BAR

Randomly written on the side of a hill in spain is the word "BAR". Perhaps there's a good pub there? Maybe someone called "Bar" flies a gyrocopter around there (like a spanish Dave)? Who knows!

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Saturday, 2nd July 2005

Bavarian Motor Works

The BMW world headquarters in Munich, Germany is the 'four-cylinder' building (which was built top-down), while the famous logo is atop the BMW museum. Over in South Carolina is BMW's North American home. The rather-cool crescent moon shaped building is…

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Saturday, 2nd July 2005

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

The French Grand Prix will be running this weekend at Magny-Cours Formula 1 track and fans are hoping that a few more cars will race than the debacle last month at Indianapolis. There's no cars on the track in the…

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Friday, 1st July 2005

Oktoberfest, Munich

Despite the title, the annual "Oktoberfest" takes place each September in Theresienwiese, Munich. You can see the large tents being constructed where Germans and tourists will sit at enormous long tables and drink beer by the litre. If things haven't…

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Thursday, 30th June 2005

The SeaWorld Chain

SeaWorld is a chain of theme parks featuring killer whale, sea lion and dolphin shows. When I first read about SeaWorld I was very confused by the fact that "Shamu", the chain's mascot killer whale, manages to appear twice a…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

RSS Feed: Oops

The RSS Feed should be back to full text again (it was on "summary" mode for a short while). Thanks to everyone who sent an angry e-mail demanding it changed back 😉

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

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.

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