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madrrid looks grreat |
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i like your avatar and zelda! :) |
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it is perculiar that the cars in that picture are nearly all white cars. |
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Not "Town"-pics, but at least pics from where I grew up. Taken this Christmas. View from house |
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View2. Christmas was cold as hell |
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Heanor is a town in the Amber Valley region of Derbyshire, England. It is 8 miles northeast of Derby. Heanor runs into Langley Mill, and is served by Langley Mill railway station, although, at one time, the LNER had a branch line which terminated in a goods yard and small station in the town. Heanor Grammar School, which was just to the east of the market place, eventually became part of the Southeast Derbyshire College of Further Education. Coal mining and textiles used to be the major industries of the town. The River Erewash passes through the area. The American Adventure, (two miles outside of town, in the direction of Ilkeston) is a large theme park which was constructed, for the most part, on former colliery-owned land. The Matthew Walker factory, famous world-wide for the production of superb Christmas puddings, was sold in 1992 and became part of the Northern Foods group. Heanor has a population of just over 23,000. Heanor Clarion Cycling Club was founded in 1929 (website www.heanorclarion.org.uk), but the jewel in the sporting crown of Heanor has to be 'The Lions' - Heanor Town Football Club. Established in 1883, the club is a member of the 'Abacus Lighting' Central Midlands Football League, and is well-supported. The Heanor and District Local History Society, established in 1968, gives details of the area's history on its website www.HeanorHistory.org.uk. The local newspaper which serves, amongst others, the communities of Ripley, Heanor, Marpool, Loscoe, Waingroves, Aldercar, Crosshill and Codnor is the 'Ripley and Heanor News'. However, its circulation area is not limited to these towns and villages and could be considered to extend from Whatstandwell in the west, to Brinsley in the east; from South Normanton in the north, to Coxbench in the south. It is published each Thursday. |
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i would like to have relatives that lived in a european small town, where i could go live for short times, whenever i wanted, simliar to your town O O \/ \_____/ |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwich å==Famous Northwichians== All of the following allegedly either are from or lived in Northwich at somewhere in their lives: Tim Burgess of The Charlatans Paula Radcliffe, Marathon Runner Matthew Kelly, TV Presenter Adam Rickett, Former Coronation Street Actor Pete Waterman, Record Producer and Pop Idol Judge Gary Barlow, Former Take That Singer Stuart Neild, Horror Author Bob Carolgees, Former Kids TV Presenter Jennifer Saunders, Comidienne Mike Whitlow, Former Leeds United & Leicester City Defender Michael Oakes, Former Aston Villa Goalkeeper Dean Saunders, Former Aston Villa & Wales Striker Tony Dorigo, Former Leeds United & England Defender Sue Townsend, Author Steve Hewitt of Placebo Lucy Meggett of The Fast Food Rockers Tim Kash, MTV Presenter Neil Hamilton & Christine Hamilton, The former was MP for Tatton, the latter a TV "personality" Dewi Morris, Former England Rugby Union Player John Greenway, MP for Ryedale Amaaazing |
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href="http://www.gigaflop.demon.co.uk/heanor/TownHall.jpg" target=blank>Heanor 1 |
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i've never thought Veghel would be in this :| [i]History The first settlements date back to Roman times and were established near the River Aa. The municipality was officially founded in 1310 when Duke John II of Brabant granted the inhabitants the right to use common grounds. Rulers of the municipality were the Lords of Erp, residing at their castle of Frisselsteijn in Veghel.[/i] |
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rochdale has hanal........... |
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i live in a small first-tier minneapolis suburb called crystal, but i generally consider myself a minneapolitan (most of the time i've lived here was in minneapolis). my state, minnesota, is generally considered midwestern, but while it's in the center of the us it is pretty huge and stretches all the way up to canada. from wiki: Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County. It adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital and second-largest city. Together they form the core of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 15th-largest agglomeration in the country (and roughly 65th-largest in the world), with over 3,000,000 residents. In the 2000 census, the city itself had a total population of 382,618. People living in Minneapolis are called Minneapolitans. The city is in the southeast portion of the state and sits along the Mississippi River. There are also 24 small lakes in the city. The abundance of lakes led Charles Hoag, an early settler and Minneapolis's first schoolmaster, to suggest a name derived from minne, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city. The city is also known as the "City of Lakes", a phrase that appears on many municipal vehicles and properties. The traditional postal abbreviation (now deprecated, but still often used) for the city's name is Mpls., and much old correspondence can still be found dated from "Mpls., Minn." The city center is located just south of 45 degrees north latitude. On the south side of Golden Valley Road just east of Wirth Parkway, there is a stone containing a weathered plaque, marking a point on 45th parallel. [1] Metro Area citizens take some pride in being "halfway to the North Pole". Minneapolis is recognized by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network as a world-class city. |
