24 Hours in... London

London is the world's most economically powerful city and Financial Centre. 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 is the world's largest financial centre. It is the most visited city in the world. 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. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times. London has a diverse range of peoples, cultures and religions, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries. London metropolitan area (the largest in the EU) has an estimated total population of between 12 million and 14 million. London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory marks the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and GMT). London's Chinatown is the largest in Europe. The London Underground was the world's first underground system and it's network is the oldest underground railway network in the world and second longest metro system in the world. London's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style, having been built over a long period of time. Shard will become the tallest building in the European Union when it is completed in 2012. The largest parks in the central area of London are the Royal Parks of Hyde Park, its neighbour Kensington Gardens at the western edge of Central London and Regent's Park on the northern edge. London Zoo is the world's oldest in the world and Richmond Park in London is 3 times larger than Central Park in NYC. 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 is a major international air transport hub with the largest city airspace in the world. Eight airports use the word London in their name, but most traffic passes through only five. London Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest airport for international traffic. London's Global University UCL is ranked 4th in the world by US News & World's Report. 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.

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[foxall2k9]

100/100 mate good vid

[coab43a22f2]

great vid 5/5

[alecost]

i love this city!

[will101page]

@DoTheShuffaloShake I have lived in London and New York and London is much better

[will101page]

@DoTheShuffaloShake I have lived in both NYC and London and London is much better

[will101page]

London is the best city in the world!

[JCrownwell]

What do the jet fighters have to do with london?

[numba1danman]

@DoTheShuffaloShake london has a city pop of 7.4 mil - new york has one of 8 mil, but new york comprises many cities into one to creat new york city so the city met area os nearer 18 million while london at its most is 14 million, however, if the city was allowed to spread, , etc the city wud be much bigger, but because of green areas the cities in the uk cannot spread, if they were allowed by now, leeds, manchester, birmingham, bristol, liverpool and london wud be nearer 30-35 million :-)

[numba1danman]

@DoTheShuffaloShake london doesnt have a a 'culture' beacuse it is classified as the only city in the world where more than 300 languages are spoken - hence, london is the real melting pot of the world....the most diverse.

london financially is not the most economically powerful - however, this is misleading, as london is the biggest financial centre in the world, more euros are traded in london than every other european city combined...and the UK isnt even in the Euro!!

[datheman3780]

@brassas So what? So did the Celts, Romans, French and Germans.

[GayerThanYourMum10]

@DoTheShuffaloShake Sorry I haven't replied computer messed up. Uhh not really. London has 7 million people New York has 8. Not that much different really.