but look closely at a map

In the very centre there's a one square mile cut out

This is The City of London which lives in a city named London

The City has its own mayor, laws, and police force. In fact it behaves more like a separate

country within the United Kingdom

This is because The City's been around for much longer than than the UK

It was built by the Romans.

And has remained semi-autonomous even since

To embody its fiery independence, the city's emblem is a dragon… not a bad choice

You'll spot these statues - they guard the boundary of the Square Mile

Nowadays The City is arguably the financial capital of the world

And London is the world's biggest foreign exchange market

But The City has a tiny residential population

Every weekday workers flood into the banks, law firms and offices which fill the Square Mile

But it's not all work. This is 1pm

You might say no surprise here, City work's having a drink, but attitudes are changing

The legendary long lunch at the pub is now seen as a bit of a macho relic

In 2017 Lloyd's of London, the legendary insurance market, told it's employees the party was over

No more drink during office hours

But, as you can see, not everyone got the memo

Because here's the rub of it, The City had a reputation… when the after work crowd

go home, the place becomes a ghost town

But that is changing and leading are some high flying dining spots

Sitting on top the Heron Tower is the duck and waffle

it offers 24/7 service with a hell of a view

This is about as refined as a 24 hour waffle house gets

But the most talked about new guest, who's reinventing The City's reputation, is call The Ned

Over 500 million pounds has been spent turning this old bank into a private members club

and hotel

With 8 restaurants in the lobby and a bar that stay open till 4am - The Ned has injected

some late night atmosphere into The City

This is after all the oldest part of London. And following an injection of fun and flavour

it's throwing down a challenge to the rest of the city and shaking

off its stuffy reputation