Large Type

Peru (heart) Large Type

Nowhere in the world do they like putting large type on the hills as much as they do in Peru. A lot of these messages refer to political parties such as the UPP (Union for Peru) and Somos Peru so…

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Thursday, 15th December 2005

Ericsson?

I'm looking at my mobile phone here, and I'm pretty sure it says 'Sony Ericsson' across the front... Isn't it about time these guys updated their roof? Thanks to Steven Arnold.

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Tuesday, 6th December 2005

Colly Farms Cotton

A factory just south if the Brisbane River in Queensland displays 'Colly Farms Cotton'. I'm presuming they're spinning cotton in there, despite Colly Cotton being "solely a marketing company" since its absorbtion by the Twynam agricultural group. Of course, where…

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Friday, 2nd December 2005

Volvo Buses Factory

The Volvo factory in Wroclaw has been churning out buses for over 10 years and has the famous Volvo logo emblazoned across the roof. Regular Sightseers will tell you that where there's large type on a factory there's almost always…

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Monday, 14th November 2005

Barcelona Port

The Port of Barcelona is covered in Large type, there's El Consorci, Honda, Frimercat and a couple more which I can't quite read. Perhaps Google Earth users will have more luck 😀 Thanks: Reven

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Friday, 11th November 2005

Alstom Factory, Barcelona

ALSTOM is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (including the Eurostar). I've never heard of them before but their Barcelona factory has a large example of the logo. The name is not an acronym,…

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Tuesday, 8th November 2005

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