London was founded by the Romans and was basically named as “LONDINIUM”. London has now gained the position of one of the most important global cities. It has become day by day one of the world’s biggest and strongest financial centres. It has become the major financial centre from the fact that in the heart of London there are offices and headquarters of half of the United Kingdom’s top 100 companies.
London basically is the capital of United Kingdom but is a home to lots of cultures and people from different backgrounds and religions. This can easily be figured out from the fact that inside London more than 300 languages are spoken.
From the statistics taken in July 2007 the population of London was approximately 7,556,900.
The climate of London remains mostly cloudy throughout the year. Also the climate remains moderate even during summers and winters also. Mostly during winters London’s climate mostly receives heavy showers with cool breezes all over London. London is not likely to receive a snowfall not even in winters.
London is also famous for tourism as it has many parks and tourist attractions. Out of hundreds of parks the biggest and largest park is located in the central London and is named as “Royal Parks of Hyde Park”.
Also for the local public there are many museums, galleries and many other such type of entertainment. The people of London love to listen to music and they like to spend most of their free time enjoying movies or spending an evening at the theatre, as there are number of theatres and cinemas all around London.
Although there are many people of different religions living in London, officially there are more Christians in London. If we take a look at a breakdown of the inhabitants of London you will find Hindus, Pakistanis, Americans, Sikhs, Chinese and many other people belonging from different religions and backgrounds.
But from a survey the most important thing around which most of the people of United Kingdom and specially London spend most of their time watching or playing is “Football”. For every football lover, United Kingdom in my opinion is the best place to visit. The “Premier League” of England is the most popular sport today.
London itself cannot be excluded from the list of cities having football clubs and stadiums. Currently London has thirteen clubs which do compete on different levels in the English football. Out of these thirteen, five of them play in the top most level which is called as “Barclays Premier League”. These are Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Chelsea, and Fulham. The biggest stadium in London is the “Wembley Stadium”.
Economically London is a powerhouse if we compare it with the different economies of the world. According to some aspects and researches London’s economy is considered as the 6th largest economy of the world after Tokyo, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and finally Paris.
London’s biggest source of income/industry is through their finance, and the financial exports carried out through London make it one of the biggest additions to the total economy of United Kingdom and Europe. According to a survey almost 325,000 people got employed in these Business and financial firms.
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