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The new shopping area around Wembley Stadium from the car park. I especially enjoy the rocket looking advertisement constructions, very cool :-)
This 90,000-capacity venue is one of the largest stadiums in Europe and is primarily used for footbal...
The aging yet still sexy (according to 90,000 screaming women) Take That played eight (!) sold-out ni...
The aging yet still sexy (according to 90,000 screaming women) Take That played eight (!) sold-out ni...
The aging yet still sexy (according to 90,000 screaming women) Take That played eight (!) sold-out ni...
At Q-Rio Live, We can take your restaurant to the diner, your hotel to the guest, your house to the h...
Monument for the fallen at Acton Cemetery. The cemetery is located in the middle of an industrial are...
Acton Cemetery is an old Victorian Cemetery with a small Gothic Victorian chapel. It is located in th...
The Acton Cemetery is now located in the middle of an industrial area and cut in two by the Central T...
The Hoover Building, just off the A40 leading into London, is the Art Deco building that once housed ...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