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I would have some relatives in warm Perth :) |
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there are some nice pics in here. |
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Hmmm. This is "Post the Town" not "Post Pics of" OK. Wikipedia: History Bodø was granted township status in 1816 and is now county capital of Nordland. Most of Bodø was destroyed during a German attack 27th of May 1940. In 1940 6000 people lived in Bodø, after the German attack 3500 people had lost their houses. But only 15 people lost their life during the air-attack (2 British soldiers and 13 Norwegians). In the summer of 1940 Bodø suffered an acute lack of housing. Therefore the Swedes helped building 107 apartments in the winter of 1941. These houses were built tight together just outside the town of 1940. Thus this small area, today in the heart of Bodø, is still called "svenskebyen:" the Swedish town. No more buildings were built during the war, due to severe lack of wood and other resources The town was subsequently rebuilt after the war, the rebuilding was completed in 1959 when the new town-hall was finished. Bodø received international attention during the U-2 Crisis in May 1960, when it became known that the American U-2 pilot Gary Powers had been shot down over the Soviet Union on his way from Pakistan to Bodø. |
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Stellenbosch is the second oldest European settlement in South Africa after Cape Town, and is located in the Western Cape Province. It is situated about 50 kilometers from Cape Town and has a population of around 90,000 as of the year 2000, not counting students. This estimate is based on formally housed residents. As such it is almost certainly understated, as the Stellenbosch region also includes a number of informal settlements. The most famous amongst these is called Kayamandi. Stellenbosch is rapidly merging with other surrounding urban settlements. The town is also home to the University of Stellenbosch and is immediately adjacent to Technopark. Stellenbosch is said to be the heart of Afrikanerdom. (LOL) |
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Geography The city lies just north of the Arctic Circle and the midnight sun is visible from June 2 to July 10. The strong tidal current Saltstraumen is situated some 30 km east of Bodø. Bodø is one of Norway's most windy cities. Snow cover during winter is usually sparse, not only due to the wind, but also an effect of a mild winter climate relative to latitude; average temperature for January is -2.2°C, while July 24-hr average is 12.5°C, and the annual mean temperature is 4.5°C (met.no climate). As the northern terminus of Nordlandsbanen, Bodø is the northern end of the railroad network of Norway, except for the line from Narvik to Kiruna in Sweden, and further into the Swedish rail network. The railway station opened in 1961. Bodø Airport lies two km outside the city centre and was opened in 1952. The airport served 1 308 000 passengers in 2004. Ferries run between Bodø and the Lofoten Islands. |
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Melbourne has twice ranked first in a survey by The Economist of The World's Most Livable Cities on the basis of its cultural attributes, climate, cost of living, and social conditions such as crime rates and health care, once in 2002, and again in 2004. |
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well, my city is calgary alberta canada. it's the end of january, the coldest month of the year, and it has been brown and grassy the whole month.. and spring temperatures.. kinda freaky.. |
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim">Trondheim, Norway |
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that looks like a scene from Tugs |
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is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. With its more than 156,000 inhabitants (2005), Trondheim is the third largest city of the country, and the centre of the Trøndelag Region. There are also approximately 30 000 students in the city. People have been living in this region of the country for thousands of years. In ancient times the Kings of Norway were hailed at Øretinget in Trondheim, the place for the assembly of all free men by the mouth of the river Nidelva. Harald Fairhair (865 - 933) was hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I - called 'the Good'. Trondheim was named Kaupangen (the market place or trading place) by Viking King Olav Tryggvason in 997 A.D. Fairly soon, it came to be called Nidaros. In the beginning it was frequently used as the seat of the King, and therefore, for a time, the capital of Norway (until 1217). Leif Ericson lived in Trondheim around 1000 A.D. as a Praetorian guardsman (Old Norse: "hird"-man) of King Olav. Trondheim was the seat of the (Catholic) Archbishopric from 1152. Due to the introduction of Lutheran Protestantism in 1537, the last Archbishop, Olav Engelbrektsson, had to flee from the city. |
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It's either you or us every year! |
