Netherlands

Prisoner Doing Press Ups

In the yard of Scheveningen prison, the Hague, the incredibly high resolution aerial photography has captured this prison inmate doing press ups! As an aside, this is actually the prison where the former communist President of Serbia and Yugoslavia Slobodan…

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Thursday, 7th June 2007

Spiral Land Art

This is the bizarre Spiral Jetty, a huge piece of land art on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Built of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks and earth, it forms a 1500 foot long (~450 metre),…

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Saturday, 2nd June 2007

Invasion of the Giant Seals

Yes people, there really is an absolutely enormous seal in The Hague, Netherlands. Apparently it belongs to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and presumably it's designed to so utterly terrify the seal hunters that they're unable to ever again…

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Friday, 2nd March 2007

Top 10 Sports on Google Earth

With high-resolution images all over the globe, Google Earth has captured many sporting events actually in-progress, so today we proudly present - The Top 10 different sports you can actually see people playing on Google Earth! As a bonus, we've…

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Tuesday, 13th February 2007

Extreme Parking

Parking in the Hague has got so difficult that some people are having to take extreme measures - parking on the side of buildings! This is actually the work of artist Theo van Laar, who has continued the car park…

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Monday, 12th February 2007

Fish Pond

There's an odd fish-shaped clearing in the forest just outside the Dutch city of Ommen. However, even using my best Google searching abilities, I can't find any information on whether or not the clearing is a natural phenomena or a…

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Wednesday, 7th February 2007

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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