London - basic facts

(Londýn – základní údaje)

London - basic facts

Location

Population

The City Squares, streets

Museums

Transportation in London

(underground, taxi, buses)

London - basic facts

An economic, cultural and political centre of UK

Capital city of the United Kingdom

Capital city of England, the biggest city in England

The biggest Britain's port

London - basic facts

Located on the river Thames

The seat of the Queen and the Parliament

Settled by Romans as Londinium, 43 AD

Area - 1,570 km2 (607 sq mi)

London - basic facts

Population - eight million people

Visited every year by nearly 26 million people

Divided into the City of London and 32 districts

London - the City of London

The oldest part of London

The business centre, there are concentrated the financial services - banks, insurance companies (Lloyds) and also the stock exchange

London - the City of London

St.Paul´s Cathedral

The Tower of London

Tower Bridge

Bank of England Museum

London - West End

The second most expensive location in the world

London's main entertainment and shopping district

Entertainment - Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Soho

Shopping centres - Regent Street, Oxford Street, Bond Street

London - Greenwich

A district of south-east London

The seat of National Maritime Museum

The Old Royal Observatory

The Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude)

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

London -Piccadilly Circus

One of the busiest squares in London

Considered to be the centre of London

Famous for its neon advertisements

The statue of God of Love Eros in the middle

London -Trafalgar Square

The largest square in London

Known for its fountains with lions

Nelson's Column in the middle (56 m)

The National Gallery – famous paintings

London - museums

There are over 240 museums in London

The British Museum - the largest museum in the

world

Madame Tussaud´s Museum - the collection of wax figures

The London Transport Museum - exhibitions connecting transport

Tate Gallery – museum of modern art

London - travelling

Double-decker buses – one of the symbols of

London

Black cabs – taxis – there are 21,000 cabs in London

Underground (the Tube) - the oldest underground in the world

London Heathrow airport - biggest centre of

air transport of UK

London - underground

Opened 10th January1863

270 stations

402 kilometres (250 mi) of track

3.66 million people every day

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AUTOR NEUVEDEN. City Hall, London 2009 [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fromthenorth/3673970976/

LLOYD'S OF LONDON. Lloyd's building [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6414A_1_copy.jpg

PORIEL, Thibault. The Shard, London [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thibaultporiel/8342132962/in/pool-londinium/

CHEN, Hua. St. Paul's Cathedral, London [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/huachen/274262189/

DERIAN, Adrian. The Tower of London, The Tower of "The Treasure." [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianderian/6127887509/

TRODEL, Jim. Tower Bridge - London, England [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trodel/3599409888/

DAY, Alison. Bank of England Museum [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/levettday/6675075705/

AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Leicester Square ~ [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgomerry/4331121946/

MOORE, Stephanie. Covent Garden [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stmoritz1960/5005798520/

AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Regent Street [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastbrot81/3769370135/

AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Bond Street Wharf, Baltimore Harbor [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30473186@N05/8018115694/

AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Greenwich Meridian Surreal [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolaoire/8340210966/in/pool-greenwich

AUTOR NEUVEDEN. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vamborox/4578846385/

LONGMAN, Marc. Royal Observatory Greenwich, Flamsteed House [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63169691@N06/5755035073/

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ALEXANDER, David. Piccadilly Circus [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davida/7019900267/

W, Roberto. Piccadilly Circus [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwejszko/236309239/

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DREDD, Judge. Trafalgar Square [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/judgedredd76/2389761977/

RIGBY-JONES, Joanna. Trafalgar Square [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25021521@N07/3910290837/

BECKERS, Bert. Trafalgar Square [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/beckersbert/6306957213/

RUSSELL, Brendan. Nelson's Column, London [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/96512437@N00/453658964/

DCASTOR. Trafalgar Square in London [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trafalgar_Square-2.jpg

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PÉREZ, Adrián. London Transport Museum [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aperezdc/4174438464/

SLAATS, René. 071 - London - Tate Gallery [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rslaats/1421960119/

DILIFF. A London Black Cab (LTI TXI or TXII) passing a Hotel in London, England. Taken with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L lens. [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Black_Cab_-_April_2007.jpg

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NAZARIAN, Joe. London Heathrow Airport, UK [online]. [cit. 5.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/southbound228/6155943124/

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