United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [1] . It is a sovereign member state of the European Union and located in northwestern Europe. Its territory is geographically formed by the island of Great Britain, the northeast territory of the island of Ireland and small adjacent islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the country with a land border, which…
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Newark Antique Exhibition, U.K.
The antique exhibition in Newark-on-Trent is one of the most important visitor magnets in the east of the English county of Nottinghamshire. The Newark International Antiques & Collectors Fair, which is about a two-hour drive from the English capital, London, is the largest antiques exhibition in Europe and one of the largest in the world….
Shopping in United Kingdom
DUTY-FREE SHOPPING Overview According to hyperrestaurant, the following items can be imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland duty-free when entering from non-EU countries: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos or 50 cigars or 250 grams of tobacco; 1 liter of spirits with an alcohol content of more than 22% or 2 liters of spirits with…
Scotland Churches and Memorials
Elgin Cathedral Elgin Cathedral is one of Scotland’s most famous cathedral ruins and is located in the market center of Elgin on the north coast. The cathedral dates back to the 13th century and was laid to rubble in 1390 on the orders of Alexander Stuart, an illegitimate son of Robert I. The Gothic cross…
Overview of Wales
National borders Wales covers an area of 20,779 km² and forms together with England and Scotland Great Britain, which covers an area of 229,850 km². The “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” covers an area of 244,820 km². Wales itself has no land border with any other state, it only has a “border”…
United Kingdom Society
Social conditions Britain is a society with clear class differences. Mass media and sports, party and school systems are strongly influenced by this. The social conditions and the class structure carry deep traces of the country’s early industrialization. Britain became the world’s leading industry during the 19th century, and its working class and labor movement…