General Information about London.

Hey mates! Here you have the general information about London. I added the city districts because usually people are lost because of the dimensions of the city.

London is the capital city of Great Britain. London is the largest city of Europe.The area of London is almost 1500 square kilometers. It has 7.19 millions residents. Its currency is the British Pound. Prices at Christmas are quite high in restaurants. Since the value of the pound has fallen in 2008 prices must be better now for foreigners. If you want to call someone living there you must use the prefix 44.

City districts:

The centre of the city consists of the following districts:

St.-James's, Mayfair and Piccadilly: This area between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square is a well known part of London.

The London City: the commercial heart of the town, is one of the world's major financial centres in the world and there are many architectonic masterpieces. 

Westminster and Bankside: This area is dominated by the Thames River with its many bridges between the northern and southern banks.

Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea: Nowadays classy residential areas, but they used to be green villages faraway from the polluted city.

Covent Garden, Bloomsbury and Soho: These areas are more to the northeast and offer very varied environments: vivid shopping streets alternated with quiet neighbourhoods and an attractive Chinatown.

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