After the rather sedate 15 knot top-speed of the Christian Radich, here's a couple of slightly more sprightly Norwegian vessels. Firstly, a boat that surely must be going seriously fast to create such a huge wake. It also appears to…

This is the Christian Radich, a 62 metre full-rigged Norwegian sailing ship moored in her home port of Oslo. Launched in 1937, she served in WWII and to this day still embarks on transatlantic voyages. You can also charter her…

Originally built for WWI (although not completed before the war ended), the SS Palo Alto is an oil tanker unusually built using concrete. After sitting in dock for years doing nothing Palo Alto was permanently grounded at Seacliff State Beach…

This is Berlin's world famous triumphal arch, The Brandenburg Gate, which these days symbolises the freedom and unity of the city. Built in 1771, it is the only remaining one of a series of eighteen gates through which people originally…

This is Wohnanlage Moabiter Werder (Moabiter island housing?) which sits just to the west of the main government district in Berlin, and although I believe it's residential housing for parliamentary staff, Google's automatic translation doesn't help much. But never mind…

Manchester Airport is the third busiest airport in the UK so there's planes to see all over the place as well as a passenger jet coming in to land. Also dotted around Manchester Airport there's giant footballs painted on the…