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Must-see attractions in London
1. British Museum
The British Museum is the oldest museum in the world. It has more than 8 million collections from all over the world, but we can only see 1% of them. But it is also big enough. From ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, to the Asian Pavilion and the Chinese Pavilion, there are many treasures. It is worth seeing!
2. London Eye
The London Eye doesn't just look like an eye, it's a real eye that overlooks London! It can see: Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, River Thames (of course), the Shard, etc.
3. National Gallery
Apart from the Louvre (where the Mona Lisa is), this is the place to visit. Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Monet's Water Lilies, Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, Botticelli's Venus and Mars, and a handsome bay racehorse (Whistlejacket). This year is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the National Gallery.
4. Greenwich Observatory
On one side is the east longitude, on the other side is the west longitude. Although this prime meridian is just an ordinary metal line, it is the zero degree meridian pointing north and south, dividing the eastern and western hemispheres. The Observatory Museum has a famous ocean timer and the largest refracting telescope in the UK. Down the mountain is the National Maritime Museum, which is free and displays the world's most important British maritime history collection, including ship models, maps, manuscripts, navigation instruments, timers and observatories.
5. Tower Bridge
In the second half of the 19th century, London's economy was developing rapidly, which gave rise to the need for a new bridge - it needed to cross the Thames, but it could not affect the ships going to the nearby docks, so the committee finally adopted Jones' design - a 244-meter-long bascule bridge, which is our Tower Bridge. The bridge has two bridge towers, each 65 meters high. When necessary, the motorway consisting of two bridge sections on the lower level can be opened for ships to go to the docks.
Next to the Tower Bridge is the Tower Palace, where the Crown Jewels are very famous. The Treasury displays the British royal family's jewels, coronation crowns, scepters, swords and other treasures, which are quite exquisite and beautiful.
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