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Thursday, 18th September 2008 by Alex Turnbull
The latest imagery update has now arrived on Google Maps, and with it comes this rather sad image of a beached Sperm Whale on the island of Hjelmsøya, which is off the coast of the extreme north of Norway. According to gyrrus, who found the image of the whale: it probably drifted onshore already dead … and was removed by the Norwegian Coast Guard a week or two after this…
Located 400 km (640 mi) north of mainland Europe in the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is home to some of the northernmost settlements on Earth, including the world’s northernmost city. While 60 percent of Svalbard is covered in ice, that still didn’t stop the Street View team from exploring the stark beauty of the islands.
Stave churches are a type of medieval wooden place of worship that were once common across Europe. Today however, Norway…
It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been…
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!
Faced with the challenge of building a year-round road to connect Norway’s two largest cities (Bergen and Oslo), through a…
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Friday! Could there be a better way to celebrate the end of the week…
We get so many submissions of weird and wonderful things our readers have found on Google Maps and Google Earth…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…
Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…
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