Archive for December 7th, 2005

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

Villa Borghese

Wednesday, 7th December 2005 by James

Villa Borghese is a beautiful park in the middle of Rome. Hovering above the ground is a large blue baloon which grants tourists a 360 degree view of the city.

Now, I don’t want to start a whole new 600 comment-long thread, but don’t you think this looks like a smaller, blue version of the old Google Maps UFOs?

Thanks: Leonardo Querzoni & Pedro Picotes

Changing of the Guard, Copenhagen

Wednesday, 7th December 2005 by Alex

Here in Copenhagen, Denmark you can see loads of tourists hanging around in the middle of Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family. Notice how they’ve formed a straight line on the south side? That’s because this image was captured at around midday when tourists gather to watch the changing of the guard, which takes here every single day of the year.

Changing of the guard

The guard have to march through the streets of Copenhagen all the way from Rosenborg castle (where the Crown Jewels are kept), which has some rather pretty-looking landscaping.