British Museum
The UK's largest museum is the most visited tourist attraction in London, with over 6 million annual visitors. Millennium renovations led to the inner courtyard - hidden from public view for 150 years - being transformed into a spectacular, light-filled Great Court. It is the oldest, most august museum in the world.

Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, built in 1705 for the Duke of Buckingham, has been the royal family's London home since 1837 when St James's Palace was judged too old-fashioned and insufficiently impressive. Nineteen of the 661 staterooms are open to visitors for two months each year. Don't miss the changing of the guard.

Covent Garden
The piazza is surrounded by designer gift and clothes shops, hip bars and restaurants.

Houses of Parliament
The neo-Gothic brilliance of the Houses of Parliament was restored by a recent spring clean of the facade. The building includes the House of Commons and the House of Lords, so the grandeur of the incredible exterior is let down only by the level of debate in the interior ('hear, hear').

Big Ben
This 316ft clock-tower was completed between 1858-59. Big Ben is named, probably, after Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works. Big Ben was first broadcast on New Year's Eve in 1923. The light above the clock is lit while the Commons is sitting. Big Ben weighs over 13 tons.

Hyde Park
Humongous Hyde Park used to be a royal hunting ground, was once a venue for duels, executions and horse racing, and even became a giant potato field during WWII. It is now a place of fresh air, spring colour, lazy sunbathers and boaters on the Serpentine. The park has sculptures by Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore.
Near Marble Arch is Speaker's Corner, a stand-up tradition that started in 1872 as a response to serious riots. Every Sunday anyone with a soapbox - or anything else to stand on - can rant or ramble on about anything at all. And they do.

St Paul's Cathedral
Half the world saw the inside of St Paul's Cathedral when Charles and Di tied the knot here in 1981. The venerable building, complete with famous dome, was constructed by Christopher Wren between 1675 and 1710, but it stands on the site of two previous cathedrals dating back to 604.

Westminster Abbey
The resting place of the royals, Westminster Abbey is one of the most visited churches in the Christian world. It's a beautiful building, full of morose tombs and monuments, with an acoustic field that will send shivers down your spine when the choirboys clear their throats.
In September 1997, millions of people around the world saw the inside of the Abbey when TV crews covered Princess Di's funeral service. Since then the number of visitors has increased by 300% and the visit is now more restricted, with some areas cordoned off.

London Pass
The London Pass is a unique visitor pass for London, and allows free entrance into over 50 favourite attractions and exhibitions, as well as discounts in theatres, shops and restaurants.
Contact 0870 242 9988 for more information.

For Dutch speaking persons the following links are useful for more information about England and London:
engeland.startpagina.be and londen.startpagina.be.