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Deep in the Eifel mountains of northwest Germany exists the toughest, most dangerous, and most demanding race track in the world, the Nürburgring. With a total length of 25.947 km (16.123 mi), this 170 turn circuit was nicknamed “The Green…
Continuing our series on street racing circuits around the world, let’s take a ride in the Google Street View Car around some of Australia’s most famous venues! Adelaide The home of the Australian Grand Prix until 1996, Adelaide’s streets in…
Once a year, streets all over the world transform into professional racing circuits to play host to some the greatest drivers and cars in the world. Parking lots are turned into paddocks, parks are remodelled with grandstands, and intersections on…
Continuing on from last week’s look at the mountain venues, today we’ll explore the city venues of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. The Games’ opening and closing ceremonies, along with nightly ‘Victory Ceremonies’ (which we assume means medal presentations) will…
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games start today and Google has treated us to excellent new imagery of many of the venues1, particularly those in and around Whistler, the mountain venue about 120 km north of the city. Earlier this…
Do you think you have what it takes to drive a racecar? You think you’ve got the skills to go wheel to wheel with the likes of Lewis Hamilton? Would you like to try? Well most of us are limited…
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Robben Island is a prison island off Capetown, South Africa, best known as the jail where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated…
Whether it’s space aliens, light-speed travelling spaceships, or just some top-secret government testing, the world’s most famous “secret place” has…
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been…
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…
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