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Monday, 12th March 2007 by Alex Turnbull
The urban equivalent of Cow Tipping, the inner-city phenomenon of Car Tipping has begun to spread like wildfire across Germany now that its been spotted on Google Earth…
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
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Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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Serious question – do Germans have allotments?
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Oh yes, we have allotments. We call them Schrebergärten. There are some real fanatics about this boring, ugly places.
Notice also the flag poles (or light) on the red aan blue car. They seem to be growing out of the cars
Hey macservo! Brilliant work! Youve made an obsessively curious man very happy. I though allotments were a British phenomenon and it just goes to show how alike the Germans and British are alike (in some ways at least!) Two nations bonded by their love of root vegetables and the universal quest for husbands to escape from their wives.
“I though allotments were a British phenomenon” – and I was pretty sure that this phenomenon is as German as it can get.
There even is a “Bundeskleingartengesetz” (federal-allotment-law? I’m pretty sure, thats a horrible translation, but you get the deal g)
We’ve got allotments in Sweden too, “Koloniträdgårdar”.
why do all think allotments are a national phenomena. we swiss have them to, i think they are spread all over europe.