WELCOME TO LONDON

Trafalgar Square

There are always a lot of people and pigeons on the square. Every winter there is a big Christmas tree which is a gift from Norway in the middle of the square. On New Years Eve people gather around the tree. In the middle of the square there is Admiral Nelsons Column.

Buckingham Palace This is the Queens home. It was built in There is a great collection of paintings.

Westminster Abbey This is a holy place. All English kings have been crowned and buried in the church since 1308.

Westminster Cathedral It was built between 1895 and This is the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop and the leading Roman Catholic Church in England. Its bell tower is 84 metres high.

The Houses of Parliament This big palace is the most famous building in the world – the British Parliament. The building is 280 metres long. There are more than 1000 rooms.

Big Ben Big Ben, the big clock tower, is the symbol of London. It strikes hours.

Tower The Tower of London has been a fortress, a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an observatory, a zoo, the home of the Crown Jewels and a tourist attraction.

Tower Bridge The most famous bridge in London is a Tower bridge.

Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a bascule-bridge. The bascules will open to let ships pass through.

St. Pauls Cathedral St.Pauls Cathedral is a famous building too. Prince Charles and Princess Diana married here in 1981.

Double-deckers There are big red buses called double- deckers in London. People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses. Tourists like them very much.

Taxis Taxis in London are old- fashioned black cars.

Telephone booths From here you can call your friends.

River Thames Thames flows through London. The River Thames is 338 km long. It is 245 m wide here. Even big sea ships can visit London.