Europe

Battle of Britain Memorial

A large propeller is carved into the ground as part of the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Fernenear near Dover, UK. At the centre of the propeller is a statue of a sitting airman looking out to sea and to…

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Wednesday, 1st March 2006

The Gyle Shopping Centre

We had so many submissions for the Mall of America we had to post it back in May last year. So here is our revenge in the form of the Google Sightseeing team's local "shopping centre", The Gyle. It actually…

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Tuesday, 28th February 2006

Geneva’s Jet d’Eau

At the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River, you can hardly miss the spectacular Jet d'Eau - a 140 metre jet of water, and officially the world's largest fountain. Two groups of pumps spray an astonishing 500…

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Tuesday, 28th February 2006

Belfast Docklands

In our never-ending quest to catalogue everything that stakes its claim to being the "world's largest something" I present to you the world's largest dry dock. Located in Belfast's Docklands (where the ill-fated RMS Titanic was built) the dry dock…

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Thursday, 23rd February 2006

Beef It Up

Someone has written Beef it up using hay bales in this field near Newport, Wales. Promotion for their other product perhaps? Thanks to matt.

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Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

More Crop Circles

More crop-circles have been found! This time half-way between Leeds and Sheffield, person or beings unknown have decided to create a rather complex star-shaped impression in these crops. Why here? Well, it's right next to the M1 motorway of course!…

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Monday, 20th February 2006

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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