5. About London
London is capital city of England
and United Kingdom. City that built
by roman people at old world and
first called this Londinium in 1
January 2005 7,4 million souls in area
London city and millions of next soul
in metropolitan area its.
Resident London consist of many
ethnic, culture, and religion, and
converse in its nearly 300 languages,
that make it city most cosmopolitan
and dynamic in the world. Resident
usual London mentions he/she
London City Londoner.
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London has hosted the Summer Olympics
twice, in 1908 and 1948. In July 2005 London
was chosen to host the Olympic and Paralympic
Games in 2012, which will make it the first city
in the world to host the Summer Olympics three
times. London was also the host of the British
Empire Games in 1934.London will host the
2017 World Championships in Athletics.
London's most popular sport is football and it
has fourteen League football clubs, including
five in the Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea,
Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham
Hotspur.
7. London also has four rugby union teams in
the Aviva Premiership (London Irish, Saracens,
Wasps and Harlequins), although only the
Harlequins play in London (all the other three now
play outside Greater London, although Saracens
still play within the M25). The other two
professional rugby union teams in the city are
second division clubs London Welsh and London
Scottish, that play home matches in the city. The
city has other very traditional rugby union clubs,
famously Richmond F.C., Rosslyn Park F.C.,
Westcombe Park R.F.C. and Blackheath F.C..
There are currently three professional rugby league
clubs in London – London Broncos who play in the
European Super League at The Stoop and the
Championship One side the London Skolars (based in Wood
Green, London Borough of Haringey) Hemel Stags based in
Hemel Hempstead, north of London will play in the
Championship One from 2013.
8. From 1924, the original Wembley Stadium was the
home of the English national football team, and served
as the venue for the FA Cup final as well as rugby
league's Challenge Cup final. The new Wembley
Stadium serves exactly the same purposes and has a
capacity of 90,000.Twickenham Stadium in south-west
London is the national rugby union stadium, and has a
capacity of 84,000 now that the new south stand has
been completed.
Cricket in London is served by two Test cricket
grounds Lord's (home of Middlesex C.C.C.) in St John's
Wood and the Oval (home of Surrey C.C.C.) in Kenning
ton. Lord's has hosted four finals of the Cricket World
Cup. One of London's best-known annual sports
competitions is the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships, held at the All England Club in the
south-western suburb of Wimbledon.Other key events
are the annual mass-participation London Marathon
which sees some 35,000 runners attempt a 26.2 miles
(42.2 km) course around the city, and the Oxford and
Cambridge Boat Race on the River Thames between
Putney and Mortlake.
9. Famous Places In London
London Eye or called also Millennium Wheel is a
biggest perception wheel in the world of as high as 135
metres or 443 foot/feets. Rotary London Eye above Thames
River, London, Great Britain and start operate on final 1999.
Big Ben is name that refer at a clocktower that
located in Houses of Parliament in
Westminster, London, Great Britain, and is second largest
clocktower in the world.
Bridge Tower is bridge that spread
out above Thames River in London, Great
Britain. This Bridge joins two bridge
designs that is lift and hang.
London Tower is historic monument that
located in downtown London, by the side of north
main Thames River. The function of the tower are
fortress, empire palace, and prison.
10. London Underground is network of the
eldest one of subway in the world of and
too may most busiest with 3 million users
every day. Nevertheless, latter start seen
service degradation like density and cart
delay because underinvestment.
Beside that, London is also has the other
land transportations such as car and bus.
11. London are served by around 6 airports with 3 units
in boundary London city and 3 outside. Biggest is
Heathrow that become main airport and an
important flight hub. Because its position in
boundary London city, its extension project always
gets resistance. Although like that, Bus Station 5
that are being built will be opened at 2008.
London international Airport other is Gatwick and
Stansted that every year serve each 30 million and
20 million passengers. Three other airports are
Biggin Hill, London City Airport and Luton London
Airport.
River Thames can be passed by ship that go out to sea till
around London Bridge and by small ships till exit
boundary London city. At the beginning, water
transportation is one of main transportation in London
nevertheless now water traffic is only weared as tour
place. London also have canal network, entered Kanal
Regent's connective Thames to Grand Union Canal.
12. Culture of London
The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden
is home to the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet
companies. The other main opera company is the
English National Opera. In the summer opera is
performed in a temporary pavilion by Opera
Holland Park, and there are occasional
performances by visiting opera companies and
small freelance professional opera companies. The
major venues for contemporary dance
productions include the Sadler's Wells Theatre
and the Barbican Centre.
Art
The British National collection of Western Art to 1900 is
held at The National Gallery. Other major collections of
pre-1900 art are The Wallace Collection; the Courtauld
Gallery at the Courtauld Institute of Art; and Dulwich
Picture Gallery. The national collection of post-1900 art is
at Tate Modern and the national collection of British Art
is at Tate Britain. The National Portrait Gallery has a
major collection dedicated to prominent British people
from all periods. The Royal Academy's temporary
exhibitions are also important.
