Comments on: Vilnius TV Tower http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:07:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: mikko http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-194154 mikko Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:23:38 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-194154 Aulo - the construction of the Vilnius tower started in 1974, whereas for Tallinn it was 1975. So... It's all the same Soviet inheritance anyway. So 1 TV tower design for the whole country :) Aulo - the construction of the Vilnius tower started in 1974, whereas for Tallinn it was 1975. So…
It’s all the same Soviet inheritance anyway. So 1 TV tower design for the whole country :)

]]> By: Aulo http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-178742 Aulo Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:49:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-178742 Vilnius TV tower is nearly exact copy of Tallinn TV tower in Estonia. Vilnius TV tower is nearly exact copy of Tallinn TV tower in Estonia.

]]> By: Mrb http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172354 Mrb Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:01:57 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172354 Its pretty busy the rest of the year with tourists too. Its pretty busy the rest of the year with tourists too.

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172282 Alex Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:04:37 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172282 Glenn, that's the 29th of January 2006, and we’re seeing several thousand Chinese celebrating the first day of the Year of the Dog. We <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/10/04/trafalgar-square-crowd/" rel="nofollow">posted about it</a> this time last year. Glenn, that’s the 29th of January 2006, and we’re seeing several thousand Chinese celebrating the first day of the Year of the Dog. We posted about it this time last year.

]]> By: Glenn http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172234 Glenn Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:43:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172234 @ Mrb, are those all <i>people</i> in that GM view of Trafalgar Square? Is it always that crowded? @ Mrb, are those all people in that GM view of Trafalgar Square? Is it always that crowded?

]]> By: Romanov http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172114 Romanov Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:26:48 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172114 You can also bungee jump from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Tower" rel="nofollow">Sky Tower</a> in Auckland. You can also bungee jump from the Sky Tower in Auckland.

]]> By: Mrb http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172042 Mrb Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:24:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-172042 @ Glenn, that is pretty cool they could do the same with Nelson's balls for 2018 http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=51.507716,-0.127872&z=19 It's coming home... it's coming home... it's coming... football's coming home. Well it maybe coming home. @ Glenn, that is pretty cool they could do the same with Nelson’s balls for 2018

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

It’s coming home… it’s coming home… it’s coming… football’s coming home. Well it maybe coming home.

]]> By: glenn http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171980 glenn Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:56:28 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171980 one more comment about the Berlin Fernsehturm & I'll shut up -- evidently the new GM photo shows the tower with its ball decorated as a football for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Here's a photo from below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BerlinFernsehturmFootball.jpg cool! one more comment about the Berlin Fernsehturm & I’ll shut up — evidently the new GM photo shows the tower with its ball decorated as a football for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Here’s a photo from below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BerlinFernsehturmFootball.jpg

cool!

]]> By: glenn http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171978 glenn Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:49:20 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171978 I guess i didn't see notice the Fernsehturm on GSS because it's not in your "World Federation of Great Towers" collection. It should be! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Federation_of_Great_Towers I guess i didn’t see notice the Fernsehturm on GSS because it’s not in your “World Federation of Great Towers” collection. It should be! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Federation_of_Great_Towers

]]> By: Karlheinz Mosblech http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171966 Karlheinz Mosblech Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:41:58 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2007/11/07/vilnius-tv-tower/#comment-171966 The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florianturm" rel="nofollow">Florianturm</a> in Dortmund, Germany has been a starting point for bungee jumps as well: "In 2000 a catwalk for bungee-jumping was opened on the upper platform. It was closed in 2003 after a fatal accident but has not yet been uninstalled." Said catwalk is visible on this pic: http://static.zooomr.com/images/2958149_508f8fbe25_b.jpg The Florianturm in Dortmund, Germany has been a starting point for bungee jumps as well: “In 2000 a catwalk for bungee-jumping was opened on the upper platform. It was closed in 2003 after a fatal accident but has not yet been uninstalled.”

Said catwalk is visible on this pic: http://static.zooomr.com/images/2958149_508f8fbe25_b.jpg

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