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London

capital of England and the United Kingdom

London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
Main category: London

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geographical pointEdit

  • Location on satellite footage

  • Location on topographic map

  • A dot showing London within the United Kingdom

Symbols of London   •   Hoheitszeichen von London · Symboles de Londres · Simboli di Londra · Símbolos de Londres · Simbolen van Londen Edit

  • Arms of City of London

  • Coat of arms of the City of London

  • Coat of arms of the City of London (B&W)

  • Flag of Greater London

City views   •   Vues de la cité · Stadtansichten · Viste della città · Vistas de la ciudad · StadsgezichtenEdit

  • 360 degree panoramic view of London

  • Panorama of London

  • Rooftop view, circa 1865

Government buildings   •   Regierungs- und Kommunalgebäude · Rząd · Bâtiments gouvernementaux · Governo · GobiernoEdit

  • The Department of Culture, Media and Sport's HQ in Cockspur Street

  • A winter scene of Her Majesty's Treasury's London headquarters, from St. James's Park

  • The Ministry of Defence, Whitehall

  • Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, seen from the south bank of the Thames

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St James's Park

  • The Treasury, Whitehall, seen from Parliament Square

  • Portcullis House (the offices of Members of Parliament)

  • Department of Health, Whitehall

  • Admiralty Extension and Horseguards Parade, Whitehall

  • The Old War Office, Whitehall

City Hall   •   RathausEdit

  • City Hall

  • City Hall from the high walkway on Tower Bridge

Palace of Westminster   •   Westminster-Palast · Pałac Westminster · Palacio de Westminster, la Casa del Parlamento · Palazzo di Westminster · Palais de WestminsterEdit

Further information: Palace of Westminster
 

Big Ben   •   Großer BenEdit

Further information: Big Ben

Downing Street   •   Amtssitz DowningstraßeEdit

Further information: Category:Downing Street

  • Downing Street, Whitehall

  • The gates at Downing Street

Buckingham Palace   •   Buckingham-Palast · Pałac Buckingham · Palacio de Buckingham · Palazzo di Buckingham · Palais de BuckinghamEdit

Further information: Buckingham Palace

  • Changing the guard

  • Buckingham palace, 1909

  • Buckingham Palace, panoramic view

  • Buckingham Palace

  • Aerial view

Famous places   •   Berühmte Anziehungspunkte · Lieux célèbres · Posti famosi · Słynne miejsca · Lugares famosos · Beroemde plaatsenEdit

PiccadillyEdit

  • Burlington Arcade

  • Hotel Ritz

  • Simpsons of Piccadilly (formerly)

  • Hatchards Bookshop

Leicester Square   •   Leicesterplatz · Place de LeicesterEdit

  • Leicester Square Gardens

County Hall   •   RatsgebäudeEdit

  • County Hall

  • County Hall and London Eye

  • El County Hall que alberga al Acuario de Londres.

  • The lion at the NW corner of the County Hall

Kensington Palace   •   Kensington-PalastEdit

The Bank of England   •   Bank von England · La banque d'Angleterre · La Banca d'Inghilterra · Bank Anglii · El Banco de Inglaterra · De Bank van EngelandEdit

  • The Bank of England

Whitehall   •   Whitehall-BereichEdit

Further information: Category:Whitehall

  • Whitehall, looking south

  • Whitehall St. viewed from Trafalgar Square

  • Banqueting House, Whitehall

  • Changing of the Guard, Whitehall

  • Horse Guards

The London Eye   •   Riesenrad 'Londoner Auge' · Londyńskie oko Edit

Further information: London Eye

  • London Eye 3

  • London Eye and County Hall in evening light

  • London Eye at sunset

  • London Eye 2

  • London Eye by night

The Barbican   •   Der Barbican-GebäudekomplexEdit

  • A small part of the Barbican showing flats and cafe

Trafalgar Square   •   Trafalgarplatz · Place de TrafalgarEdit

Further information: Trafalgar Square

  • Trafalgar Square at evening

  • Trafalgar Square

  • The National Gallery (summer 2007)

  • Trafalgar Square summer 2004

  • Canada House, on the south west side

  • South Africa House, on the north east side

  • Admiralty Arch

  • Lion in Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square

Piccadilly Circus   •   Picadilly-KreiselEdit

Further information: Piccadilly Circus

  • Piccadilly Circus neon signs

  • Panorama

  • Eros

  • Eros

  • Routemaster bus, Lilywhites, the Criterion Theatre and Eros

  • Piccadilly Circus at twilight

Tower of London   •   Die Tower-Festung von London · La tour de Londres · Torre di Londra · Torre de LondresEdit

