Stadiums and Sport
Racetrack Driveway
Do you think you have what it takes to drive a racecar? You think you've got the skills to go wheel to wheel with the likes of Lewis Hamilton? Would you like to try? Well most of us are limited…
Floating Stages
Cities around the world may be running out of land to build performance spaces, so are looking to their waterfronts for inspiration, resulting in the construction of numerous floating stages. The world's largest example is The Float at Marina Bay…
Street View Public Vote: UK Results
Over the past few days, Google have added a huge amount of new Street View content, covering many places in Singapore and Canada. Google have also included a whole raft of new imagery captured by the Street View Trike, covering…
Millennium Dome / The O2
The Millennium Dome was an exhibition centre built in London to celebrate the first year of the new millennium1. It has since been converted into the O2 entertainment complex. Whatever the name, we're very impressed with the shadows cast by…
Remote military outposts (Island Week 4)
It’s Island Week 4 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week. GSS Reader Reg Coppicus from Canada thinks Isla San Felix might be "the crappiest posting ever". Fortunately for us, he's talking…
Bullrings
Bullfighting traces its history way back to when the Romans held public spectacles of "Man vs Beast", and although France and Portugal both have long bullfight histories, it is considered a very Spanish tradition. So it's in Spain where we…
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