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Liverpool FC

Alex — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:07:52 +0100

As a football song YNWA is unbreakably tied to Liverpool FC, it is the Liverpool anthem.

IRA bombing site

ourbaniac — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:33:07 +0100

The Gherkin was built on a site where the Baltic Exchange was bombed and by the IRA in 1992.

The Gherkin then opened its gates in 2004.

The Gherkin

timo — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:30:06 +0100

Also called "The Gherkin"...sometimes even "Love Gherkin"....don't ask me why ;)

much visitors

Timolino — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:48:10 +0200

The London Eye has become the most popular paid visitor attraction in the UK, visited by over 3.5 million people a year.

London skyline

Alex — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:06:43 +0200

This Norman Foster design has quickly become part of the London skyline.

The city's landmark

clapam — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:25:51 +0200

This is a true masterpiece of Sir Foster. David Littlejohn of Wallstreet Journal called it "the most ingenious and elegant new scyscraper built anywhere in the world for at least 30 years".

Wembley Stadion

Timolino — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:01:40 +0200

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet, silver song of a lark.