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Dania @ 2011-12-22 06:51:41
Dania pictureFort de Pierre Levée
Site about Philippe Petain's imprisonment.

http://www.marechal-petain.com/versionanglaise/prisonnier.htm
Dania @ 2011-12-19 21:31:49
Dania pictureSandygate Road
Sandygate Road Stadium, home of Hallam FC is the oldest football/soccer ground in the World. It dates back to 1804, and Hallam FC has played here since 1860.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandygate_Road
Dania @ 2011-12-17 15:42:08
Dania pictureDassault nEUROn stealth fighter mockup
All planes are mockups transported on the trucks in parts and assembled on Place de la Concorde.

Here you can see it:
http://www.dassault-aviation.com/fileadmin/user_upload/redacteur/presse/in_the_air/Intheair_2_Centenaire_Gifas_GB.pdf
Dania @ 2011-12-14 19:49:35
Dania pictureGerman War Cemetery Hohrod
2,460 gravesites there are here.
Dania @ 2011-12-14 14:52:33
Dania pictureHvidsten Group Memorial
It's also the gravestone of the executed Hvidsten Group. They found their last resting place here after the Germans capitulated in Denmark, May 5. 1945.
Dania @ 2011-12-03 13:00:12
Dania pictureVillage stocks and whipping pole
Many minor cities and villages in the UK and Ireland have them.
Dania @ 2011-11-29 15:44:58
Dania pictureUnderground Access
Looks more like a quarry.

I found this site with a quarry in this area:
http://tinyurl.com/cknaav6
Dania @ 2011-11-27 22:40:14
Dania pictureBelgacom Captive Balloon 'Aerophile'
Can only be seen in GE Timeslider.
Dania @ 2011-11-27 22:31:35
Dania pictureAirplane converted into a restaurant
It’s an Airbus A310-222. It was once in service for Nigeria Airways.

Interiour of the restaurant:

http://tinyurl.com/congqya

http://tinyurl.com/cjfsopl

http://tinyurl.com/cvjs7fw

How it looked as Nigeria Airways plane:

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Dania @ 2011-11-26 23:45:35
Dania pictureAirplane in city
Is only visible in Google Timeslider.
Dania @ 2011-11-22 03:52:33
Dania pictureSmall plane in a corn field
Dania @ 2011-11-21 01:14:07
Dania pictureKrosshaug burial mound
This isn't the Krosshaug, that's hard to see near the village.

the find here is the Dysjane.

http://www.fornminner.no/AmS/01-04-klepp/dysjane-klepp.htm
Dania @ 2011-11-17 19:34:03
Dania pictureExtreme Makeover: Home Edition: Grommesh family
when you look at the neaby streets you can see the vehicles with the equipment and broadcast vans. When you look at the neaby intersections to the house you see roadblocks and staff securing it.
Dania @ 2011-10-30 23:51:58
Dania pictureThe place where the Iron Curtain was first torn on 19.08.89.
The site where the Iron Curtain first fell was 6 km to the east. where Austria's then foreign minister Alois Mock and his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn had together cut through the border fence.
Dania @ 2011-10-30 23:32:04
Dania pictureAbandoned border crossing station
It isn'y abandoned, it's one of the original bordercrossings from before 1989, the . Today they use more the new one called Neue Teilung, than this one.
Dania @ 2011-10-29 19:32:22
Dania pictureStreet sign
That's a try to make graffiti.

A Moor head, the symbol of Sardinia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Sardinia
Dania @ 2011-10-29 08:02:29
Dania pictureMural
If so, then you have to remove a lot of the files allready made. They are also more murals than graffiti.
Dania @ 2011-10-23 19:30:48
Dania pictureWeird bike
That's a socalled Longjohn bicycle for transport of goods. It was invented in 1929 by a dane, Morten Rasmussen Mortensen.

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longjohn
Dania @ 2011-10-22 12:10:51
Dania pictureEast Anglia Transport Museum
The one in the front is a Vambac 11 which was in use in Blackpool from 1939 to 1962.

