London, Moscow are the capitals of their countries. Each of the cities is very famous and can be called great. Both cities are on the river. London is on the Thames. Moscow is located on the Moscow River.
London
Is one of the twenty largest cities in the world in terms of population. At the end of the 11th century, London became the capital of England. On the territory of the capital there is a port, which gave the city a great advantage during the Middle Ages. During World War II, the city was badly damaged by German bombers.
Four parts of the city
Unlike many other cities, London was formed by the merger of four settlements. Nowadays, the capital of England has four parts: the City, West End, East End and Westminster.
In the City there are offices of international corporations, many banks, stock exchanges. The indigenous population of this part has only six thousand people. But every day, about thirty thousand workers come to work from other parts of the city in the City.
The West End is filled with hotels, malls, museums, colleges and more. There are a lot of buildings in the East End that are located next to each other. There are hardly any trees in this part of Londonand the whole place is occupied by buildings. Westminster is home to a courthouse and other government buildings.
There are many football stadiums in London now. The largest and most famous is Wembley, where the England national team plays important matches, as well as the country's cup finals. Other notable venues in the city are White Hart Lay, home to Tottenham FC, Emirates, home to Arsenal, and Chelsea FC, home to Stamford Bridge.
Sights of London
There are many parks, museums and other famous places in London. One of the most famous sights of the English capital is Buckingham Palace - the residence of the Queen. Another famous and frightening place is the Tower, which was for a long time a dungeon and a place where executions were carried out.
Everyone knows two famous London squares: Piccadilly and Trafalgar. Also in London there is a beautiful Hyde Park. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is another place where tourists come from all over the world, including from Russia. Although the distance London - Moscow is long, but for the sake of getting to know the capital of the United Kingdom, you can overcome it.
Moscow
Moscow is also rich in interesting and famous places. Firstly, this is Red Square, where the Kremlin is located. And even a quick walk through the territory of Red Square will take more than two hours.time.
There are many churches here that you can admire indefinitely. You can take a break from a walk in the Alexander Garden.
Like London, Moscow also has stadiums. There is the Dynamo stadium and the CSKA arena, where football clubs of the same name play.
From Russia to England
Tourists from Russia fly to London very often. There are direct flights London - Moscow. The distance between cities is 2891 km. Many famous Russians also live in England. One of these is businessman Roman Abramovich, who has been living in London for many years.
Perhaps some inconvenience may be caused by the time difference. London, Moscow - two large cities that are in different time zones.
The Greenwich meridian passes through London, which was recognized as the point of the beginning of time for the entire planet more than a hundred years ago. This means that it is from him that the longitudes on Earth are counted. The time difference between Moscow and London is 3 hours. This means that when it is noon in the capital of Great Britain, it is already 15.00 in Moscow.
