LONDON

London is the largest financial center along with New York.

 London, has amillion visitors; it is the most-visited city in the world. The Tower of London, Kew Gardens, Palace of Westminster, St Margaret's Church, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, and Trafalgar Square are the major attractions.

United Kingdom is the sixth-most visited country in the world. London draws the maximum number of international visitors of any city.

the tube route from Leicester Square to Covent Garden is the most popular tube route for tourists despite the fact that it is actually quicker to cover this distance on foot!

 The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!

 Did you know that the Windsor Castle is the oldest royal residence in the world that is still being used by the royal family and that the Buckingham Palace was built in 1702 on the site of an infamous brothel!

 The English are tea addicts: an Englishman drinks more tea than any person of any other nation (over twenty times more than Americans!).

 Contrary to popular belief that Big Ben refers to the world famous clock, it is actually the name of the thirteen ton bell. The tower itself is known as St. Stephen’s Tower.

 Did you know that London has had many names in the past? It was called Londonium during the Roman Invasion, Ludenwic in Saxon times, and Ludenburg during the kingdom of Alfred the Great.

 The London Eye is the tallest observation wheel in the world and each rotation takes about 30 minutes.

 In the Great Fire of London that wreaked havoc on the city and necessitated massive reconstruction work, the casualty count was only eight!

 The treasures contained in the British Museum span two million years of world civilization.

 You must have heard the “London Bridge is falling down” nursery rhyme. Did you know that this rhyme might be over a thousand years old? The Saxons destroyed London Bridge using boats and ropes to tear it down. People think that is how the rhyme originated.