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

Randomly written on the side of a hill in spain is the word “BAR“. Perhaps there’s a good pub there? Maybe someone called “Bar” flies a gyrocopter around there (like a spanish Dave)? Who knows!

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry of California and is considered by many to be an architectural masterpiece. It looks just as odd from above as it does from the ground.

Thanks: Jason B, Holden Lewis, Roberto, James, dean