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Dialogue of Cultures two.

Track two.

Most visitors to London have got a list of things they want to see. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Oxford Street, or some of the many famous museums and art galleries. But what many visitors don't realize is that these places are in one quite small district of London, Westminster. In reality, London is a huge city. It's almost fifty kilometers from west to east, and some of the most interesting things are outside the city center. We spoke to four tourists about some of the alternative tourist destinations they like visiting.

Thomas from Hungary.

Well, please don't misunderstand me. I love the center of London. In fact, I could spend weeks just looking around the British Museum. But for me, the most amazing thing about London is that you can go a few kilometers north or west, and you feel like you're in a different country, or even in a different culture. Often, when I'm in London, I take a train to Southall. That's in the west of London. It's got a very large community from the Punjab. I love looking at the musical instrument shops, which are full of authentic Indian instruments. But there's also Chinatown here in the center, the Orthodox Jews in Golders Green in the north, the great Turkish restaurants in Stoke Newington, the Caribbean market in Brixton. It's incredible, really.

Maria from Italy.

I come to London for the music and fashion. So I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in Oxford Street and Piccadilly Circus. If you know where to look, there are some really cool parts of London. My favorite has got to be Camden. There's an amazing market with lots of alternative clothes and boots and jewelry and cheap CDs, and live music in the evenings. Another great place for record shops is Berwick Street in Soho. That's right in the center of London. Oh, and if you like dancing, then the best clubs are in Whitechapel.

Miriam from Australia.

The great thing about London is that there are all these great places just outside the center, where you can go and suddenly you feel that you're in the middle of the countryside. In fact, someone clever once said that London is a city of villages. It's so true. My favorite's probably Hampstead. It's like a little old English town. Not far from there is Hampstead Heath, a huge park. A lot of it is very wild. I love sitting on the top of Parliament Hill and watching the sun as it sets over the skyscrapers in the city. And there are a lot of places like that.

Evan from Wales.

I'm really interested in history, you know. Of course, the most interesting part of London is the old city itself. It's quite a strange experience. Today, the old city is full of modern office buildings, but suddenly you find a narrow street with an old sixteenth century building, or a pub that looks the same as a hundred years ago. The other interesting places for me are south of the river, especially Greenwich. When you go to Greenwich, you can really feel that history is all around you. Sometimes I stand near the river and imagine I'm in the seventeenth century. Big ships are arriving in the port with tea and spices from all over the world, and others are leaving to explore new lands. It's magic.