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The roots of London’s busiest attraction can be traced back to France. Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum starts with the story of Marie Grosholtz, born in Strasbourg in 1761. Her mother worked as a governess for a Dr Curtins, who made anatomical wax models. From her earliest childhood, Marie learnt modelling techniques with Dr Curtins. Just before the French Revolution, she moved to Paris. Louis XV1 invited her to join the Royal Court at Versailles and teach her art. In 1795 she married an engineer by the name François Tussaud and thus she was known as Madame Tussaud.

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Soho is a small region of central London bounded by Oxford Street in the north, in the west, Shaftesbury Avenue in the south and the Charing Cross Road in the east. It’s notable for its narrow streets, restaurants, bars, and nightlife, excellent record shops, and, of course, the infamous red light district, where there are sex shops, peepshows and strip clubs. The Soho area has had the reputation of being the heart of London’s sex industry for at least 200 years, but has increased in the last 50 years. Soho is definitely the seedier part of London that most tourists visit.

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Kutna Hora is a very old town, the town belonging to the UNESCO list of the world cultural heritage. The immensely architecturally rich town Kutna Hora was founded in the early Middle Ages in the middle of ample silver ore finding place and in the course of time it became the second most important town after Prague. Have a many picturesque quite places rich in the unique Baroque atmosphere and of Gothic there. Czech as well as foreign tourists every year…

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Held in Banglatown, one of London’s most vibrant quarters, Baishakhi Mela welcomes in the Bangladeshi New Year with a huge celebration of street dancers, musicians, inflatables, jugglers and acrobatics. Last year’s festival was a huge success attracting more than 85,000 visitors – almost half the population of Tower Hamlets. Baishakhi Mela, one of the largest street festivals in the country, is celebrating its tenth birthday this year and residents are being called upon to give their views to help make the 2007 Mela the best yet!

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Copenhagen is a great shopping city for design pilgrims, but for some reason the choice of hotels can be aesthetically underwhelming considering the superb quality of nature and interiors on offer there. So when a new experimental hotel with spectacular rooms and affordable rates opened its doors in April in Denmark, there was cause for celebration. Hotel Fox was initially conceived as part of a marketing strategy for the launch of the new VW Fox. The idea was to get young designers and artist to paint some rooms and create a hip urban hotel that would open at the same time as the European launch of the car. However, what makes Hotel Fox really interesting is that the people chosen to curate the project were Berlin’s Die Gestalten Verlag – publishers of some of the most sumptuous, cutting -edge graphics and illustration books on the market.

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Hot air balloon festivals are held annually throughout the year and give a chance for balloonist to participate in balloon races and display their balloons during evening balloon glows, and for the public to participate in the spectacle of many balloons gathered in one spot and to learn about the sport. Albuquerque’s International Balloon Fiesta is the largest hot air balloon festival in the world and includes over 700 balloons representing many states and 22 countries.

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If you saw the film Mission Impossible, you’ve already seen Europe’s “Chunnel” passenger train in action. In that movie, Tom Cruise fended off a helicopter from the Eurostar’s roof until the chopper blew up inside the English Channel Tunnel.

Most Eurostar trips are less dramatic. More than two dozen high-speed electric trains (based on French TGV designs) connect London with Lille, Paris, Brussels, Avignon, the French Alps, and the Disneyland Paris resort at speeds of up to 300 km/h or 186 mph.

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Toni & Guy is a British hairdressing company, the London-based company, founded by Italian brothers Toni and Guy Mascolo, is known for its fashion-forward designs that work equally well on the runway and the street. Toni and Guy was founded in 1963 by businessman Toni Mascolo and his brothers Guy, Bruno and youngest Anthony. There are more than 400 salons internationally in the chain – in the UK, Germany, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Australia, which has won many hairdressing awards including London Hairdresser of the Year 2005.

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The Quays covers the three areas of Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf and Old Trafford around the Manchester Ship Canal. These former docks have been completely redeveloped. The area is now a pleasant part of Manchester, well worth a stroll around the quays and with much to see and do. At The Quays there is a wealth of world-class entertainment, leisure and cultural facilities on offer including The Lowry, Imperial War Museum North, Orsall Hall and The Lowry Outlet Mall. You can even take a trip on the famous Mersey Ferry. If you plan on making a weekend of it, there are great hotels such as the Copthorne Hotel, the Golden Tulip and the Old Trafford Lordge to choose from.

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The Neasden Temple ( Shri Swaminarayan Mandir) is a Hindu temple in Neasden in London. It is believed to be the largest traditional Hindu temple outside India according to Guinness Book of World records.

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