Heaven for art lovers

England is one of the top cultural destinations in the world, with a bustling art scene. Tate Modern has one of the world's best collections of contemporary art, while The National Gallery is the place to go for classic Old Masters work. The country has some of the coolest street art, as well as incredible outdoor sculptures by Henry Moore and Antony Gormley, including the magnificent Angel of the North.

The British Museum is having another record-breaking year - it is the most popular cultural attraction in the UK for the fourth year in a row, with visitor numbers up 5% to 5.8 million - and has to clean kisses off display cases every morning. More than 400,000 people paid to see the special exhibitions in the Reading Room and other temporary exhibition galleries, and one of the most popular, Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, which had to be extended for a month due to high demand, uncovered a lost treasure from the looted museum in Kabul.