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     London consists of three main parts: the City of London, the West End
and the East End.
     The City is the financial center of London. It is the district where most
offices and banks are concentrated. The Royal Exchange, the Stock
Exchange and the Bank of England are situated here. During the daytime,
nearly a million people work there, but less than 8 000 people actually live
there. Many people live outside the center of London in the suburbs, and
they travel to work, in shops and offices by train, bus or underground.
The West End is a symbol of wealth. This district is known for its many
theatres, cinemas, luxurious hotels and restaurants and expensive shops. By
the day the whole of London is busy. At night offices are quiet and empty,
but the West End stays alive, because this is where Londoners come to
enjoy themselves. There are two opera houses here, several concert halls and
many theatres, as well as cinemas. In nearby Soho the pubs, restaurants and
night clubs are busy half the night.
     The East End is known as the poorer residential area of London where
mostly working people live. Many factories, workshops and the Port of
London is situated here. The old port area is now called “Docklands”. There
are now new offices building in Docklands, and thousands of new flats and
houses. This district of London is very unattractive, but very important to
the country’s commerce.
     Like all big cities, London has streets and concrete buildings, but it also
has many big parks, full of trees, flowers and grass. The most famous of
them are Hyde Park with its famous Speaker’s Corner and Kensington
Gardens.
     London is also the main tourist attraction of the country. There are a lot
of places of interest in London, which attract thousands of tourists every
year. They usually want to see Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus,
Westminster Abbey, the House of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St.Paul’s
Cathedral, the London Bridge, the Tower of London and many other places.
Trafalgar Square is the geographical center of London. Around the Square
there are several large buildings including the National Gallery and the
Church of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, but it is dominated by Nelson’s Column.
The monument was erected in 1881 to commemorate Nelson’s triumph at
the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The monument is guarded by four bronze
lions.
At one side of the Square is the National Gallery, which was built in 1924. It
has a rich collection of pictures.
     At the other side of the Square is Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s
official London residence. It is a beautiful building with a flag over it


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