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Billed as the place for people with world –changing ideas, The Hub in Islington, London really is an amazing place. Co- founded by Jonathan Robinson the idea behind The Hub was to create a fertile environment for nurturing ideas, an innovation agency, a creative think-tank somewhere to network with similar minded people.
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Since it opened in London in 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical has been a box office sensation grossing over $3 billion around the world. Based on Gaston Leroux's gothic novel, it is set in nineteenth century Paris and tells the tragic story of the facially disfigured Phantom and his obsessive love for Christine, a beautiful young soprano.
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The London metropolitan area (6,267 sq miles, 16,043 sq kilometers) had a population of 13,945,000 - larger than the combined populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and one of the World's largest 20. (external references:
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London stations are selling fast and it won't be long before all 305 stations are sold as well as a prime location like the River Thames which will ... be up for grabs. Tom plans to expand his website to feature other transport maps from around the world.
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London's iconic red buses are recognized the world over, even if the traditional open-platform Routemaster buses have been largely phased out. Old-fashioned Routemaster buses, with an open rear platform and on-board conductor to collect fares, run on Heritage Route 9 and 15 every 15 minutes, daily between about 9:30AM and 6:30PM.
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While the Port of London is now only the third largest in the United Kingdom, rather than largest in the world, it still handles 50 million tonnes of cargo each year. The main docks are now at Tilbury which is outside the boundary of Greater London.
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