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Michael Schumacher's House
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Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history, he holds many of Formula One's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions and most races won in a single season. Off the track, Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety.
Schumacher was noted throughout his career for his ability to produce fast laps at crucial moments in a race, to push his car to the very limit for sustained periods. In many racing circles, a driver is only as good as how well they can perform in wet races, because the most delicate car control and sensitivity are needed. Up through the end of the 2003 season, Schumacher had won 17 of the 30 races in wet conditions he contested, earning himself the nickname Regenkönig" (rain king) or "Regenmeister" (rain master).
In 2006, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver of the season among Formula One fans. His endorsement earnings in 2010 approached £9 million, with his earning power as a spokesman being easily illustrated by Deutsche Vermögensberatung's paying of £5.2 million over three years to Schumacher for wearing a 10 by 8 centimetre advertisement on his post-race cap. In 2004, Forbes magazine listed him as the 2nd highest paid athlete in the World, and in 2005, he was identified by Eurobusiness magazine as the world's first billionaire athlete. Michael Schumacher's net worth is $780 Million.

Villa Diodati
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The Villa Diodati is a manor in Cologny close to Lake Geneva. It is most famous for having been the summer residence of Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and John Polidori and others in 1816 when Frankenstein and Polidori's Vampyre got their beginning.

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
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The small French town of Lourdes centers around the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the largest Catholic pilgrimage destination in France and perhaps the most popular Catholic sacred site in the world. The town of only 17,000 inhabitants receives more than 5 million pilgrims and tourists each year.
Yearly from March to October the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes or the Domain (as it is most commonly known) is the place of mass pilgrimages from Europe and other parts of the world. The spring water from the grotto is believed by some to possess healing properties. An estimated 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860, and the Roman Catholic Church has officially recognized 68 miracle healings. Especially impressive are candlelight and sacrament processions. Tours from all over the world are organised to visit the Sanctuary. Connected with this pilgrimage is often the consumption of or bathing in the Lourdes Water which wells out of the Grotto – the cave in which the apparitions took place in 1858.

Kronborg Castle
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Kronborg Castle is situated near the town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) on the extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund (Danish Øresund), the sound between Denmark and Sweden. In this part, the sound is only four kilometres wide, hence the strategic importance of maintaining a fortress at this location.
The castle's story dates back to a fortress, Krogen, built in the 1420s by the Danish king, Eric of Pomerania. Kronborg acquired its current name in 1585 when it was rebuilt by King Frederick II into a magnificent renaissance castle unique in its appearance and size throughout Europe.

Shipwreck
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HDMS Absalon (L16)
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Command and support ship HDMS Absalon (L16) is, together with her sistership HDMS Esbern Snare (L17), the biggest ships ever in the Royal Danish Navy. She was launched 30 January 2005 and commissioned 2007.

Andreas Andresen
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Andreas Andresen A/S was founded in 1916 in Vamdrup by C. G. Søndergaard. In 1920, he moved the company to Padborg at a time when shipping and forwarding were still relatively unknown concepts. Andreas Andresen, who took over the company in 1928, managed it until his death in 1976. The company remained in the family and continued under the control of Luise Andresen until her death in 1992, where responsibility for the operations of the company was transferred to a fund.
Read more on the companys homepage.

Seest fireworks disaster
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Seest fireworks disaster in Kolding.
The fireworks-accident in Seest happened on 3 November 2004, when N. P. Johnsens Fyrværkerifabrik (Fireworks factory) exploded in Seest, a suburb of Kolding, Denmark. One firefighter died, and seven from the rescue team as well as 17 locals were injured. In addition 34 rescuers, 8 police officers and 27 from the Danish Emergency Management Agency were treated for smoke inhalation. The evacuation of 2,000 people from the immediate surrounding area saved many lives. Eight fire and rescue vehicles were also destroyed.
The surrounding area was badly hit by the explosion with 355 houses reported damaged, and 176 of them rendered uninhabitable. In total 2,107 buildings were damaged by the explosion, with the cost of the damage estimated at € 100 million.
N. P. Johnsens fyrværkerifabrik was the main importer of fireworks in Denmark at the time, accounting for 25% of the total trade. At the time of the accident the company was storing 300 tons of fireworks in its warehouse, the maximum it was allowed to store.

HDMS Esbern Snare (L17)
Command and support ship HDMS Esbern Snare (L17), launched June 21, 2004 and commissioned April 18, 2005, is, together with her sistership HDMS Absalon (L16), the biggest ships ever in the Royal Danish Navy.

Piz Gloria
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The former mountaintop fortress of supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, this building is now a revolving restaurant. It is reached via aerial tramway from nearby Stechelberg.

