This is the Colgante Transporter Bridge across the river Nervión in Portugalete, Spain. This extremely rare type of bridge (apparently there’s only 8 of them left in the world) is designed to carry a segment of roadway across a river, and you can see quite clearly in this photo why they came up with this design.

This particular bridge was the first of its type ever built, way back in 1893… well not this actual bridge, as unfortunately it was destroyed in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (three days before it ended) but those crafty Spaniards had in fixed again by 1941.

In our thumbnail you can see the bridge’s gondola, which in the 1890s was fitted out to accommodate first and second class passengers, separated by a net… sounds a bit like British Rail if you ask me.

The entire history of the Colgante Transporter Bridge is available at the official site.

Thanks to Daniel.

In 1994 the SS American Star was being towed to Thailand to become a floating hotel. Disaster struck while passing the Canary island of Fuerteventura and a strong storm beached the ship and broke her in two. Today you can still see the bow of the ship sitting on the beach and rusting away.

Make sure to visit these amazing ground level photos of the ship.

Thanks: Jonathan Hoppe, Stephen Arms, Ryan Roemmich, Fai Sheng, Quebrantahuesos

A shopping centre in Malaga has ‘Plaza Mayor, Parque de Ocio’ written on the roof. Babelfish tells me this Spanish sentence translates to “Greater Seat Park of Leisure”, which doesn’t make much sense, but a more educated person tells me that a better translation would be “Main Square Leisure Park”.

That’s the translation problem solved, but why did they write the text upside down?

Thanks: LookingDown

Here at Google Sightseeing HQ in Edinburgh, we’ve been having a mini heat-wave of late, which got us in the mood for sunbathing

Here’s some people, lots of people in fact, sunbathing on a beach in Barcelona. Not enough people? Here you go: even more people on another Barcelona beach.

Perhaps you prefer your sunbathing a little more au naturel? Try Wreck beach, a nudist sunbathing spot in Vancouver, Canada (careful you don’t strain your eyes at those pixels too much!)

Not enough sunbathing opportunities for you? How about Rimini beach in Italy? The link goes to the top of the high-resolution bit, scroll south to see the tens of thousands of parasols and sun loungers! It literally goes on for miles and miles.

Thanks to Quinn Kuiken, davide, Personne and woowoowoo.

The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia is Gaudi’s masterpiece which he started in 1884. It is still under construction and work is expected to be completed around 2024.

Look for the shadow to make out the shape of the towers and see the official site for great ground level shots.

Thanks: Jim Geurts, Mike Krus, Christophe Roudet, Dan B, Twombly, Arjan, Clive Murray, Gary, Josep, JPLOMASEN, Dan, ercu, Efreet, Marco Vigelini & roberto tremonti