Visit England now!
England is the largest country in Great Britain, the second largest in the United Kingdom, and home to one of the most renowned cities worldwide. From Royals to Shakespeare, Big Ben to Double Decker buses, Football to the Underground, and Fish & Chips to the Beatles; England has created a presence in the world that people everywhere are familiar with.
England inherits its name from the Germanic tribe, the ‘Angles’, that settled in the country in the 5th and 6th centuries, and is where the most widely spoken language in the world today was developed. Around 20% of the world’s population speaks English due to England’s colonial and international trading history. Because of this past, London – being the capital of England – has become one of the most diverse cities in the world; housing residents of which one third are foreign-born.
People everywhere visit London for it’s history, it’s uniqueness, it’s ever-developing culture (over 300 different languages and 14 different faiths are practiced), and for shopping! It is currently considered as being the 5th greenest city in the world where approximately 40% of the city is covered with parks, fields, and other green spaces. It is also where 40% of the world’s foreign equities are traded, where two of the top ten universities in the world are located (two more being situated in England proper), and the first city in the world to have an underground railway system.
Whatever your reasons are for visiting England, you will be checking off a destination that are on over a million people’s bucket-lists.
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