Facts About : London City

London is a place that you fall in love as soon as you arrive there. It happens to me and i believe in most of the people that visited it. London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism, and transport.

London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium.

So let's find some interesting facts about this loveling city.

* The palace of Westminster,which is actually the house of parliament, has 8 bars, 6 restaurants, 1000 rooms, 100 staircases, 11 countryards a hair sallon a rifle - shouting range. It is also illegal to die in the Westminster palace!!!

* Only one house ,where Charles Dickens lives,still stands at 48 Doughty Street. The house is now a museum. Charles Dickens lived there from 1837 until 1839 and in this house he wrote Oliver Twist.

* Voltaire, Edgard Allen Poe, Ho Chi Minh, Mahatma Gandhi, Vincent Van Gogh and Sigmund Freud lived in London for a time.

* Arsenal is the only football team in London to have a tube station named after them. The Station was called Gillespie Road and was renamed in 1932.

* London's busses were not always red. Before 1907 different routes had different coloured busses.

* Karl Marx drafted the Communist Manifesto in a room above Red Lion Pub in Great Windmill Street.

* The Famous Harronds used to sold cocaine until 1916.

* The last person to be executed at the Tower of London was a German soldier called Josef Jacobs. He executed in 1941.

* To get a London Taxi licence, you have to prove that you know every single street and landmark in London. It is called "The knoweledge" and takes 2-4 years to memorize.

* Royal Navy Ships entering the Port of London are still required to give a barrel of rum to Constable of the Tower.

* Who says you cannot drive on the right hand side of the road in London? Well you can,but only in The Savoy countryard. It is a small street which leads to The Savoy Hotel entrance.

Those are some facts about London. Some of them are funny some of them are serious. One thing is for sure London is a big city with many activities and many things to learn. Are you looking for the best way to visit London? It is so easy just answer 5 simple questions in My Secret section, fill in the form provide there and let me take you on the best journey of your life.