LONDON:CULTURE,TOURISM,ENTERTAINMENT

-capital city of the United Kindo!

-a leadin lo"al city, #ith $t%enth$ in all of the a%ea$, f%o! healthca%e, %e$ea%ch and
ed&cation to co!!e%ce, fa$hion and ente%tain!ent'
-one of the !o$t pop&la% t%a(el de$tination$'
-#o%ld c&lt&%al capital, #ith a #ide (a%iety of land!a%)$, !&$e&!$, !&$ic and a%t$
e(ent$*
Tourist attractions
So!e of the %ea$on$ people f%o! e(e%y co%ne% of the #o%ld choo$e to (i$it thi$ #onde%f&l
city a%e:
London Bridge
-$pan$ the Ri(e% Tha!e$ "et#een the City of London and So&th#a%), in cent%al London
-the c&%%ent c%o$$in, opened to t%affic in +,-., i$ "&ilt f%o! conc%ete and $teel'it %eplaced
a +,
th
-cent&%y-$tone-a%ched "%ide'
-the n&%$e%y $on /London 0%ide i$ 1allin Do#n2 ha$ "een connected to $e(e%al of the
"%ide3$ hi$to%ic collap$e$*
Trafalgar Square
-a p&"lic $pace and to&%i$t att%action in cent%al London'
-at it$ cent%e i$ Nel$on3$ Col&!n, &a%ded "y fo&% lion $tat&e$'
-the na!e co!!e!o%ate$ the 0attle of T%afala%, a 0%iti$h na(al (icto%y of the
Napoleonic 4a%$ o(e% 1%ance and Spain, #hich too) place 5+
$t
Octo"e% +678 off the
coa$t of Cape T%afala%, in Spain*
Big Ben
-p%o"a"ly the fi%$t thin that co!e$ to yo&% !ind #hen yo& thin) a"o&t London, 0i 0en,
the cloc) to#e% at the no%th end of the 9alace of 4e$t!in$te% i$ one of the !o$t
p%o!inent $y!"ol$ of the UK'
-$ta%ted #o%)in on .+
$t
May +68, and fi%$t chi!ed the ho&% on ++
th
:&ly +68,*
Madame Tussauds
-fa!o&$ fo% it$ #a; $c&lpt&%e$ of hi$to%ical and %oyal fi&%e$, "&t al$o $po%t$, fil! and
!&$ic $ta%$'
-opened in +6.8 a$ the 0a)e% St%eet 0a<aa%, !o(ed to it$ p%e$ent $ite=Ma%ly"one Road> in
+66?'
-it ha$ "%anche$ in +. citie$ #o%ld#ide, "e$ide$ London: A!$te%da!, 0an)o), 0e%lin,
@on Kon, Shanhai, Ne# Ao%), La$ Bea$, @olly#ood, 4a$hinton D*C*, Bienna and
0lac)pool
London Eye
-a iant 1e%%i$ #heel on the So&th 0an) of the Ri(e% Tha!e$
-al$o )no#n$ a$ the Milleni&! 4heel
-E&%ope3 talle$t 1e%%i$ #heel, !ea$&%in +.8 !et%e$
-o(e% .*8 !illion (i$ito%$ ann&ally
-on 5
nd
:&ne 57+. a pa$$ene% cap$&le #a$ na!ed the Co%onation Cap$&le to !a%) the
$i;tieth anni(e%$a%y of the co%onation of C&een Eli<a"eth II*
Notable events
-London i$ )no#n to ho$t a la%e n&!"e% of e(ent$, a!on #hich:
The Notting Hill Carnival
-an ann&al e(ent that ha$ ta)en place on the $t%eet$ of Nottin @ill, London $ince +,DD,
each A&&$t o(e% th%ee day$'
-the 5
nd
la%e$t ca%ni(al in the #o%ld'
-led "y the !e!"e%$ of the 4e$t Indian co!!&nity'