Further information: Tower of London

  • The Tower of London, viewed from the SwissRe tower

  • White Tower

  • Tower

  • Yeoman Warder (also known as Beefeater)

Office buildings   •   Verwaltungsgebäude · Biurowce · Immeubles de bureaux · Palazzi direzionaliEdit

30 St Mary Axe   •   Swiss Re - Turm · Swiss Re TowerEdit

  • 30 St Mary Axe

  • Two of London’s tallest buildings, left is Tower 42 and right is the Swiss Re Tower

  • Swiss Re Tower

  • Swiss Re and Tower of London

  • Perspective from base, Swiss Re

  • Swiss Re panorama from Thames River

  • Swiss Re tower

Other office buildings   •   Weitere VerwaltungsgebäudeEdit

  • The Swiss Re Tower (in the background)

  • Lloyd’s Building (with the blue cranes)

  • Centre Point

  • Shell Mex House

  • Euston Tower

  • Euston Tower

  • Reuters Data Centre in Blackwall

  • Salvation Army International Headquarters

  • Canary Wharf from the top level of Tower Bridge

  • Canary Wharf - Looking Up

  • 10 Upper Bank

  • HSBC Tower, Docklands

  • HSBC Tower, Docklands

  • One West India Quay

  • Barclays HQ, Docklands

Shops and shopping areas   •   Geschäfte und Einkaufszonen · Sklepy i okolice zakupowe · Magasins et centres commerciaux · Negozi e centri commerciali · Tiendas y Centros comerciales · Winkelen en winkelencentraEdit

  • Hamley's toy store on Regent Street

  • Harrod's

  • New Bond Street 1

  • New Bond Street 2

  • Old Bond Street

  • A scene in Hatton Garden

  • A ring shop in Hatton Garden

  • Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill

  • Camden Lock at Camden Lock Market

  • Oxford Street

  • Agent Provocateur lingerie shop in Soho

  • Neal's Yard, Covent Garden

  • Covent Garden market

  • Covent Garden market

  • Knightsbridge

  • The Royal Exchange

  • Trendy Westbourne Grove in Bayswater

  • Portobello Road

  • Camden Town High Street

  • Camden Town High Street

Culture   •   Kultur · Kultura · Cultura · CultuurEdit

  • Royal Albert Hall

  • Royal Festival Hall

  • Ronnie Scott's Club at 47 Frith Street, Soho

Monuments   •   Denkmale · Monuments · Monumenti · Monumentos · MonumentenEdit

  • The Cenotaph, Whitehall

  • Churchill Statue, Parliament Square

  • Statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, opposite the Palace of Westminster

  • The RAF Memorial on the Victoria Embankment

  • The Victoria Memorial near Buckingham Palace

  • Victoria Memorial

  • Victoria Memorial

  • Wellington Arch

  • Marble Arch

  • Cleopatra's Needle from the Thames

  • Albert Memorial

The Monument to the Great Fire of London   •   Das Denkmal des Großen Feuers von London · Pomnik ku czci wielkiego pożaru Londynu · Monument à l'Incendie de Londres · Monumento all'Incendio di Londra · Monumento al Incendio de Londres · Monument naar de Grote Vuur van LondenEdit

  • Seen from the ground

  • The east base of the Monument

  • The viewing platform

  • The Monument from the high-level walkway on Tower Bridge

  • Vista de Londres desde El Monument (View of London from The Monument).

Galleries and museums   •   Galerien und Museen · Galerie i muzea · Galeries et musées · Gallerie e musei · Galerías y museos · Galerien en museums

Further information: Museums in London

The British Museum   •   Das Britische MuseumEdit

  • British Museum

  • Great Court with roof by Foster and Partners

  • British Museum New Great Court

The National Gallery Die Nationalgalerie · Galeria narodowa · La Galerie Nationale · Galleria Nazionale · Galería Nacional · Nationale GalerijEdit

  • National Gallery in the 1890s

  • National Gallery 1

  • National Gallery 2

The Natural History Museum   •   Das Naturkunde-Museum · Muzeum historii naturalnej · Le musée d'histoire naturelle · Il museo di storia naturale · El museo de historia natural Edit

