diff --git a/lib/api/natural-language-understanding.js b/lib/api/natural-language-understanding.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..04da0d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/natural-language-understanding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var NaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1 = require('watson-developer-cloud/natural-language-understanding/v1.js');
+var natural_language_understanding = new NaturalLanguageUnderstandingV1({
+  username: process.env.NATURAL_LANGUAGE_UNDERSTANDING_USERNAME,
+  password: process.env.NATURAL_LANGUAGE_UNDERSTANDING_PASSWORD,
+  version_date: '2017-02-27'
+});
+var debug = require('debug')('bot:api:natural-language-understanding');
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the entity.type is a city
+ * @param  {Object}  entity NLU entity
+ * @return {Boolean}        True if entity.type is a city
+ */
+function isCity(entity) {
+   return entity.type === 'Location' && 'disambiguation' in entity && entity.disambiguation.subtype.indexOf("City") != -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns only the name property
+ * @param  {Object}  entity NLU entity
+ * @return {Object}  Only the name property
+ */
+function onlyName(entity) {
+  return { name: entity.text };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  /**
+   * Extract the city mentioned in the input text
+   * @param  {Object}   params.text  The text
+   * @param  {Function} callback The callback
+   * @return {void}
+   */
+  extractCity: function(params, callback) {
+    params.language = 'en';
+    params.features={'entities':{}};
+    natural_language_understanding.analyze(params, function(err, response) {
+      debug('text: %s, entities: %s', params.text, JSON.stringify(response.entities));
+      if (err) {
+        callback(err);
+      }
+      else {
+        var cities = response.entities.filter(isCity).map(onlyName);
+        callback(null, cities.length > 0 ? cities[0]: null);
+      }
+    })
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/controller.js b/lib/controller.js
index 8670f76..db7483a 100755
--- a/lib/controller.js
+++ b/lib/controller.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ var extend = require('extend');
 var Promise = require('bluebird');
 var conversation = require('./api/conversation');
 var weather = require('./api/weather');
-var alchemyLanguage = require('./api/alchemy-language');
+var NaturalLanguageUnderstanding = require('./api/natural-language-understanding');
+
 var cloudant = require('./api/cloudant');
 var format = require('string-template');
 var pick = require('object.pick');
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ var pick = require('object.pick');
 var sendMessageToConversation = Promise.promisify(conversation.message.bind(conversation));
 var getUser = Promise.promisify(cloudant.get.bind(cloudant));
 var saveUser = Promise.promisify(cloudant.put.bind(cloudant));
-var extractCity = Promise.promisify(alchemyLanguage.extractCity.bind(alchemyLanguage));
+var extractCity = Promise.promisify(NaturalLanguageUnderstanding.extractCity.bind(NaturalLanguageUnderstanding));
 var getForecast = Promise.promisify(weather.forecastByGeoLocation.bind(weather));
 var getGeoLocation = Promise.promisify(weather.geoLocation.bind(weather));
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test.apis.natural-language-understanding.js b/test/integration/test.apis.natural-language-understanding.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c8a4f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test.apis.natural-language-understanding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015 IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+require('dotenv').config({ silent: true });
+
+var naturalLanguage = require('../../lib/api/natural-language-understanding');
+
+describe('natural-language-understanding.js', function () {
+  this.timeout(3000);
+  this.slow(1000);
+  it('should return Miami if is detected', function (done) {
+    var params = {
+      text: 'I live in Miami'
+    };
+    naturalLanguage.extractCity(params, function (err, city) {
+      if (city.name === 'Miami') {
+        done();
+      } else {
+        done(JSON.stringify(city));
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return empty if no city is mentioned', function (done) {
+    var params = {
+      text: 'We don\'t have cities here'
+    };
+    naturalLanguage.extractCity(params, function (err, city) {
+      if (!city) {
+        done();
+      } else {
+        done(JSON.stringify(city));
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});