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Kaspar Rätsep G1a  General overview London is without doubt the centre for shopping in the United Kingdom and the numerous districts provide a shopper's paradise. Whether you are looking for London fashion, antiques, furniture or home accessories, rest assured that London will provide you with a huge choice. London has a lot to offer the shopper from large department stores to exclusive boutiques. There are many areas to go on shopping trips, such as Oxford Street, Covent Garden, and Knightsbridge. And, of course, London has many street markets to browse around.  Oxford street two miles of wall to wall shops. the UK's busiest and most famous shopping area. There are over 300 shops to choose from. Apart perhaps from Selfridges the street consists of tourist orientated small shops interspersed with the UK flagship stores of all the main chain stores in Britain.

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district, and just to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. 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 The Angel, has more bars and restaurants than any other street in the UK. Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street, a shopping street nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long -- which makes it the longest shopping street in the world -- and home to many shops and department stores including Selfridges. Knightsbridge -- home to the Harrods department store -- lies just to the southwest. London is home to designers Vivienne Westwood, Galliano, Stella McCartney, Manolo Blahnik, and Jimmy Choo among others; its renowned art and fashion schools

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Third level Fourth level Fifth level Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Shopping .. Many visitors come for shopping. London ´s favourite shopping streets are : Oxford Street , Regent Street , Bond Street and others streets . Oxford Street . Oxford Street is one and a half miles end to end. Most shops open 10am until 6 or 7pm. Some open Sunday 12 to 6pm with late nights on Click to edit Master text styles Thursday. Oxford Street is best known for Selfridges and the other big

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One of London's most famous landmarks- St paul's cathedral is in the City. Besides this you can also find the oldest remains of the London Wall, built by the Romans The Lord Mayor is elected for one year and the position is unpaid and apolitical. It is an exceptionally demanding role. The Lord Mayor lives in the Mansion House while being the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor is sworn in in Novenber and a day after that he participates in the Lord MAyor Show. The show is a street parade, tha starts at Guildhall. The procession ends at the Royal Courts of Justice, where he swears his allegiance to the Crown. St. Paul's Cathedral It is located in the City of London. The current building is the 5th St. Paul's Catherdral. It is the Seat of the Bishop of London. The first cathedral was built in 604 but it burned down in 675. It was built again in 685. This one also burned down in 962. The third cathedral was built the same year the second burned down

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London is a city were more than 7 million inhabitants live. In London there are famous Telephone booths and taxis. Also there are red double- decker buses. The quick and easy way is use the underground trains. The cheapest is to buy a Travelcard. London hosted the 1908 and 1948 Summer Olympic Games and will host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Many visitors come to see the famous sights, museums and galleries; others come for the shopping. The famous sopping street is Oxford Street. It is the most famous street in London where you can buy souvenirs, clothes, and so on. Today Harrods's is among the world`s best known shops.  The famous sights in London are British Airways London Eye, the Westminster Abbey, The Tower of London, St Paul`s Cathedral, The Houses of Parliament, Shakespeare`s Globe, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square and so on. British Airways London Eye was built to celebrate the Millennium. It is the worlds

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The U.K. / Suurbritannia

The House of Commons is the most important place for discussing policies and making laws. The party which wins the most seats in the General Election forms the government. The leader of the winning party becomes Prime Minister, his first job is to choose his Cabinet, consisting of the most important ministers in the government. Each member of the Cabinet is a minister responsible for a government department. The Cabinet meets at the Prime Minister's house ­ 10 Downing Street. Cabinet ministers are responsible to Parlament and may all be questionised and held accountable for governmet actions and decisions. Even the Prime Minister must answer questions every Tuesday and Thursday in the House of Commons. The UK is the fourth largest economy in the World and the second largest in Europe. It is one of the strongest in Europe; inflation, interest rates, and unemployment remain low. During the 19th century Britain used to have many coal

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American English Take-Home Exam

When the navy servicemen from the submarine base in the town of Groton across the river began ordering 500 sandwiches a day, the sandwich became irrevocably associated with submarines. The third popular theory claims that the term comes from Dominic Conti, an Italian who immigrated to New York in the early 1900s. His granddaughter Angela Zuccar has stated that her grandfather started a grocery store, called Dominic Conti's Grocery Store, on Mill Street in Paterson, New Jersey, selling the traditional Italian sandwiches there. He had brought the recipe from Italy. According to Zuccar, her grandfather first used the term when she was 16 years old at the time, when he went to see the first experimental 14-foot submarine called Holland I, and said: “It looks like the sandwich I sell at my store.” As is known, there are a number of regional words for this type of sandwich. What are they, and where are they used?

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Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the public of the United Kingdom and entry to the main collection (though not some special exhibitions) is free of charge. · Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly designed by John Nash. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side. · Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, recognisable the world over. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from every kind of performance genre have appeared on its stage. Each year it hosts more than 350 performances

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