What is this?
Strange mark in the sea near Copenhagen. Is this something to do with aerial photography, something in the camera?

Shipwrecks
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Parachutists over the Lille-Marcq aerodrom
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9 Russian Subs
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Whiskey class submarine S 359
Ex-Soviet Whiskey class submarine S 359 on display at Nakskov, Denmark. The Danes call it "U 359".

Danish icebreakers
Denmark has three icebreakers, all seen here at Frederikshavn. The two sisterships in the map are Danbjørn (A551) and Isbjørn (A552), both launched in 1965, and the outermost one is Thorbjørn (A553) launched in 1980. They were originally operated by the Ministry of Industrial Affairs and partly manned with a staff from the Royal Danish Navy. After January 1, 1996 they were officially transferred to the Navy.

Fire training area at Copenhagen airport
Fire training area at Copenhagen airport has some interesting aircraft: Saab Draken, Fokker F-27, Sud Aviation Caravelle fuselage. The burned fuselage in the middle seems not a purpose built rig but also a Caravelle.

Alfred Vulpian statue
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Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (born January 5, 1826, Paris, France; died May 18, 1887) was a French physician and neurologist. He was the co-discoverer of Vulpian-Bernard spinal muscular atrophy and the Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon.
Among other important discoveries and experiments, Vulpian discovered adrenaline in the adrenal medulla.

Plane Debris

Colchester Castle
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Myasishchev M-4 Bison, Tupolev Bear, and others
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By: Gosell.
Some classic USSR Bombers ... looks almost like a museum display.

Helicopters

HDMS Sælen (S323)
HDMS Sælen (S323) is one of the three Tumleren-class small coastal submarines of the Kongelige Danske Marine (Royal Danish Navy). She was built as a Type 207 submarine by Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke of Emden, Germany in 1965 for the Royal Norwegian Navy and served for 25 years as KNM Uthaug before being purchased by Denmark in 1990. Sælen served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq from May 2002 until June 2003. December 21, 2004 she was handed over to the Royal Danish Naval Museum.

Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks near Gadzhievo Naval Base

Fröslev truckstop
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By: alfjon.
This truckstop are designed to take heavy haulage trucks with mainly windmillparts from Vestas. The trucks can be over 40 meters long are not allowed to enter Germany before 8.00 p.m.
In Denmark the long and heavy trucks are allowed to travel during daytime.
Link shows a webcam over the parkingplace.

Jylland
The Jylland is the world's last screw-propelled steam frigate. During the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, it won a battle against the Austrian-Prussian fleet in the Battle of Heligoland. In Danish, the ship is known as simply Fregatten Jylland, although several ships have used this name.
The ship has been restored and is currently on display in the town of Ebeltoft, Denmark. It is advertised as one of the world's largest wooden ships. (from Wikipedia)

Submarines
Submarines at NERPA Ship-Repair Plant

Subs
Kind a strange white sub there at the NERPA Ship-Repair Plant?

Aggersborg
Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring castles, and one of the largest archeological sites in Denmark.

Aleksandrovo Air Base (Abandoned)
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Ryazan Aleksandrovo (also given as Alexandrovo and Protasovo) is an air base in Ryazan Oblast, Russia located 19 km southeast of Ryazan. It was probably an attack aircraft base during the Cold War. During the 1990s it housed Mi-8 and Mi-24 aircraft of the Russian Air Force. However it now seens to be vacated; no aircraft are seen.

Vestas
Vestas windmill factory in Randers, Denmark.

Submarine

Plane at Display

Kronprins Frederik bridge
A bascule bridge built in 1935 over the Roskilde Fjord in Frederikssund, Denmark.

Five Russian Subs

Infogrames logo
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Large Helicopters

Tandem rotor helicopter
Tandem rotor helicopter, possibly Boeing Vertol 107 II or CH-47 at Allborg Air Base, Denmark. Helicopters of this kind are not used by Danish Air Force so this one might be Swedish.

Kitesurfer
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Gilleleje church
Gilleleje church in Denmark

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter at Skrystrup AFP, Denmark. Kongelige Danske Flyvevaben (Royal Danish Air Force) operated Starfighters 1964-1987.

In The Starting Gate
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Willesborough Windmill

Saab Draken remains at Skrydstrup AFB
Saab Draken remains at Skrydstrup AFB, Denmark. There's another one nearby and a North American F-86D Sabre. The Draken served in Denmark from 1970 to 1993.

Ryazan Turlatovo Airport
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By: jbottero.
Ryazan Turlatovo Airport (ICAO: UUBR) is an airport in Ryazan Oblast, Russia located 10 km southeast of Ryazan. It is a small civilian airstrip.

Wind Turbine Blades

Circus in Gilleleje
A circustent in Gilleleje in Denmark.