New York City

New York City

NYC is the largest city in the USA. It is an international city and one of the most populated in the world. It is the economic capital of the world with Wall Street being the place where America´s economy rises and falls on a daily basis. New York City is home of the most international institutions, FE the United Nations Building. Here is place where the nations of the world can discuss about the affairs of the world.

Besides the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund call New York City home. New York City began as a Dutch colony on an island now known as Manhattan, originally called „New Amsterdam“. In later English took control of the city and renamed it „New York“ after the Duke of York. From the beginning New York was a place where immigrants from Europe came. New York City is wher the term „the Melting Pot“ comes from, as it was here that we saw a mixtures of cultures come together to form this new civilization in the young American nation.

New York City has about 9 milion people and is home of a variety cultures, including those of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and others. The city is made up of five boroughs or little cities within the bigger city. There´s Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. Many parts of NYC are internationally famous. FE The Statue of Liberty, the Wall Street, the Brooklyn Bridge, the former World Trade or Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park. This is the city where skycrapers were born. New York is pracically made of them, block by block, each building fighting to be higher than its neighbour. New York City has had a few nicknames that have unclear origins for example: „the big apple“, „Gotham“, or „The city that never sleeps“.

New York became the target of America´s enemies in September of 2001, which is a story most people know enough about.