that?Its been made officially a rank of every important city in the world so they can name a world capital and London came won, they said NY was the world capital of 20 century and London of 21st. If you want ill sent you a site where you can read the article.

[RobertBedfordVEVO]

the buildings seem to have more architecture to them as well. there are a few new buildings being built in london. If you look at the shard london bridge building the architectural in that is amazing. From what ive heard from friends and family who have been to new york id agree, London has an edge. o and just another thing is, new york's buildings are to high; if you have a flat your view is another building, in London your view is spectacular.

[BackInAGiffy]

@sixquiao its boring and the people are rude Paris is the Eiffel tower that's all its famous for

[FrenchPassion]

@TheHEADonWHEELS Are you obsessed about Paris?

[sixquiao]

very less viewers.... Paris is the most beautiful city in the world....