The Victoria and Albert Museum   •   Das Victoria-und-Albert-Museum · Muzeum Wiktorii i AlbertaEdit

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

Somerset House   •   Somerset-HausEdit

  • Courtyard of Somerset House

Tate   •   Tate-GalerieEdit

Tate Modern   •   Tate-Galerie für Moderne KunstEdit
Further information: Tate Modern

  • Exterior, south side

  • The Turbine Hall

  • The Turbine Hall

Tate Britain   •   Tate-Galerie für Britische KunstEdit
Further information: Category:Tate Britain

  • Tate Britain

  • Portico

  • Tate Britain

HMS Belfast   •   HMS Belfast — MuseumsschiffEdit

Further information: HMS Belfast (C35)

  • HMS Belfast

  • HMS Belfast with Tower Bridge

  • HMS Belfast and City Hall seen from the top of the Great Fire of London Monument

Other museums   •   Andere Museen · Autres musées · Inne muzea · Otros museos · Andere museaEdit

Theatres   •   Theater · Teatry · Théâtres · Teatri · Teatros · TheatersEdit

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre   •   Shakespeares Globus-TheaterEdit

  • Shakespeare's Globe 3

  • Shakespeare's Globe 4

Other theatres   •   Andere Theater · Autres théâtres · Altri teatri · Otros teatros · Andere theaterenEdit

  • London Coliseum (English National Opera)

  • Haymarket Theatre Royal

  • Her Majesty's Theatre (during 1867 fire)

  • King's Theatre (Queen's Theatre), Haymarket

  • Royal National Theatre

  • Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1813)

  • Her Majesty’s Theatre, The Haymarket

  • Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street

  • Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria Street

  • Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly

  • Prince of Wales Theatre

The O2   •   Der Jahrtausend-DomEdit

Further information: Category:Millennium Dome

  • The Millennium Dome, with Canary Wharf in the background

  • The O2 Arena

Transport   •   Transportwesen · Transportes · TrasportiEdit

Railway stations   •   Bahnhöfe · Gares · Dworce kolejowe · Stazioni di treni · Estaciones de trenes · StationsEdit

See also: Category:Railway stations in London

  • Paddington station, central vault

  • St Pancras station

  • Victoria Station

  • Eurostar at St Pancras

London Underground   •   Londoner U-Bahn · Métro de Londres · Londyńskie metro · Metro de Londres · Metropolitana di Londra · Metro van LondenEdit

Further information: London Underground

  • MIND THE GAP

  • Blackfriars tube station

  • The Jubilee Line platform of Westminster tube station

  • The District Line platform of Westminster tube station

  • Canary Wharf tube station

  • Gants Hill tube station

  • Wanstead tube station

  • Tube station entrance at night

  • Tube station showing train motion

London Buses   •   Londoner Busse · Bus de Londres · Londyńskie autobusy · Autobus di Londra · Autobuses de Londres · Autobussen van LondenEdit

  • RT bus outside Uxbridge station

  • Routemaster Bus in Golders Green, London

  • Routemaster Bus outside Golders Green tube station, London

  • Routemaster Bus outside Golders Green tube station, London

  • Modern London bus

  • A Bendy bus passing Parliament Square

  • London buses on the Strand

  • New Bus for London prototype

Bridges   •   Brücken · ponts · mosty · ponti · puentes · bruggenEdit

Tower Bridge   •   Tower-Brücke · Pont de la Tour · Ponte della Torre · Puente de la Torre Edit

Further information: Tower Bridge
  • English: The famous Tower Bridge of London.
    Deutsch: Die berühmte Tower-Bridge(Turmbrücke) von London.

  • Tower Bridge seen from the north bank of the Thames

  • English: The Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower Bridge

  • Tower bridge seen from the Great Fire of London Monument

  • Bridge open

  • Close up on opened bridge bascules

  • Tower Bridge at night

Millennium Bridge   •   Jahrtausend-Brücke · Most milenijny · Pont du Millenium · Ponte del Millennio · Puente del Milenio · Millennium BrugEdit

Further information: Category:London Millennium Bridge

  • The bridge viewed from a balcony of the Tate Modern

  • Looking towards St Paul's Cathedral

  • Crossing the bridge, looking towards the Tate Modern gallery

  • A view of the bridge from Thames below.