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Where I grew up Congleton is a town in the county of Cheshire in the north west of England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the Macclesfield Canal. It has a population (2001 Census) of 22,763. It is thought to have been a Roman settlement, and in 1272 it received its charter to hold fairs and markets. King Edward I granted permission to build a mill. Congleton became an important centre of textile production, especially lace and leather gloves. The neighbouring town of Buglawton was incorporated into Congleton borough in 1936. Since 1974 Congleton borough has covered much of south-east Cheshire. Congleton became notorious in the 1620s when bear-baiting was a popular sport. Congleton owned an old and rather decrepit bear and was unable to attract large crowds to their bear-baiting contests, but also lacked the money to pay for a new and more aggressive bear. It did however have a sum of money saved to buy a new bible. The town decided to use the money in the bible fund to pay for a new bear, and then replenished it with the income from the increased number of spectators. However, when the story was reported to neighbouring towns, it got corrupted and the legend grew that Congleton had sold its bible in order to buy a new bear. A song did the rounds of which the chorus ran: The cheeses of Cheshire are famed, but beware Of stories they tell of Congleton Rare Congleton Rare, Congleton Rare They sold the Church Bible to buy a new bear. From the time of this legend, Congleton has been nicknamed 'Beartown'. The principal industries in Congleton include the manufacture of airbags and golf-balls. There are light engineering factories near the town, and sand extraction occurs on the Cheshire plain. |
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Where I live now Vancouver (pronounced [v©¡¢°nˈkʰuv̥ɚ]) is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia. It is the largest metropolitan centre in western Canada and third largest in the country. The city's population is 545,671 and that of the metropolitan area is 2,186,965 (2001 census). [1] Vancouver is one of the cities of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) and of the larger geographic region commonly known as the Lower Mainland of BC. The mayor is Sam Sullivan, NPA (see List of Mayors of Vancouver). The Port of Vancouver is significant on a world scale, and Vancouver is also the third largest film production centre in North America after Hollywood and New York. Vancouver will be the host city for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2006 United Nations World Urban Forum and the 2007 Memorial Cup. Vancouver will also host some games for the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup. |
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Palma de Mallorca is the major city and port in the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 367,277, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 462,010, ranking as the 12th-largest urban area of Spain. Almost half of the total population of Majorca live in Palma. The archipelago of Cabrera, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. Its airport, Son Sant Joan, is one of the busiest in Europe. The Marivent Palace was offered by the city to the then Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain. The royals have since spent their summer holidays in Palma. |
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Paudex, a really small town at ten feet from the lake Leman (lake Geneva if ya like). Peaceful nice place, just shitty i happen to live near a road. |
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I've been arround Lake Leman once, lots of tear gas and conclussion grenades... |
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there's a huge amount of pics to post. better check out this shitty panoram photo -> (). The pic is in flash, because i wanted to try scripting this panorama thingie myself. the pic also takes 1 MB 337 KB some more bytes and there is no preloader, sorry. Maybe it will come later. Main bad thing is that the frames stitch together badly, sometimes better, sometimes absolutely shit, you'll see. It was not easy to do fitting pics from that water tower top.. + it was not me who done the photo job. |
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lol never thought wikipedia would know about Rixensart !!! WIKI: Rixensart is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2005 Rixensart had a total population of 21,468. The total area is 17.54 km² which gives a population density of 1,223.88 inhabitants per km². The formerly separate municipalities of Genval and Rosières now form part of Rixensart. Rixensart is served by two railway stations (at Rixensart and at Genval), connecting it with Brussels to the North and Louvain-la-Neuve to the South. some photos on the official site GSK in rixensart: Created after the second world war, company R.I.T. (Therapeutic Research and Industry) became "GSK" which, in addition to the site of Genval also occupies a great part of the valley of Lasne between Rosières and Rixensart. The small company of the beginnings became one of the first world groups in the field of human health. there's a vaccin for small children, called INFANRIX named after the town because it was develloped here, half of children in the USA are vaccinated with it :p Genval, the lake, John Martin: As for the "Castle of the Lake", it will become, in 1934, the head office of S.A. Schweppes (Belgium) which will install there a factory of congestion of mineral water. This one is today installed street of the Stag while the "Castle of the Lake" belongs to the Martin family which arranged it in international center of seminars and hotel complex of luxury, the first hotel 5 stars of Wallonia. John Martin's (gordon beers) son-in-law lives 200m from my house |
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Winschoten (gronings: Winschoot) is a city and municipality in the province groningen. The municipality has 18,435 inhabitants by 1 June 2005 and covers a surface of 22.24 km² (of which 0.37 km² water). The city has the mill city as a nickname. The city also Sodom are called, the inhabitants consequently Sodommers, but also gekscherend Tellerlikkers. In the weapon of Winschoten the H.Vitus stand represented. In the middle ages Winschoten and surroundings came under under the abbey of Corvey. In this abbey the relieken of this siciliaanse saint are kept. With Modestus and Crecentia he was assassinated for its Christian belief (in the 4e centuries after Chr.) Much still to this saint, among other things remind Saint Vitusstraat, the buurtschap ' sint Vitusholt ', scouting Saint Vitus, R.K.Basisschool Saint Vitus and the R.K.Parochiekerk of the H.Vitus. Beside Winschoten are themselves in Blauwhuis, hilversum, houses, Blaricum, Naarden, Well and Naarden R.K. churches devoted to the H.Vitus (and gezellen). Winschoten have the largest rosarium of the Netherlands. Winschoter football association (WVV) training of coach angel Wubs has got rural reputation, because some oud-spelers in Dutch football elftal triomfen fourth. Contents [ do not show ] 1 public transport 2 born in Winschoten 3 well-known Winschoter sportsmen 4 bldg. 5 external left [ treat ] Transport Winschoten lies in public to the track line Groningen-Winschoten-Nieuweschans-Leer. Moreover the city has the following bus connections: line 10 with Pekela-Veendam-Assen line 11 with Assen line 12 with Bellingwolde line 13 with peat dam line 14 with Vlagtwedde (stadskanaal) line 17 with finsterwolde scheemda line 75 with Pekela-Stadskanaal line 119 with scheemda delfzijl (sneldienst) line 179 with Scheemda-Groningen [ treat ] born in Winschoten Dirk Stikker (5 February 1897), minister and Secretary-General of NATO (? 1979) Jacob Meijer (cut) published maximum Dendermonde (17 June 1919), writer under pseudoniem:Saul of Messel (18 November 1912), historian - |
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more: Winschoten (Gronings: Winschoot) is a municipality and city in the northeast of the Netherlands. Winschoten comparatively had the second largest Jewish community of The Netherlands. During the Second World War, Winschoten was a transit port to Germany for the Jew-transports. Of the 493 Jews that lived in Winschoten at the beginning of the war, only 20 survived. The town of Winschoten is the municipality's only community . Winschoten received city rights in 1825. It was the last town in the Netherlands to be granted such rights. Winschoten has a railway station on the line from Groningen to Leer (in Germany). |
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Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: Rhosan ar Wy) is a small market town with a population of approximately 10,000 in Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the edge of the Forest of Dean. The town is known for its antique shops, charity shops and high number of public houses. Regular Thursday and Saturday markets are held at the sandstone 'Market House' building in the town centre, which was built between 1650 and 1654 replacing an older, probably wooden building. The 700 year old parish church of St. Mary's is the town's most prominent landmark and its spire is visible when approaching the town from all directions. In the front of the church is a large and rare Plague Cross, commemorating the three hundred or so townsfolk who were buried here by night without coffins during a savage outbreak of the plague in 1637. Inside, the church holds several distinctive tombs, one of which – that of a certain William Rudhall (d.1530) – is one of the last great alabaster sculptures from the specialist masons of Nottingham, whose work was prized right across medieval Europe. Another tomb is of John Kyrle, a prominant figure in Ross-on-Wye, who's name is now given to a high-school; John Kyrle High School. Opposite the church, The Prospect is a neat public garden offering pleasant views over the river, which provides one of the many locations for underage drinking to take place. [edit] External links * Larruperz Centre - a community centre serving the community of Ross-on-Wye and the surrounding district. The centre is named after the Larruperz. * Ross-on-Wye - A comprehensive photographic tour of Ross-on-Wye and the Wye Valley particularly covering Ross-on-Wye and with both archive and recent photographs. * St. Mary's Church. * Knowhere.co.uk - insider's information about the town. i added the bottom link, loads of abuse about my crap town! |
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Berlin... You all know about Berlin :-) |
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and in Berlin most ppl know about my town... |
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many visitors from abroad say it's very beautiful city. You might have seen the city name in Skalpel interviews/reviews. |
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aren't you from Neu Yorck by accident? |
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No, it's just that Berlin has been described by some as the "New New York"... |
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