what time zone is london in right now?
Greenwich Mean Time
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 London , his small part of it , lies wide open , impossible to defend , waiting for its bomb , like a hundred other cities . Rush hour will be a convenient time . It might resemble the Paddington crash – twisted rails , buckled , upraised commuter coaches , stretchers handed out through broken windows , the hospital 's Emergency Plan in action . Berlin , Paris , Lisbon . The authorities agree , an attack 's inevitable . 

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 London currently has one sister city : 

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 = = = 2013 – present : Before Midnight and Boyhood = = = 

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 However , London 's continuous urban area extends beyond the borders of Greater London and was home to 9 @,@ 787 @,@ 426 people in 2011 , while its wider metropolitan area has a population of between 12 and 14 million depending on the definition used . According to Eurostat , London is the most populous city and metropolitan area of the European Union and the second most populous in Europe ( or third if Istanbul is included ) . During the period 1991 – 2001 a net 726 @,@ 000 immigrants arrived in London . 

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 Outward urban expansion is now prevented by the Metropolitan Green Belt , although the built @-@ up area extends beyond the boundary in places , resulting in a separately defined Greater London Urban Area . Beyond this is the vast London commuter belt . Greater London is split for some purposes into Inner London and Outer London . The city is split by the River Thames into North and South , with an informal central London area in its interior . The coordinates of the nominal centre of London , traditionally considered to be the original Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross near the junction of Trafalgar Square and Whitehall , are approximately 51 ° 30 ′ 26 ″ N 00 ° 07 ′ 39 ″ W. However the actual Geographical centre of London is in the London Borough of Lambeth , just 0 @.@ 1 miles to the northeast of Lambeth North tube station . 
