Here in Copenhagen, Denmark you can see loads of tourists hanging around in the middle of Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family. Notice how they've formed a straight line on the south side? That's because this…

I'm looking at my mobile phone here, and I'm pretty sure it says 'Sony Ericsson' across the front... Isn't it about time these guys updated their roof? Thanks to Steven Arnold.

I'm not sure what it's like where you are... but here in Edinburgh, Christmas seems to be well underway, despite the fact that at time of writing we're still 19 days away... Presumably the U.S. National Christmas Tree (a 40-foot…

You might remember the communities where to be part of the "in" crowd is to have your own tennis court. That's all very well but in Cielo Dorado Estates you need your own plane! There's a private runway running right…

A factory just south if the Brisbane River in Queensland displays 'Colly Farms Cotton'. I'm presuming they're spinning cotton in there, despite Colly Cotton being "solely a marketing company" since its absorbtion by the Twynam agricultural group. Of course, where…

Although this has appeared in our comments, we've never actually posted it, so here is the fabulously brightly-coloured hot-air balloon, tethered above Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Pretty huh? I'm sure I read somewhere that you can go up in it…