November 9 is an important date in German history for a number of reasons, but today we are commemorating an era-defining moment: the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. In the weeks leading up to November 1989,…

Where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea1, there's Grenen2; a spectacularly unspectacular sandbank at the northern end of Jutland, the continental part of Denmark. The form and position of the sandbank's tip can vary considerably over short periods of…

We featured the Greenwich meridian two years ago on Google Sightseeing, so it's about time we had a closer look at the other global zero: the equator. Although it is more than 40,000km long, there are surprisingly few towns along…

It's been a while since we've posted here about updated images in Google Earth and Maps, but Google have been steadily rolling out new updates every few months, usually with a short quiz relating to the new locations. However, today's…

Nestled in the Lancashire countryside, just to the south of Ormskirk, is the small town of Argleton. Or so Google would have us believe. Zooming in closer reveals that Argleton isn't exactly a bustling metropolis. In fact it looks suspiciously…

Santiago Calatrava is a renowned Spanish architect whose work we've admired in the past on Google Sightseeing. We're going to take a more in-depth look at his innovative work in two areas, beginning today with bridges. One of Calatrava's earliest…