We have voted for the London Tube and the Tube map! The Tube is the first true underground railway system in the world. It was opened in 1863 and now it is the largest one. The Tube has 274 stations and 270 million people use it every year. The Tube map is an absolutely new type of map. It does not show true distance, it only shows how to get from one place to another. The map, which Harry Beck created in 1931, is recognized as a model map. It has been around for many years and millions of people use it every day.
I have voted for the British Library, the national library of the UK and one of the world's greatest collections of newspapers, maps and other items. The Library has a copy of every publication which is produced in the UK. The collection includes more than 150 million items in foreign languages and some very significant things: Leonardo da Vinci's notebook and the Beatles manuscripts! The Library is a true icon of the UK!

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