2. Structure
• General information
• Big Ben
• Tower of London
• Buckingham Palace
• Madame Tussauds
• Trafalgar Square
• Tower Bridge
• Some more sights
• Video
3. General information
• Capital of Great Britain and England
• One of the famous cities in the world
• Created 43 A.D. by the Romans
• Expensive city
• Today more than 7.1 million inhabitants
• 25 million Tourists visit London every year
• Tourists spend each year 10 billion Euros in London
4. Big Ben
• Monument of London
• big bell in the tower that belongs to
the Houses of Parliaments
• About the bell:
- weights thirteen a half tons
- largest bell in the world
- Tower is 97 meters high
• Since 2012 also called
Elizabeth Tower
5. Tower of London
• Built in the 11th Century
• Today the crown jewels are there kept
• Was used as a castle and
then as a prison
• Today it‘s a museum
6. Buckingham Palace
• Built in 1730 for
the duke of Buckingham
• Queen lives there
• 775 rooms
• Opening time:
August- November
• Is the queen is in the palace,
the royal flag blowing
7. Madame Tussauds
• Famous waxworks
started in 1835 by Madame Tussauds
• >2 million visitors a year
• About 300 wax figures
• Represented are famous
people
8. Trafalgar Square
• Most popular square in London
• Built in 1830
• Nelson‘s Column are 56m high
Were built for the heroes from the war
9. Tower Bridge
• Most famous bridge in Europe
• Was built in 1894
• At the top is a museum
• 66 meters high
• Goes over the Themes
10. - London Eye - London Bridge - Piccadilly Circus
- St. Paul‘s Cathedral - Westminster Abbey - Houses of Parliament