The one in the back is a London HR2 tram which operated from 1930 to 1952.
Dania @ 2011-10-22 06:50:43
Dania pictureUnidentified flying object
that's a street lamp. look left and you see the mast.
Dania @ 2011-09-30 16:16:44
Dania pictureVagns SAAB Museum
That's a small garden construction for this school.
Dania @ 2011-09-28 15:06:34
Dania picture'Tivoli Concert Hall' by 3XN
The concert hall is to the left. The thumbnail image shows the new entrance to the concert hall, the aquariium and a cafe.
Dania @ 2011-08-15 15:03:02
Dania pictureJBA Falcon
Cool find. JBA Falcon.

http://www.jbamotors.co.uk/
Dania @ 2011-08-04 12:46:43
Dania pictureBoat goes in water
Found this one on youtube the other day. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv8W4W-iJvE
Dania @ 2011-08-04 09:41:34
Dania pictureAnchor
Anchor of "HMS The Crescent"

HMS The Crescent was a British fregate launched in 1784. It wrecked in 1808 at the coast of Maarup on the way to Gothenburg, Sweden.

Even though Denmark and England were at war the crew decided to swim to land than drown. 63 crew members survived. Those who didn't survive (266) were buried at the church under the anchor in a mass grave.

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Dania @ 2011-07-31 12:57:22
Dania pictureKaiser Jeep M715
Dania @ 2011-07-21 20:09:50
Dania pictureMotorized pedal bike
Cool find. A Motobecane Moby 50V, from the yearly 1970th. It was made in france. I had one too so it brings back memories to my youth.
Dania @ 2011-07-21 19:58:58
Dania pictureBike and cargo trailer
It's a kiddy trailer. It has seats for two children, but it can also be used for articles after a shopping trip.
Dania @ 2011-07-10 15:01:47
Dania pictureOld Aston Martin (type?)
Looks very much like a AM DB4 Series 5 Vantage covertible from 1962.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin_DB4
Dania @ 2011-06-29 11:42:05
Dania pictureViking Ship (replica)
It's the Havhingsten fra Glendalough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havhingsten_fra_Glendalough
Dania @ 2011-06-24 10:36:52
Dania pictureHard Rock Cafe London
Today it's 40 years ago it was opened.
Dania @ 2011-06-24 10:35:50
Dania pictureS/S Hjejlen
Today the ship celebrated it's 150th birthday. Among the guests were Quen Margrethe II of Denmark.
Dania @ 2011-06-22 09:36:16
Dania pictureFormer Embassy of the United States in East Germany
If you cross the street the gates around the building is still there.
Dania @ 2011-06-05 11:12:21
Dania pictureLeMans Race Course
This is the Motorola Chicane.
Dania @ 2011-06-01 09:09:47
Dania pictureRadisson SAS Royal Hotel
Your comment is also mentioned in the Wikipedia site.
Dania @ 2011-05-06 13:59:45
Dania pictureHelicopter at Bremen Airport
It's the rescue helicoper "Christoph 6 Weser" of the German rescue service organisation DRF.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkuhnke/2390051388/
Dania @ 2011-04-10 04:24:27
Dania pictureLighthouse buried in sand dunes
Since 2006 Allbuildings exept the lighthouse are covered by the sand
Dania @ 2011-03-13 23:14:05
Dania pictureGiant ECCO boot
That's my file at GEH. Anyway, I live 80 km so I knew it but thaught it was allready in VG.
Dania @ 2011-03-07 15:22:58
Dania pictureRoquetaillade castle
The castle has served as a location in several films, including Fantômas contre Scotland Yard and Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf). It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Roquetaillade
Dania @ 2011-03-06 16:21:55
Dania picture1960s Citroen 2CV
It's not from the 1950th. It's a 60 type and onwards. You can see it on the front of it.
Dania @ 2011-02-28 15:27:19
Dania pictureLetalnica Bratov Gorišek
Dania @ 2011-02-27 23:26:36
Dania pictureVikersundbakken ski jumping hill
Dania @ 2011-02-27 22:31:42
Dania pictureHolmenkollen Ski Jump
If you go into Google Earth and click on the time slider you can see the construction of the new Holmenkollen and the new Midtstubakken to the right.

More info to both:
http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/NOR-Norway/03-Oslo/Oslo/588-Holmenkollen/

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Dania @ 2011-01-28 20:36:46
Dania pictureOld pickup (type?)
It's a GMC from the early 1950th.
Dania @ 2011-01-28 20:24:04
Dania pictureVolvo PV 544
Volvo PV 544
Dania @ 2010-11-22 17:28:07
Dania pictureTriple segment articulated bus
It's the new Hybrid powered bus the city of Hamburg began to use from 2009 to save the costs for Diesel fuel.

