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Canary Wharf

This is Canary Wharf, on the Isle of Dogs, London. Canary Wharf contains the UK's three tallest buildings, the 1 Canada Square building (235m), the HSBC Tower (200m) and the Citigroup Centre (199m). As ever, tons of fascinating info on…

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Thursday, 11th August 2005

Château d’If

The Château d'If is on the small island of If, in the Bay of Marseille, France. It was completed in 1531, and was originally intended as a defence against attacks from the sea, however it never had to fight off…

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Wednesday, 10th August 2005

Portuguese Bridges

Portugal has some pretty cool bridges! First up is the Arrábida Bridge over the Douro River in Porto. The bridge is 493 metres long, and at the time of its construction in 1963 it had the largest concrete span of…

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Monday, 8th August 2005

Haneda Airport, Tokyo

This is a cracking shot of a plane coming into land at Haneda Airport (AKA Tokyo International Airport). By sheer passenger throughput, Haneda is the busiest airport in all of Asia and the fourth-busiest airport in the world, handling over…

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

Lovell Telescope

This is the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, UK. Apparently it's the largest radio telescope in Europe and has been in operation since 1957, which was just in time for the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's…

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Monday, 1st August 2005

Downtown Tokyo

I think this is downtown Tokyo. It almost looks like an isometric view because of the angle that the photo was taken at. You often can't tell the height of buildings when looking at them on Maps but this view…

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

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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