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London is the largest city in
Europe spreading over more than 618 square miles from its
core on the River Thames. With over 9 million and as many as
20 million visitors a year, it ranks as one of the busiest.
The nation's financial and publishing center, this capital
city is grand, stimulating, and beautiful, and most cities
in the world seem provincial by comparison. It can also be
dreary, cold, and dirty. But it offers the visitor
innumerable outstanding museums and galleries, imposing
palaces and monuments, quaint squares and peaceful green
parks, excellent stores, brilliant theater, and exciting
nightlife. London is exhilarating and irresistible.
Unlike cities in warmer
climates, most activity in London takes place indoors. The
life of the city is played out in its theaters, clubs,
bookstores, music halls, and pubs. More so than in Rome,
Athens, Canton, or Delhi, you need to pay admission to enjoy
the scene, but few cities give so much for your money.
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