They only had this one you found on Street View. from 2010 more of them should begin to drive around Hamburg.

http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article1271834/Hamburger-Hochbahn-setzt-erstmals-Hybrid-Busse-ein.html
Dania @ 2010-11-04 14:15:18
Dania pictureIreland's smallest church
Sorry but that's the wrong one. Looks like it's more a house. The church of this community is 0,3 miles SE of this one.
Dania @ 2010-11-04 03:22:36
Dania pictureTheaterplatz
It's the Semperoper, one of the main buildings around Theaterplatz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semperoper
Dania @ 2010-10-12 04:26:29
Dania pictureAntarctica Cruises
The ship is the M/S Minerva, formerly known as Alexander von Humboldt. More can be seen here in this Swedish site:

http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/minerva_1990.htm

Dania @ 2010-09-27 18:32:17
Dania pictureКИРОВ
It's Cyrillic letters so it's not KNOP. It's KIROV.
Dania @ 2010-09-17 11:05:07
Dania pictureBoeing E-3 "Sentry"
They are also visible in GM if you zoom down to 200 FT. Below they are gone.
Dania @ 2010-09-14 07:29:27
Dania pictureLong Meadows Park
Dania @ 2010-09-10 02:50:12
Dania pictureLichfield Crater
Infos in your link are the copied from the CWGC site I entered.
Dania @ 2010-08-31 14:48:48
Dania pictureEssex Farm Cemetery
Dania @ 2010-08-13 09:37:52
Dania pictureDrachenfels (Siebengebirge)
From 1248 to 1560 trachyte stones were cut off from here and transported down the Rhine to Cologne to build the cathedral there.

http://www.baufachinformation.de/denkmalpflege.jsp?md=1988017190356
Dania @ 2010-08-07 10:21:02
Dania pictureRoundabout Art
The sword used in the coat of arms of Joint Force Command Brunssum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Force_Command_Brunssum
Dania @ 2010-08-07 10:20:11
Dania pictureCensored Area Brunssum
Dania @ 2010-08-03 12:56:34
Dania pictureNicosia (Waynes Keep) Military Cemetery
The cemetery also contain Nicosia War Cemetery. http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2101910&mode=1
Dania @ 2010-07-27 07:20:51
Dania pictureCouin WWI war cemetery
Dania @ 2010-07-26 17:43:43
Dania picturePolish cemetery in Ancona
It's the Commonwealth War Cemetery Ancona, and not the Polish War Cemetery.

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2005500&mode=1
Dania @ 2010-07-26 17:24:15
Dania pictureEnglish-Canadian war cemetery, Coriano
Dania @ 2010-07-25 08:55:13
Dania picture'Le Pouce' by Cesar
It's called Le Pouce (The Thumb) by the French sculptor César Baldaccini. He created it in 1964.

Today you find replicas of it all over the world. No. 1 is found at La Defence in Paris.
Dania @ 2010-07-20 17:38:41
Dania pictureWWI cemetery
It's the French-German WW 1 cemetery Calais.

394 Germans are buried in the German plot and 301 French and 1,048 Belgian soldiers in the French plot.

http://www.volksbund.de/kgs/stadt.asp?stadt=636
Dania @ 2010-07-18 15:11:05
Dania picturePorsche estate "Schuttgut"
The small building next to the house is the chapel where Ferdinand Porsche got his last resting place.

http://www.knerger.de/Die_Personen/unternehmer/unternehmer_2/unternehmer_3/unternehmer_4/unternehmer_5/porscheunternehmer_5.html
Dania @ 2010-07-16 05:24:30
Dania pictureNew Meadowlands Stadium
Dania @ 2010-02-25 04:42:44
Dania pictureUpside down ship's hull
This is the sadly remains of one of the most famous danish ferries M/S Pinen that sailed on the route at todays Sallingsund Bridge from 1958 to 1978. It's sister ship, M/S Plagen is today sailing on the route Feggesund - Næssund under the name M/S Sallingsund.

