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London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and cultural centre. It's one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is more than million people. London is situated on the river Thames. The city is very old and beautiful. It was founded more than two thousand years ago. Traditionally London is divided into several parts: the City, the West End, the East End and Westminster. The City is the oldest part of London, its financial and business centre. The heart of the City is the Stock Exchange. Westminster is the most important part of the capital. It's the administrative centre.
Visitors of London are surprised by the famous Madam tussaud’s Exhibition, which was opened in 1802. It is an exhibition of hundreds of wax models of famous politicians, kings, queens, sportsmen. Here you can meet Elton John, Picasso, Lenin, Hitler, The Beatles and so on.
London has more than 80 theatres. The best known are the Royal Opera House, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Old Vic located in the West End of London.
London is the centre of education and science. Higher educational establishments among which the London University, the British Academy, the Greenwich Observatory are well known in the world.
The capital has 17 bridges, the famous Tower Bridge being the most attractive among them.
Nice parks and gardens of the capital are loved by inhabitants of the city. The capital has a number of beautiful parks such as Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, St.James Park, Green Park, Regent Park and others. Regent Park has open air theatre, where every summer Shakespeare’s comedies are performed. Regent Park has the largest Zoo in the country. Here you can feed the ducks and watch the pelicans. In Hyde Park you can see famous “Speaker’s Corner”.
The part of London, called Soho is known as restaurant centre where Londoners and visitors can taste Russian, Italian, French exotic food. This is also the district of cinema producers. All the biggest film companies have offices in Soho. The capital has more than 200 cinemas and a lot of concert halls.
The East End of the capital includes the Port of London, Docks and the poorest districts. Rather unattractive in appearance it is very important to the country’s commerce.
The streets of London are always of great interest to tourists. Fleet Street is the street of British Press. Oxford, Regent, Bond streets are the main shopping centres. Downing Street is famous as the official residence of the Prime Minister of the country. Piccadilly Circus is the place where people gather on New Year’s Eve.
The English are fond of sports, they have a great number of sport federations, associations and clubs. The most interesting tennis and football competitions and tournaments are held in Wimbledon court and Wembley stadium.
The West End is the richest and the most beautiful part of London, symbol of wealth and luxury. English aristocracy lives there.
London is the chief port of the country, it has 2 airports and 16 railwaystations.
London is an important manufacturing centre. It is well known for printing, film production, manufacture of clothing, food. Automobile and aircraft industries are centred there.
The oldest underground called “tube” is still one of the largest in the world. It was opened in 4863. The famous red double-deckers are also an important part of the public transport system.
On the south bank of the river Thames there is the South Bank Arts Centre which comprises the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Festival Hall as well as MOMI (the Museum of the Moving Image), which traces the story of film and TV technology. Nearby is Queen Victoria Theatre (the Old Vic), one of London’s best known theatres. It is one of the leading theatres of the capital.