Meet, London!

London Eye

It is the biggest wheel in the world, built by the British company “British Airways” in honour of  Millennium. London Eye is 135 meters high, and due to its height is the third one in the world. It makes a full round in a half of an hour and the visitors can observe the sights of the city through the glass large panoramic windows. It consists of thirty-two capsules each holding up twenty-five people. The capsules symbolize 32 parts of London, except the City. For breathtaking experience and unforgettable view of more than fifty London’s famous landmarks you have just to climb aboard and take a thirty minutes “excursion”.

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London Eye

Old Curiosity Shop

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Old Curiosity Shop 

The Old Curiosity Shop is the oldest antique shop in the central part of London. It is situated in one of a few buildings spared and left after the Fire in 1666. It is considered to be the very shop that inspired Charles Dickens to write his novel of the same name. The building dates back to the sixteenth century, but this name was added after the novel was released. At one time it functioned as a dairy on an estate given by King Charles II to one of his many mistresses. It was built using timber from old ships, and survived the bombs of the Second World War. Nowadays the Old Curiosity Shop is protected as a listed building. 

Natural History Museum

It's situated in Kensington and is one of London's greatest museums. There is a huge collection of animals and plants, including a quarter of a million butterflies, a blue whale of its natural size (scale), 8 metres' giant squid and the famous dinosaurs' skeletons. This collection contains more over 70 million exhibit items divided into 5 main branches: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology (natural history) and zoology. It is usually called the Cathedral of Nature as it has a huge skeleton of diplodocus of 32 metres long in the centre of its main hall. There is a cafeteria, a gift shop, and a book shop there.

Natural History Museum

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Downing Street

Number 10, Downing Street has been the home of the British Prime Minister since 1735. Downing Street is very small and is usually associated with Whitehall. Downing Street (House № 10) is the official residence of British Prime Minister.  It is over three hundred years old and contains approximately one hundred rooms. Downing Street (House № 11) is the official residence of British Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Downing Street

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Oxford Street

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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is considered to be the busiest commercial street in London. It is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, and nowadays has approximately 500 shops of world-wide famous trademarks and brands. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate, City of London, and was known as the Oxford Road. Oxford Street runs for approximately one and a half miles (two and a half kilometres) from Marble Arch at the north east corner of Hyde Park, through Oxford Circus to St Giles Circus, Oxford Street is home to a number of major department stores and numerous flagship stores, as well as hundreds of smaller shops. It is the biggest shopping street within Inner London, though not the most expensive or fashionable, and forms part of a larger shopping district. Each Christmas Oxford Street is decorated with festive lights.

National Film Theatre

The National Film Theatre was initially opened in a temporary building (the Telekinema) at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and moved to its present location in 1957. Subsequently, Southbank Centre expanded its buildings to meet the National Film Theatre from the south, while the Royal National Theatre now occupies the area to the north-east. On 14 March 2007, the National Film Theatre was relaunched as BFI Southbank in considerably enlarged premises, taking over space that had been used by the Museum of the Moving Image. In addition to the three pre-existing auditoria, the complex now includes a studio, a médiathèque, gallery space, a shop, and a bar and a restaurant run by Benugo (Ben and Hugo Warner). BFI Southbank (from 1951 to 2007 known as the National Film Theatre) is the leading repertory cinema in the UK, specializing in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films and is operated by the British Film Institute.

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National Film Theatre

London Eye

It is the biggest wheel in the world, built by the British company “British Airways” in honour of Millennium. London Eye is 135 meters high, and due to its height is the third one in the world. It makes a full round in a half of an hour and the visitors can observe the sights of the city through the glass large panoramic windows. It consists of thirty-two capsules each holding up twenty-five people. The capsules symbolize 32 parts of London, except the City. For breathtaking experience and unforgettable view of more than fifty London’s famous landmarks you have just to climb aboard and take a thirty minutes “excursion”.

Downing Street

Number 10, Downing Street has been the home of the British Prime Minister since 1735. Downing Street is very small and is usually associated with Whitehall. Downing Street (House № 10) is the official residence of British Prime Minister.  It is over three hundred years old and contains approximately one hundred rooms. Downing Street (House № 11) is the official residence of British Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop is the oldest antique shop in the central part of London. It is situated in one of a few buildings spared and left after the Fire in 1666. It is considered to be the very shop that inspired Charles Dickens to write his novel of the same name. The building dates back to the sixteenth century, but this name was added after the novel was released. At one time it functioned as a dairy on an estate given by King Charles II to one of his many mistresses. It was built using timber from old ships, and survived the bombs of the Second World War. Nowadays the Old Curiosity Shop is protected as a listed building.

Oxford Street

Oxford Street is considered to be the busiest commercial street in London. It is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, and nowadays has approximately 500 shops of world-wide famous trademarks and brands. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate, City of London, and was known as the Oxford Road. Oxford Street runs for approximately one and a half miles (two and a half kilometres) from Marble Arch at the north east corner of Hyde Park, through Oxford Circus to St Giles Circus, Oxford Street is home to a number of major department stores and numerous flagship stores, as well as hundreds of smaller shops. It is the biggest shopping street within Inner London, though not the most expensive or fashionable, and forms part of a larger shopping district. Each Christmas Oxford Street is decorated with festive lights.

Natural History Museum

It's situated in Kensington and is one of London's greatest museums. There is a huge collection of animals and plants, including a quarter of a million butterflies, a blue whale of its natural size (scale), 8 metres' giant squid and the famous dinosaurs' skeletons. This collection contains more over 70 million exhibit items divided into 5 main branches: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology (natural history) and zoology. It is usually called the Cathedral of Nature as it has a huge skeleton of diplodocus of 32 metres long in the centre of its main hall. There is a cafeteria, a gift shop, and a book shop there.

National Film Theatre

The National Film Theatre was initially opened in a temporary building (the Telekinema) at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and moved to its present location in 1957. Subsequently, Southbank Centre expanded its buildings to meet the National Film Theatre from the south, while the Royal National Theatre now occupies the area to the north-east. On 14 March 2007, the National Film Theatre was relaunched as BFI Southbank in considerably enlarged premises, taking over space that had been used by the Museum of the Moving Image. In addition to the three pre-existing auditoria, the complex now includes a studio, a médiathèque, gallery space, a shop, and a bar and a restaurant run by Benugo (Ben and Hugo Warner). BFI Southbank (from 1951 to 2007 known as the National Film Theatre) is the leading repertory cinema in the UK, specializing in seasons of classic, independent and non-English language films and is operated by the British Film Institute.

Now you know what each letter in the word “LONDON” means. Come there and see all of them! You can find your own meanings.

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