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> London isn't technically in Europe anymore..

London is in Europe as much as it has ever been. Geographically, its status hasn't changed -- whether you consider the island off the coast of the European mainland part of Europe or not; politically, its still the capital of the UK, which -- despite having voted that its government should withdraw from the EU -- remains an EU member, and not even formally on the exit path yet.

UK will also remain a member of the Council of Europe, a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, will probably have a Switzerland-ish deal on European trade, and will likely opt-in to a lot of European projects like the ESA and science funding/cooperation.

Europe means different things in different contexts... there is still a continent called Europe that the UK is a part of.

Geographically it always will be, administratively it is - for now - still part of the EU.

Europe is a continent, the EU an organization.

Technically the UK han't done anything with their vote. Not a single official step.