Stadiums and Sport

My slackness in posting any sights so far this week is entirely the fault of the Edinburgh design agency where I work, who insisted on taking us all to Dublin this past weekend for our Christmas party! Anyway, the Guinness…

On the even years in the month of September, the locals of Marostica, North Italy play human chess on this Giant Chess Board. The event dates back to 1454 when a Lord decided to marry off his two daughters to…

It's tough keeping up with the Joneses... In this Californian community the latest trend is apprently having a tennis court in your back garden. It doesn't seem that this is an isolated case either, tennis court communities are springing up…

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… Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium) (Porto, capacity 52000) Estádio do…

Manchester Airport is the third busiest airport in the UK so there's planes to see all over the place as well as a passenger jet coming in to land. Also dotted around Manchester Airport there's giant footballs painted on the…

The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain is used for the the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix along with other motorsport events. Inaugurated in 1991, there are three different routes: the Grand Prix track (4,727m), the National track(3,067m) and the…