London sightseeing

London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. Have you been to London? 

London is very famous for its landmarks! London Eye, Big Ben, Westminster, the Parliament, Trafalgar Square, The British Museum, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace are just a few ...

Watch the following video and take a walk along London's famous streets! 
Video credit: Loescher Editore video

Here are some words that will help you understand better:
wheel = ρόδα
millennium = χιλιετία
Parliament = Κοινοβούλιο, Βουλή
government = κυβέρνηση
central = κεντρικός
square = πλατεία
column = στήλη
monument = μνημείο
bridge = γέφυρα
Changing of the Guard = αλλαγή φρουράς
apartment = διαμέρισμα
appear = εμφανίζομαι

If you have more unknown words, you can look them up on this online dictionary.

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The Origins Of The London Underground

London has the oldest underground railway in the world! 
Londoners call it the "tube"!

It was the dawn of 1863, and London's not-yet-opened subway system — the first of its kind in the world — had the city in an uproar. 

Most people thought the project, which cost more than 100 million dollars in today's money, would never work. So how did they do it? 

Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.

A very interesting lesson by TEDEd.

Further down you can find a tube map to see how much it has evolved!

London landmarks on padlet