City views - LONDON, ENGLAND

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England and it is among the oldest of the world's great cities.

London has a diverse range of people and cultures, and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region. Its estimated mid-2018 municipal population (corresponding to Greater London) was 8,908,081, the third most populous of any city in Europe and accounts for 13.4% of the UK population.

London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities and has been called the world's most powerful, most desirable, most influential, most visited, most expensive, sustainable, most investment-friendly and most-popular-for-work city.