Other bridges   •   Weitere Brücken · Autres ponts · Altri ponti · Otros puentes · Andere bruggenEdit

  • Tower Bridge to London Bridge night panorama

  • Hungerford Bridge, Waterloo Bridge

  • London Bridge

  • Blackfriars Railway Bridge (pedestrian Millennium Bridge in foreground)

  • Westminster Bridge

  • Lambeth Bridge

  • Hammersmith Bridge

  • Albert Bridge

  • Chelsea Bridge

  • Southwark Bridge

  • Vauxhall Bridge

  • Model of first bridge over the Thames (by Romans in AD 85-90) in Museum of London

CongestionEdit

  • Congestion on the London Underground

Religious places   •   Religiöse Stätten · Edifices religieux · Miejsca kultu religijnego · Luoghi religiosi · Lugares religiosos · Religieuze plaatsenEdit

St. Paul's Cathedral   •   Sankt Paul Kathedrale · Cathedrale Saint Paul · Katedra Św. Pawła · Cattedrale di San Paolo · Catedral de San Pablo · Sint Pauls KathedraalEdit

Further information: St Paul's Cathedral

  • St. Paul's Cathedral

  • The Golden Gallery above the dome (where the people are standing)

  • St. Pauls Cathedral, interior

  • The dome from the gardens.

  • The dome

  •   The dome seen from Tate Modern

Westminster Abbey   •   Westminster-Abtei · Opactwo Westminster · Abbaye de Westminster · Abbazia di Westminster · Abadía de Westminster · Abdij van WestminsterEdit

Further information: Westminster Abbey

  • West Door 1 (863x1024)

  • West Door 2 (800x1204)

  • West Door 3 (450x600)

  • Westminster Door seen from Victoria Street

  • West Door 4 (1712x2220)

  • At night

  • The tomb of King Henry III in the Abbey

Westminster Cathedral   •   Westminster-Kathedrale · Katedra Westminster · Cathédrale de Westminster · Cattedrale di Westminster · Catedral de Westminster · Westminster KathedraalEdit

Further information: Westminster Cathedral

  • Front view from Victoria Street

  • The interior

  • A side-chapel roof mosaic

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Southwark Cathedral   •   Southwark-Kathedrale · Katedra Southwark · Cathédrale de Southwark · Cattedrale di Southwark · Catedral de Southwark · Southwark KathedraalEdit

See also: Southwark Cathedral

Other churches   •   Weitere Kirchen · Eglises · Kościoły · Chiese · Iglesias · KerkenEdit

  • St. Alfege's Church, Greenwich

  • St. Anne's Church, Limehouse

  • St. Bride's Church

  • The interior of St. Bride's Church

  • St. Clement Danes

  • The interior of St. Clement Danes

  • St. Dunstan's Church

  • St. Martin-in-the-Fields

  • The interior of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

  • Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

  • Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster

  • The interior of Saint Margaret's Church

  • St. Mary-Le-Bow Church

  • The interior of St. Mary-Le-Bow Church

Synagogues   •   Synagogen · Synagogi · Synagogues · Sinagoghe · Sinagogas · SynagogesEdit

  • Bevis Marks Synagogue

  • The interior of Bevis Marks Synagogue

  • New West End Synagogue

  • The interior of New West End Synagogue

Mosques   •   Moscheen · Meczety · Mosquées · Moschee · Mezquitas · MoskeeënEdit

  • London Central Mosque

  • East London Mosque

  • Masjid Bilal

  • Jamia Masjid

  • Madina Masjid

Parks   •   ParkanlagenEdit

Royal Parks and The Mall   •   Königliche Parks und Die Mall · Parki królewskie i The Mall · Parcs royaux et The Mall · Parques reales y The Mall · Parchi reali e The Mall · Koninklijke parken en The MallEdit

  • The Mall

  • The London Eye from St. James's Park, beyond Horse Guards

  • St. James's Park on a Winter Day

  • Spring Flowers in St. James's Park

  • Spring Flowers in Green Park

  • Green Park on a Winter Day

  • Regent's Park bandstand and lake

Hyde ParkEdit

Further information: Category:Hyde Park, London

  • Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

  • Aerial view of Hyde Park

  • Hyde Park

  • Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew   •   Die Königlichen Botanischen Gärten in Kew · Les jardins botaniques royaux de Kew · Le giardini botanici reali di Kew · Los jardines botanicos reales de Kew · De koninklijke botanische tuinen van KewEdit

