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Rock am Ring

You thought it was hard to find a parking spot in your town? Take a look at Google's new satellite imagery of Germany's Nurburgring… Every conceivable speck of open land has been packed with vehicles all…

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Thursday, 14th July 2011

From the ground: the best of Google Street View

In case you hadn't noticed, it's Friday! Could there be a better way to celebrate the end of the week than to go and look at some really weird stuff captured on Google Street View? (Hint:…

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Friday, 17th June 2011

Creative Place Names: Kitchen Stuff

Here at Google Sightseeing we're absolutely fascinated with the more unusual names that places have been given. There's so much choice in this field that today we're able to bring you another post about creative place…

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Friday, 21st January 2011

Google Sightseeing’s Brewery Tour

Some of our writers have been known to enjoy the occasional alcoholic beverage1, and the ongoing expansion of Street View means that we can (virtually) visit some of the world's best breweries without having to worry…

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Wednesday, 19th January 2011

Google Street View in Germany

After years of wrangling and debate over the privacy issues, Street View images are finally available for 20 of Germany's largest cities. To secure release of the images Google had to allow Germans to opt-out of…

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Friday, 19th November 2010

The Sea Forts of Copenhagen (Island Week 5)

In the waters off the Danish capital, there are three artificial islands1 created as sea forts to protect Copenhagen harbour. Situated about 3km from shore is the largest of the three, Middelgrundsfortet, which is actually the…

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Monday, 27th September 2010

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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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