The Royal Observatory Astronomy Centre in Greenwich, London, Great Britain 2 259
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The Royal Observatory Astronomy Centre is located on the territory of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Visitors of the observatory can touch a 4.5 billion years old meteorite, watch a short film about the history of the Universe starting from the Big Bang, try to be astronomers, take a photo at the Greenwich meridian and go to the planetarium (the last two services are chargeable).
The admission to the Centre is free.
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