Stadiums and Sport

Opened in 1936, renovated in 2004, 68 metres high, with 113 VIP stands, 2 underground garages and 76,000 seats, this is the fantastic looking Olympiastadion in Berlin. None of it matters tonight of course - not if you're a French…

This is the small city of Madurodam in the Netherlands. They have an airport, canals, stadiums, boats, gardens, windmills and bridges with... giant people on them? And there's some giant cars too! Waaaait a minute... Madurodam is actually a truly…

This is the Urban Stadium in Nuremberg... Erm, no. It used to be the Urban Stadium, it now appears to be the Frankenstadion... Sorry. This stadium has been renamed the easyCredit-Stadion for the next 5 years. Except... FIFA have renamed…

This is the 69,901 seater Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, Germany, which is due to play host to tonight's world cup opening match. In which case, they might want to hurry up and put some grass in there 😉 Incredibly,…

Santa Pod is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue, and this aerial photo was taken on a race day. This site us a disused WW2 American Air base once called RAF Podington and it was here that Sammy Miller set…

This is the Armadillo in Glasgow. Oh all right, it's really the Clyde Auditorium, but everyone calls it the Armadillo. It was designed to be a 3,000 seat extension to the boxy beige building to the north - the Scottish…