http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=54&n=2
Dania @ 2010-02-25 04:42:15
Dania pictureInverted boat-hull used as the Islands Brygge bandstand
This is the sadly remains of one of the most famous danish ferries M/S Pinen that sailed on the route at todays Sallingsund Bridge from 1958 to 1978. It's sister ship, M/S Plagen is today sailing on the route Feggesund - Næssund under the name M/S Sallingsund.

http://www.faergelejet.dk/faerge.php?id=54&n=2
Dania @ 2010-02-13 05:25:29
Dania pictureWarning sign at Finnish-Russian border
I didn't find it on this site. I found it by just going down the Finnish-Russian border.
Dania @ 2010-02-10 16:44:42
Dania pictureCarlsberg Brewery
It's the former brewery of Carlsberg. All in Valby is now closed and moved to Fredericia.
Dania @ 2010-02-09 15:14:28
Dania pictureGoogle snowmobile driver
Dania @ 2010-02-07 14:36:12
Dania picture1939 Lancia Aprilia 1500
Dania @ 2010-01-23 08:53:30
Dania pictureMonument to the Scandinavian volunteers in the Second Schleswig War 1864
It's the Monument to the Scandinavian volunteers in the Second Schleswig War 1864.
Dania @ 2009-10-18 01:45:59
Dania picture1940 Buick Super coupe
Dania @ 2009-10-18 01:26:03
Dania picture1955 Buick Special Convertible
Buick Century
Dania @ 2009-10-18 01:09:28
Dania pictureBentley
Dania @ 2009-08-22 07:56:37
Dania pictureFiat 500
FIAT 500
Dania @ 2009-08-21 05:04:59
Dania pictureMorris Minor 1000
Morris Minor 1000 (restyled)
Dania @ 2009-08-05 00:34:07
Dania pictureUnpainted business jet
Dania @ 2009-08-04 11:53:45
Dania pictureTeletubbie Land
You can see it if you use Google Earth and use Google Timeslider and go far left.
Dania @ 2009-07-22 13:34:30
Dania pictureMCH Arena
Today it's called MCH Arena
Dania @ 2009-07-05 06:55:50
Dania pictureMichael Jackson's Childhood Home
This was also the childhood home of actor Karl Malden who died 1 week later than MJ.

http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=137713
Dania @ 2009-07-05 02:16:02
Dania pictureStockschießen game
This is a, mostly, bavarian game called Stockschiesssen (Ice Stock Sport) played mostly in winter, but you can also find it played all year round like here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_stock_sport

Summergame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9vaqPxsfHg

Wintergame:
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Dania @ 2009-06-23 02:19:30
Dania picture'Kastrup Sea Baths' by White Arkitekter
It replaced the old sea bath Helgoland that was closed september 1st. 2004. The new sea bath opened on june 16th. 2008.

Here is a photo of the new one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marui/2410480192/
Dania @ 2009-06-16 15:00:25
Dania pictureRoskilde Festival
Is outdated
Dania @ 2009-06-14 11:08:11
Dania pictureKrusa Padborg Airport (EKPB)
This is also Padborg Park Racetrack. The airport is next to it.

http://www.padborgpark.dk/default.asp?id=22786
Dania @ 2009-06-13 14:04:26
Dania pictureAllerød Airport (EKAL)
This airport is now closed and the area turned into a new housing area.
Dania @ 2009-06-11 14:13:42
Dania pictureVinyl discs
And Laser Discs, the first DVD's at the bottom of the vinyl discs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc
Dania @ 2009-05-28 08:09:25
Dania pictureGlobe
It't at the Mitsubishi car dealer, Globus-Biler, and was until 1999 the biggest in the world. It was constructed 1936 as a gas storage tank but it looked boring so a wise guy had an idea to paint it as a globe. It was in use for 30 years when gas was replaced by electricity.

1971 it was given to the owner of Globus-Biler and was moved from it's former place to the current.

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Dania @ 2009-05-13 10:05:47
Dania pictureLamotte-Picquet (D 645)
It's the frigate Lamotte-Picquet (D 645)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FS_La_Motte-Picquet
Dania @ 2009-04-29 23:16:51
Dania pictureTrees in circles
This is the school of Vridsløse. The trees separate the sports facilities.
Dania @ 2009-04-29 23:14:25
Dania pictureEntrance to bunker
It's the tunnel to the bunker where the bombs and rockets for the fighters were kept. If you notice there aren't any regular facility for that.