The UK is a commonly used abbreviation for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is usually simply called the United Kingdom. The four parts of the UK are Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland, but Ireland was also a part of the United Kingdom from 1801 until the Irish secession from the United Kingdom in 1922.
The UK is one of Europe's most visited nations as well as one of the countries mentioned most often at the website euronights.co.uk. In recent years, immigrants from various other countries have made many of their own contributions to the traditional culture of the UK, whose capital and biggest city is London.
Although London is the first stop for the majority of tourists in the UK, and it would take weeks to explore all of the attractions in London alone, there are many more interesting cities and historic attractions situated throughout the United Kingdom, most of which are further described at euronights.co.uk.
Other major cities in the United Kingdom include the Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Northern Ireland's capital of Belfast, the Welsh capital of Cardiff, and the English cities of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol.
Some of the United Kingdom's oldest landmarks are the mysterious Stonehenge monument and archaeological site near the community of Wiltshire, and Hadrian's Wall, which was built during the Roman Empire to prevent the Roman territory in present day England from attackers to the north in what is now Scotland. Further details about these historic attractions can be seen on euronights.co.uk.