General informations:

London is the capital and largest city of England and United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans.

London is divided into many districts which seem still to be functioning as separate villages, like they used to be in the past and they still have their own typical identities. Therefore London shows many faces with many different attractions for tourists, pituresque sceneries, historical monuments, many green parks, theatres, luxurious shops etcetera.

Is famous for it's iconic landmarks and for its museums and galleries: Tower of London, Palace of Westminster, tate Modern, and many more (see here: www.gotrypster.com/sighseeing/2)

Although English is the national tongue, over 230 languages are spoken in London which reflects the city’s cultural diversity. London’s gastronomic scene is almost as diverse, with over 6,000 restaurants throughout the city. Shops are plentiful and varied; offering gifts, fashion or food for all styles and tastes. There are many locations throughout the City ranging from popular shopping centres, famous stores such as Harrods, Fortnum & Masons and Selfridges, to high-street haven of Oxford Street to more diverse markets such as Borough Market, Camden and Portobello.

The UK's currency is the pound sterling GBP. There are 100 pence (p) to the pound (£). Notes come in denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50. Coins come in 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2.

The electrical supply in London is 230 volts, 50 Hz, using 3 pin plugs. Please remember to bring your travel adapters with you, if required.

Here, the local time is GMT at Standard Time.

Climate:

London has a temperate oceanic climate, with mild summers and very fresh winters. Has many long periods of dark skies and frequent precipitation.

Between June and September the weather it's enjoyable but in the other months the weather it's very cold.

City districts:

- St. Jame's, Mayfair and Piccadilly: between Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square is a well known part of London, filled with pomp and circumstance.

- London City: it's the commercial heart of the town, is one of the world's major financial centres and there are many architectonic masterpieces. But between all those modern buildings of glass and steel, you can find numerous churches from the 17th century, narrow alleys, old marketplaces and even the remainders of the Roman city walls.

- Westminster and Bankside: This area is dominated by the Thames with it's many bridges between the northern and southern banks.

- Knightsbridge, Kesington and Chelsea: they used to be green villages faraway from the polluted city, but now there are classy residential areas. The houses are big, there are many parks and many stately consulates and embassies.

- Convent Garden, Bloomsbury and Soho: they offer vivid shopping streets alternated with quiet neighbourhoods and an attractive Chinatown.

Toponymy:

"London" is an ancient name, attested already in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium.

Modern scientific analyses of the name must account for the origins of the different forms found in early sources Latin (usually Londinium), Old English (usually Lunden), and Welsh (usually Llundein), with reference to the known developments over time of sounds in those different languages. It is agreed that the name came into these languages from Common Brythonic; recent work tends to reconstruct the lost Celtic form of the name as [Londonjon] or something similar. This was adapted into Latin as Londinium and borrowed into Old English, the ancestor-language of English.

Sport:

London has hosted the Summer Olympics three times: in 1908, 1948, and 2012, making it the first city to host the modern Games three times. The city was also the host of the British Empire Games in 1934. In 2017, London hosted the World Championships in Athletics for the first time. London's most popular sport is football and it has five clubs in the English Premier League as of the 2019–20 season: Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, and West Ham United. Other professional teams in London are Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Brentford, Millwall, Charlton Athletic, AFC Wimbledon and Barnet.