Walk through London

 Buckingam Palace

The Buckingham Palace is the residence of British kings and queens since Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837. It has 600 rooms. In the north wing there are the Queen’s private apartments and in the south part of the Palace there is the Queen’s Gallery which is open to public. Outside you can see the palace gardens, often used for royal garden parties.  

 Camden market

 Horse Guards Parade

 London Bridge

  London Eye

Do you like heights?

Some people get dizzy if they go up high and then look down.

The London Eye was built to celebrate the new Millennium and British Airways are the sponsors of the project. The London Eye has 32 cars which can hold twenty-five people. You need 35 minutes to do a complete circuit. It is beside the River Thames and you can have special view on the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. The maximum height above the ground of the wheel is 135 metres. On the clear day you can see 40 kilometres far, for example Windsor Castle. 

Palace of Westminster - Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Westminster Abbey is a Gothic Church in central London. It was built in 1065. Edward the Confessor was the first man buried there, then Henry III., Edward I, Henry VII, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles II and others. There are held coronations. The Coronation Chair has the Stone of Scone. The Scottish kings were crowned on this stone. Edward brought the stone to Abbey in 1296.  

 Phone Booth

 Trafalgar Square - Nelson´s column

 Tower of London

The Tower of London was started to build in the 1070’s. It was a castle and a palace. Later it was used as a prison, a zoo, an armoury and a Royal mint. Nowadays there is a collection of royal armour and weapons and also a special area with Crown Jewels. The oldest crown in the collection is St. Edward’s. It was made for the coronation in 1661. There are 2 868 jewels on the crown. You can see the Queen wearing this crown once a year. At the Tower Beefeaters live. They are royal guards which wear the same uniform from Tudor times. Each night the Chief Warder locks the gates.   

The Tower Bridge is famous bridge on the river Thames. It was opened in 1894. It is the only bridge which can be raised.