Animals

Hot Tub Monkeys

It was only last week that Google announced their new "Trekker" Street View camera that would them to record images in places that were inaccessible even to the Street View Trike or the Street View Trolley - but only a…

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Friday, 15th June 2012

Romania’s Black Sea Coast

With Google’s expansion of Street View coverage this month into Romania, we now have street-level imagery of the Black Sea Coast for the first time. Known as the Romanian Riviera, the Black Sea Coast is littered with popular beaches and resorts. As well, the coast serves as Romania’s shipping link to the rest of the world.

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Thursday, 13th January 2011

Street View Ireland: 4 weeks later

Four weeks ago, Google launched their Street View service in the Republic of Ireland. Google had been capturing pictures1 of Irish cities, towns and countryside over the previous year. So where were you the day the circus came to town?…

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Wednesday, 27th October 2010

Australia’s Top Ten Giant Animals

We've visited many of the world's largest objects here on Google Sightseeing, but if there is one country that - more than any other - has a fondness for large roadside attractions, it is Australia. So we present Australia's Top…

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Friday, 23rd April 2010

Glastonbury

This year's Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts drew 177,000 party people to deepest Somerset, reaffirming Glastonbury's position as the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. Some went for the music. Some went for the mud.…

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Wednesday, 1st July 2009

Desert Dome (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, is renowned across the US for exhibits like the largest cat complex in…

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Tuesday, 16th June 2009

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.