If Rome is the Eternal City, Paris the City of Lights & New York the City that never sleeps, what is London?

Question

What type of city is London?

Answer 1

I can't believe everyone is so down on London.
London is the coolest city in the world
We have got:
History - tower of london, buck house, westminster abbey, The houses of parliment
Culture, Royal Opera house, the Globe theatre, Tate Britain and Modern, theatreland, the National Portrait Gallery
Music - brixton academy (my favourite place on the planet, Shepherds bush empire, the dublin castle, Scala,
Sports - Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Charlton, West Ham, Crystal Palace, Wembley - home of footbal, Twickenham - home of rugby) Lords (home of cricket) the oval
Shopping - oxford street, bond street, hatton garden, portobello road, camden market, Borough Market

I could go on and on - and these are just the major attractions. If you visit different areas you get a totally different experience that is still great - Highgate, Camden, Angel, southbank, clapham, Hoxton, Borough

I love living in london because you do get to experience such diversity

Answer 2

The City That's A Rainy Dark Version Of New York But With Great Theatres And Some Good Shops. Real catchy name innit?

Answer 3

The City of Difference. Although London does not need a name like Paris, Rome or NYC, London just says it all really doesn't it?

Answer 4

Original!

Well done Crystalcrazy! I am a Fulhamite - I really miss the place!

In time scale, Rome and London are probably pretty equal. New York doesn't even rate! Paris? Not too sure about that one - but I would prefer to have one night again in London than ten in Paris!

Answer 5

As far as I know London is not the City of anything in particular. It also has fewer monuments than either of the three cities you list in your question.

However if it helps Disraeli once said that London is a roost for every bird. Or that London is 'a modern Babylon'. Babylon originally meant the gateway of the gods so there you go make up your own expression if you want!

Answer 6

'London the city of excitment' , didn't someone famous once say when you are bored of london you are bored of life?

But really I am not a great fan of the place, its far too congested and needs something, not just a giant ferris wheel or a idle big dome. The Olympics should do wonders for the city, esp the east end, it needs something modern and unique, much more should be made of the fact that the prime meridian runs through Greenwich and that gives us Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Answer 7

Known as The Big Smoke for many years (in the days of London Smog), I think London deserves a new title.

With it's multicultural/multiethnic/multilingual ambience how about:

London - The World in a City or

London - The City of the World ?

Answer 8

The city that has to deal with what Britain has become. A country of leisure. Great Britain was so in the years of Victoria - London had no say in it's power then as it was the northern cities that were forming the greatness of Britain. London has fine history, but in the 21st century, other cities have taken over

Answer 9

Rome is unquestionably one the most lovely cities on earth; annually countless tourists come from around the world to enjoy the pieces and efforts of Roman art and architecture and to be one of them you should begin with Hotelbye . One of the most popular of Rome's many squares is Piazza Navona. That place preserves the design of the Stadium of Domitian that after stood here. Piazza Navona was builted by Emperor Domitian in 86 AD and has three spectacular fountains.

Answer 10

I agree with crazy lad I don't live in London but have been there many times and know it well a great city loads to do and see so stop keep knocking it I will never get tired of London

Answer 11

I love London - lived there for many fantastic years. The only other cities that even come close are, as you mentioned, Gay Paree and NYC

London's nickname is "The Old Smoke" - a reference to the air pollution of the industrial revolution.