London

            London is a main worldwide city in expressions of the human experience, trade, training, excitement, mold, fund, social insurance, media, proficient administrations, innovative work, tourism and transportation. It is the world's biggest money related focus and has the fifth or 6th biggest metropolitan territory GDP on the planet. London is regularly viewed as a world social capital. It is the world's most-gone to city as estimated by global entries and has the world's biggest city airplane terminal framework estimated by traveler movement. It is the world's driving speculation goal, facilitating more global retailers and ultra high-total assets people than some other city. London's colleges frame the biggest grouping of advanced education establishments in Europe. In 2012, London turned into the principal city to have facilitated the cutting edge Summer Olympic Games three times.

London has a differing scope of individuals and societies, and in excess of 300 dialects are talked in the area. Its assessed mid-2016 metropolitan populace (relating to Greater London) was 8,787,892, the biggest of any city in the European Union and representing 13.4% of the UK populace. London's urban region is the second most crowded in the EU, after Paris, with 9,787,426 occupants at the 2011 registration. The city's metropolitan region is the most crowded in the EU with 14,040,163 tenants out of 2016, while the Greater London Authority expresses the number of inhabitants in the city-locale (covering a substantial piece of the south east) as 22.7 million. London was the world's most crowded city from around 1831 to 1925.

London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site including the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the noteworthy settlement of Greenwich (in which the Royal Observatory, Greenwich characterizes the Prime Meridian, 0° longitude, and GMT). Different historic points incorporate Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and The Shard. London is home to various historical centers, exhibitions, libraries, donning occasions and other social organizations, including the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West Endtheatres. The London Underground is the most seasoned underground railroad organize on the planet.

Leisure is a major part of the London economy, with a 2003 report attributing a quarter of the entire UK leisure economy to London at 25.6 events per 1000 people. Globally, the city is amongst the big four fashion capitals of the world, and according to official statistics, London is the world's third busiest film production centre, presents more live comedy than any other city, and has the biggest theatre audience of any city in the world.

 

Within the City of Westminster in London, the entertainment district of the West End has its focus around Leicester Square, where London and world film premieres are held, and Piccadilly Circus, with its giant electronic advertisements. London's theatre district is here, as are many cinemas, bars, clubs, and restaurants, including the city's Chinatown district (in Soho), and just to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The city is the home of Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have dominated the West End theatre since the late 20th century. The United Kingdom's Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London and perform at the Royal Opera House, the London Coliseum, Sadler's Wells Theatre, and the Royal Albert Hall, as well as touring the country.

 

Islington's 1 mile (1.6 km) long Upper Street, extending northwards from Angel, has more bars and restaurants than any other street in the United Kingdom. Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long, making it the longest shopping street in the UK. Oxford Street is home to vast numbers of retailers and department stores, including the world-famous Selfridges flagship store. Knightsbridge, home to the equally renowned Harrods department store, lies to the south-west.

London is home to designers Vivienne Westwood, Galliano, Stella McCartney, Manolo Blahnik, and Jimmy Choo, among others; its renowned art and fashion schools make it an international centre of fashion alongside Paris, Milan, and New York City. London offers a great variety of cuisine as a result of its ethnically diverse population. Gastronomic centres include the Bangladeshi restaurants of Brick Lane and the Chinese restaurants of Chinatown.

There is a variety of annual events, beginning with the relatively new New Year's Day Parade, a fireworks display at the London Eye; the world's second largest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival, is held on the late August Bank Holiday each year. Traditional parades include November's Lord Mayor's Show, a centuries-old event celebrating the annual appointment of a new Lord Mayor of the City of London with a procession along the streets of the City, and June's Trooping the Colour, a formal military pageant performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and British armies to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday.