Lærdalstunnelen, The World’s Longest Road Tunnel
Posted On 19 Apr 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Faced with the challenge of building a year-round road to connect Norway’s two largest cities (Bergen and Oslo), through a mountainous region of central Norway, engineers decided to create the world’s longest road tunnel. Named after the municipality at the northern end, Lærdal, the tunnel spans 24.5km to Aurland.
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100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic
Posted On 13 Apr 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
On the 15th April 1912, exactly 100 years ago this weekend, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Titanic had 2,223 people on board at the time, over 1,500 of whom ... Read More
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Street View Competitors, Part 2
Posted On 06 Apr 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Today, we continue our tour of street-level imagery in places Google Street View hasn’t reached yet!1 Here are more images from the numerous services that not only offer their own street-level imagery but have beaten Google to the punch in numerous cities around the globe.
One of the newest entrants ... Read More
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Google Aerial Street View
Posted On 01 Apr 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
There appears to be no place on Earth that Google won’t visit to capture Street View imagery – we’ve had Street View in shops, on trains, and even underwater. In a brand new initiative, Google has announced they have taken Street View to the skies, and we’ve got an ... Read More
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Street View Competitors, Part 1
Posted On 27 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Google Street View may be ever-expanding in its reach, but it’s still a long way from covering the entire world. In fact, there are numerous services that not only offer their own street-level imagery but have beaten Google to the punch in numerous cities around the globe. That ... Read More
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Google Amazon View
Posted On 23 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Today is World Forest Day, and to mark the occasion, Google have launched a stunning update to Street View – this time, they’ve gone to the Amazon basin and collected imagery from the forests, paths, communities, and rivers of the Rio Negro Reserve.
The imagery is absolutely stunning – letting you ... Read More
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Spreepark: An abandoned German theme park
Posted On 20 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Today we continue our sporadic series touring the world’s most interesting abandoned places with Spreepark – an abandoned theme park in north Berlin with a fascinating story surrounding its fall from grace.
In 1991, shortly after the re-unification of Berlin, a man named Norbert Witte took control of an ageing facility ... Read More
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Einstein Is Everywhere
Posted On 17 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
The 14th of March marks the 133rd birthday of the most famous theoretical physicist in history, Albert Einstein. While the man passed on nearly six decades ago, his name remains synonymous with genius and intellectual capability. Now, we could devote an entry to the myriad buildings and institutions ... Read More
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Right Down the Toilet
Posted On 08 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
The toilet – home to some of humankind’s most intimate moments, and probably one of the last things you’d think you’d find on Google Maps (or think to look for, for that matter), but one might be surprised at just how many random toilets and toilet-related items are lying around ... Read More
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Top Ten Most Expensive Restaurants in the US
Posted On 02 Mar 2012 By storyboard. Under travel.
Last year bundle.com released a list of the 25 most expensive restaurants in the US, with mind-boggling average prices for highly stylised meals consisting of a wide array of exotic ingredients. However, it won’t cost you a penny1 to join us for a guided Street View tour of the top ... Read More
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