The City of London, the business district that houses the London Stock Exchange,
is an economical colossus crammed onto a space big as a post stamp. Ranked on
a par with New York City as the leading centre of global finance, there are nearly
500000 people working daily on its 2,5 km2 with less than 10000 inhabitants
actually living there. At night, when all the European financial markets are closed,
the streets bustling with people throughout the day are deserted and the offices
emptied, offering the vision of a ghost town where time seems to have come to a halt.