Today, the 9th of November, is the 16th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not much of the wall still stands, but the largest reamining section is now maintained as the world’s largest open air gallery, the East Side Gallery (It’s difficult to make out, but it’s the bit with the short shadow extending north, see this photo for comparison). Approximately 106 paintings by artists from all over the world cover this memorial for freedom, and you can see them all in this gigantic collage.

Lots more great info on The Berlin Wall and the East Side Gallery over at wikipedia, and there’s tons of other things to see in this fabulous city, some of which I’ll be posting about throughout today.

Coincidentally this is also the day that Mozilla Firefox 1.0 was first released. Happy 1st birthday Firefox.

Thanks to Russell Stout for helping me locate this.

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, yet the company always writes ALSTOM anyway.

Thanks: Stefano

The Barcelona Olympic Stadium was originally built in 1927 to host the 1929 Barcelona World’s Fair and 1936 Olympics (or so they hoped, the Olympics went to Berlin that year). The stadium was then re-built in 1986 to host the 1992 Olympics (which they did host).

These days the football pitch is still used by RCD Espanyol, who play in the Spanish first division, and there is a museum about the 1992 Olympics.

Make sure you scroll around the whole area for all the different pitches and pools. These ground level photos will also help explain that crazy white tower in the thumbnail.

Thanks: Hector Milla, The Govinator & Phil Henry

Visitors to Vancouver International Airport are greeted by this large type on a Honda warehouses. JVC aren’t so friendly with a simple roof logo to the West.

Thanks: neosinific & Mike

Somewhere in the Australian outback, someone has built an odd little oasis. Why on earth have they done this? Where does the water come from? How do they stop it from drying up? Who built it? Most importantly, why am I asking all these questions?

Thanks to Stiv Rot.