The is the Macau Sky Tower which at 338 metres, is a very tall tower for such a little place. Macau is a bit of a gambling mecca, and this tower was built by local casino-billionaire Stanley Ho Hung-Sun after he saw the New Zealand Sky Tower, and decided he wanted one for himself.

The Macau Tower is also yet another member of the World Federation of Great Towers to add to the collection.

Thanks to Mark and Rob B.

EURO 2004, the UEFA European Football Championship, was held between 12 June and 4 July 2004 in ten stadiums around Portugal. Of those ten stadiums seven are availible in high-resolution…

1. Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium) (Porto, capacity 52000)
2. Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (Porto, capacity 30000)
3. Estádio da Luz (Stadium of light) (Lisbon, capacity 65000) – Thumbnail #1
4. Estádio José Alvalade (Lisbon, capacity 52000)
5. Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga, capacity 30000)
6. Estádio Municipal de Aveiro (Aveiro, capacity 30000) – Thumbnail #2
7. Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (Guimarães, capacity 30000)

(Algarve, Cidade de Coimbra & Dr. Magalhães Pessoa are in low-resolution areas)

Thanks: DelPiero

Yet another kind of Norwegian boat. This time, a great whopping blue cruise ship, which by my measurements (bear in mind that this was my thumb and forefinger), is about 220 metres long. Who can identify this one?

After the rather sedate 15 knot top-speed of the Christian Radich, here’s a couple of slightly more sprightly Norwegian vessels.

Firstly, a boat that surely must be going seriously fast to create such a huge wake. It also appears to have performed a rather sudden turn recently…

And secondly, this is one of the coolest wakes we’ve ever seen on GGSS. But what sort of vessel is making it? Some kind of hydrofoil perhaps? Answers on a postcard please…

Tusen takk Steve, Thomas and Michael.

This is the Christian Radich, a 62 metre full-rigged Norwegian sailing ship moored in her home port of Oslo. Launched in 1937, she served in WWII and to this day still embarks on transatlantic voyages. You can also charter her for business meetings… or piracy, whatever.

The Christian Radich even features in its own movie, Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich, made way back in 1958.

More about the Christian Radich at Wikipedia.

Thanks to William Eckley.