Towers

Hokkaidō Centennial Memorial Tower

This is supposedly the Hokkaidō Centennial Memorial Tower in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaidō, Japan. The official site claims it's 100m tall, and was completed in 1970 to honour the 100th anniversary of Hokkaidō's official colonisation1. Of course dear geeky-reader, you…

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Wednesday, 23rd July 2008

Stefan’s Skyneedle

The Skyneedle is an 88m tower in Brisbane, Queensland, that was constructed for the World Expo ’88.1 During the course of the Expo the tower shone a beam of light upwards that could be seen from 60km away. After the…

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Tuesday, 22nd July 2008

Yekaterinburg TV Tower

High above the skyline of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, this incomplete tower stands testament to what can be achieved with an amazing vision and poor financial planning. At 220 metres, it is only half of its planned height of…

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Monday, 21st July 2008

The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew

While I don't admit to possess a particularly green thumb, I do have a penchant for anything which either looks good from the air, or lays claim to unnecessary, ambiguous World Records. Just like here at the Royal Botanic Gardens,…

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Friday, 11th July 2008

Tour de Street View

The first Street View images outside America are now available - Street View has come to France! Added in celebration of the upcoming Tour de France, the street view images are mostly restricted to the race route (rather than allowing…

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Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

The Happy Couple

As the summer wedding season gets into full swing, even Google is muscling in on the action, and has managed to capture a rather charming shot of the newlyweds - probably much to the disappointment of the photographer who wanted…

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Friday, 27th June 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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