Some Facts about New York Population: 8.104.079 Visitors (2005) 42.600.000 from USA: 35.800.000 from Germany: 401.000 Visitors spending: $22.8 Billion New York has about 200 museums, over 150 theaters and 18.000 restaurants
Why you have to visit NYC “New York is the center of the world“ NYC is one of the biggest and most important cities of the world NYC has a lot of famous places and sights You can see many stars There are many different cultures
Sights of New York Statue of Liberty Empire State Building Time Square Central Park Madison Square Garden Brooklyn Bridge
Times Square Junction of 17 Avenue and Broadway Center of Showbusiness Famous for colorful Advertisment
Madison Square Garden Four Arenas Basketball Ice-Hockey Musik Theater
Bronx Zoo Greatest Zoo in the world Over 4.000 animals Many rare animals
Macy´s Worlds largest store 198.500 m² 500.000 items
The Plaza Hotel Famous and expensive Hotel Sold in 2004 for $675 million Next to Central Park
Guggenheim Museum Museum of modern art One of the best-known in NYC
New York Stock Exchange The “Big Board“ Wall Street Most important place for economy Annual trading volume of $5.5 trillion
Useless Facts There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in NYC Number of bird species in Central Park is 215 As late as the 1840s, thousands of pigs roamed Wall Street to consume garbage - an early sanitation system New York's Cabs are yellow, because it's the easiest color to spot In 1664, the city's tallest structure was a 2-story windmill
The End By.... Frederik Pucknat and Holger Stevens Sources: www.nycvisit.com www.wikipedia.org www.ilovenyc.com www.nyctorism.com