London

    The City of London, the capital of United Kingdom is a

year-round tourist destination. London is the largest city in

Europe and located astride the famous river of Thames. This is

the home for most of the international organizations and the city

is headed by the Lord Mayor of London. The city of London has

its own police force, call City of London police.

    London is considered to be both business and tourist

destination and visited by millions of people annually. The

Heathrow Airport, London considered as the busiest airport in the

world. City of London provides many attractions for visitors. You

can visit London museums, see Royal palaces and activities,

relax on London parks and many more places for bed and dine.

London is considered an expensive city in the world and even

though its home for many foreign migrants, still keeping its

traditional heritage and surrounding.

    London is has a surface of about 1.000 square kilometers and

some 7 million inhabitants. This is the same amount as in 1900,

when London was the biggest city on earth. Although it no longer

ranks among the world's most populous cities, London is still one

of the world's major financial and cultural capitals.

    London is divided into many districts which seem still to be

functioning as separate villages, like they used to be in the past

and they still have their own typical identities. Therefore London

shows many faces with many different attractions for tourists,

pituresque sceneries, historical monuments, many green parks,

theatres, luxurious shops etcetera.

    The centre of the city owes it's layout to the great fire in 1666

and the Blitz in World War II. Both events left the city in ruins and

when it was reconstructed, u rbanistic improvements were carried

out to a great extent. After 1666 the streets were broadened and

buildings had to be made out of stone. After the Blitz there was

more focus on the development of the suburbs and the

redevelopment of the slum areas.