Further information: Kew Gardens

  • Greenhouse

  • Pagoda

  • The Palm House

  • The Palm House

  • The Temperate House

  • Kew Palace

London boroughs   •   Londoner Stadtbezirke · Gminy Londynu · Districts de Londres · Borghi di Londra · Municipios de Londres · Districten van LondenEdit

  • London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Town Hall (Barking IG11)

  • London Borough of Barnet Town Hall (Hendon, London NW4)

  • London Borough of Camden Town Hall (Judd Street, London NW1)

  • London Borough of Croydon Town Hall (Fairfield CR0/CR9)

  • London Borough of Ealing Town Hall (Ealing, London W5)

  • London Borough of Enfield Town Hall (Enfield EN1)

  • Royal Borough of Greenwich Town Hall (Woolwich, London SE18)

  • London Borough of Hackney Town Hall (London E8)

  • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall (London W6)

  • London Borough of Harrow Town Hall (Harrow HA1)

  • London Borough of Havering Town Hall (Romford RM1)

  • London Borough of Hillingdon Town Hall (Uxbridge UB8)

  • London Borough of Hounslow Town Hall (Hounslow TW3)

  • London Borough of Islington Town Hall (Islington, London N1)

  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall (London W8)

  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Town Hall (Kingston KT1)

  • London Borough of Lambeth Town Hall (Brixton, London SW2)

  • London Borough of Lewisham Town Hall (Catford, London SE6)

  • London Borough of Merton Town Hall (Morden, SM4)

  • London Borough of Newham Town Hall (East Ham, London E6)

  • London Borough of Redbridge Town Hall (Ilford IG1)

  • York House (town hall of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) (Twickenham TW1)

  • London Borough of Southwark Town Hall (Peckham, London SE15)

  • London Borough of Sutton Town Hall (Sutton SM1)

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets Town Hall (Mulberry Place, London E14)

  • London Borough of Waltham Forest Town Hall (Walthamstow, London E17)

  • London Borough of Wandsworth Town Hall (Ram Street, London SW8)

  • Westminster City Hall (Victoria Street, London SW1)

Houses   •   Häuser · Maisons · Domy · Case · Casas · HuizenEdit

  • Red brick flats in London, England, by the Thames

  • Dunworth Mews in London, England

River Thames   •   Die Themse · La Tamise · rzeka Tamiza · Il Tamigi · La Tamisa · De TheemsEdit

Further information: Category:Thames

  • The Pool of London

  • View from London Eye by night

  • View from London Eye by day

  • Limehouse Reach looking east, with Isle of Dogs in background

  • Westminster pier

  • Thames Barrier

  • Thames Barrier

  • View from river level near Tower Bridge. The two tall buildings are Tower 42 and the Swiss Re Tower

  • View upstream from the high level walkway on Tower Bridge

  • The River Thames - Vauxhall/Pimlico, London

Soldiers   •   Garde-Soldaten · Żołnierze · Soldats · Soldati · Soldados · SoldatenEdit

  • Foot Guards at the Cenotaph

  • Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace (1)

  • Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace (2)

  • Life Guards at Whitehall

  • A trooper of the Blues and Royals on mounted duty in Whitehall

Paintings and drawings of London   •   Gemälde und Zeichnungen von LondonEdit

  • 1616: Panorama of London by Claes Van Visscher

  • c1630: City of London'

  • 1746-47: The Thames and the City by Canaletto

  • 1747: London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House by Canaletto

  • 1834-35: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by Turner

  • 1835: The Burning of the Houses of Parliament by Turner

  • 1852: Houses of Parliament, London 1852 by Edmund Walker

  • 1871: Old Chelsea Bridge in London by Pissarro

  • 1902: Houses of Parliament, Sunset by Monet

  • 2006: London burning, Gouache on Paper by Stuerzinger

Not classified   •   Diverses ohne Klassifizierung · Divers · NiesklasyfikowaneEdit

  • The Idle 'Prentice executed at Tyburn

  • Bank of England, c. 1900

  • Horticultural Gardens, 1871 International Exhibition

  • Sculpture gallery, 1871 International Exhibition

  • The Diana princess of Wales memorial walk

  • The Silver Jubilee walkway

  • London telephone boxes

  • Battersea Power Station

  • Lots Road Power Station

  • The City of London School

  • A modern photo (2005) of the 1883-1987 City of London School

  • The Middlesex Guildhall

  • Headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in London

  • Homelessness in London, 2006

  • Newspaper Vendor

  • St. Thomas Hospital

  • Tiffany

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