City dwellers are fond of spending their free time in the rural areas. Traditional pastimes are hunting, fishing, sports. Great Britain still abounds in the adherents of soccer, tennis, basketball, field hockey. Golf, horse racing, horse polo, and fox hunting are especially popular nowadays. Visiting theatres is popular with the elite public; going to the cinema is the most widespread pastime (in many British cinemas you may enter the hall in the middle of the show and stay inside a cinema hall during the 2-nd and 3-rd shows; as a rule, the places on tickets are not indicated and you can occupy any free place).
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