Introduce your town

[matty]

I figured it'd be kinda to cool for us to tell each other about are towns/cities and whats there. It'd be cool to see pics :)

[Paul]

I'll do Sheffield, it's where I live most of the time! There's a lot of things to do there.......

OK Sheffield is in the north of England, most famous for making steel. Chances are your knifes, forks and spoons are from there! Its ok, you don't have to check.... ;) :funny: These days there's less industry, it is the 4th biggest city in the UK. It has 2 universities.......there are around 40,000 students and lots of pubs, clubs and places to eat probably for our benefit!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/map.jpg

Sheffield has lots of galleries, museums and visitor attractions.

The City Centre, all very new and modern, (yes people do run in and out of the fountains) :

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/goodwin.jpg

Ski village (never actually been myself):

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/skislope.jpg

Meadowhall, a shopping centre. Locals call it Meadowhell, although being a guy its easy having everything together and some cool shops. Sorry I don't have a better pic, luckily for you this is a "free sample", normally you have to pay to see a pic of it!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/oasis.jpg

There are 2 football teams (I don't support any of them), an international athletics arena, Hallam FM arena (hockey and concerts):

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/6120arena.jpg

Shania concert inside:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/Sheffield9304009.jpg

Nice countryside, next to the Peak District National Park. Famous places such as Chatsworth house.....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/peak26a.jpg

Sheffield is England's greenest city, apparantly! It has largest temperate glasshouse in a European city centre:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/winterg.jpg

Famous People:

Michael Palin (Monty Python & travel programmes)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/michael.bmp

Lesley Garrett (Opera singer)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/lesley.jpg

Def Leppard
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/hrh_deflep03.jpg

(The Human League are also from Sheffield, "Don't you Want Me Baby....")

Sean Bean (actor)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/seanbean.jpg

Films: The Full Monty

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/handsup.jpg

My Uni:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/shu.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/uni.jpg

Why do they always show students sitting on grass? :funny: I never do that, its usually wet.....

OK that took ages! But nice idea for a thread....:up:

[Dale]

I live in Rosyth (sorry no pics.) Which is in Dunfermline which is in Scotland. Rosyth is a small village with about 10,000 people currently living there but there is rapid expansion of houses. One of the 7 wonders of the world - The Forth Rail Bridge - is about 1K away from Rosyth. Rosyth doesn't have many facilities, a few pubs, community center and some shops. Rosyth is called the 'Garden City' which was for the Navy Dockyard workers. The Royal Navy Dockyard was used as a main port for both World Wars.

... and that's about it. Again sorry for no pics.

[UllaCountryGal]

okey I live in Reykjavík, this is pretty much

Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, it contains just about halff the icelandic nation. The city is located at the south-west part of the country. It's the norhtest capital in Europe if not just in the world.
We have 3 hospitals one of the Catholic. They just reccently united as the State hospital.

this church is the higest building in the country, the statue infront is of Leifur Heppni Eiríksson(Lucky Leif). He "found" America and that's why he was lucky, but unfortunetly he lost it again.
http://www.myblumberg.com/Iceland/Church%20large.jpg
here's another one at night in wintertime
http://www.briankohl.com/photogallery/images/fullsize/iceland-hallgrimskirkja2.jpg

the famous Coas Gard. There only used to be 2 ships but now they are 3. The 2 older ones were in all the cod wars against the british. They scared the Brits. And will do again if they dare messing with our fish.
http://www.briankohl.com/photogallery/images/fullsize/iceland-reykjavik-dracar.jpg

winter down town
http://www.briankohl.com/photogallery/images/fullsize/iceland-reykjavik-street2.jpg

The library of the University of Iceland. It's one of 2 unis in the city
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~mheliola/is/kuvat/reykjavik-26-04-02-014.jpg

The shopping streat
http://www.leonardodavinci.li/Bildgalerie/05_2004_Island/047%20Reykjavik.JPG

The Cathedral it's very old
http://www.eveandersson.com/photos/iceland/reykjavik-church-domkirkja-large.jpg

Hotel Borg, one of the classiest hotels in town,
http://www.eveandersson.com/photos/iceland/hotel-borg-exterior-large.jpg

Swimming pool, Laugardalslaug, the largest swiming pool in the country and probably the best too. it's all out-dours, the main one is in olympic length but it also has childrens pool and a big and fun water slide, along with 6 hot-tubs and a sauna. Most pools here are outdoors and all are geothermal pools.
http://www.concierge.com/images/photos/images/3/0/10012903.jpg

The icelandic parlament, Alþingi, is the oldest one in the world
http://www.hi.is/pub/tungumala/Forum/articulosenespanol0503/Image32.jpg

Reykjavík city hall. The house is built in the pond
http://www.bokis.is/iod2001/images/city_hall.jpg

other random places and views
the pond Tjörnin
http://www.livres-montagne.com/Islande_2/Iceland_Reykjavik2.jpg

http://www.njoye.com/pictures/WebfolderUrban/images/Reykjavik%20Sculpture.jpg

http://www.livres-montagne.com/Islande_2/Iceland_Reykjavik5.jpg
want snow?
http://wesley.smugmug.com/photos/2048150-M.jpg
ppl scating on the pond
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/252/2846/640/The%20Mid-Day%20moon%20over%20Reykjavik%20on%20Christmas%20D ay.jpg

I think this is good now. I'm considering doing my hometown too later.

[SHANIANUTS!]

I love the concept and pix but I think folks without fast connections are gonna have some problems reading this thread.

[shania-little]

That's a good point Bob... :smirk:
Really interesting to read Paul and Ulla!

I live in Didam, a little village in the east of the Netherlands.
http://www.puddingonline.com/~dave/presentations/2003-07-25_BGP-Table-manners/bgp_table_manners.key/daar-ligt-didam.png

Didam counts around 11.000 inhabitants and it's part of the municipality: 'Montferland'.

As you can see it's really close to the German border, that's one of the reasons why you see many German's over here, and why the German language had influence in the dialect we speak over here called 'Achterhoeks'.

Because of the small size of my village, there aren't many facts about it. That's why I'll tell you more about the region were it belongs to.
Very famous of this region is it's nature and culture.
Some pics of Didam and it's region:

the only 'high' school of Didam (I'm not on this one anymore) :
http://www.gloerich.nl/001basis/001basis/luchtfoto.JPG

Very nearby is the nature reserve 'de Veluwe':
http://www.picturesofholland.nl/veluwe/DSC06246.jpg

The river 'the Rijn' passes Didam too:
http://www.thevandegrifts.com/PhotoAlbum/Europe2003/Arnhem2003/slides/101-0131_IMG.JPG

a picture I took of the highway of Didam between the pastures ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/esthershania/esther/Dscn0904klein.jpg

an another picture I took of the lake in Didam (we go swimming there in summer):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/esthershania/esther/DSCN1042klein.jpg

The church of Didam:
http://data.hollandcards.nl/cards/9/1/4/0/000419.jpg

[aFinn]

OK Sheffield is in the north of England, most famous for making steel.
it is the 4th biggest city in the UK. I thought it was most famous for the Full Monty :p

4th biggest? I never knew it was that big. Wow, congrats Sheffield :D


Here's Shania in Sheffield Steelers jersey :D

http://www.saunalahti.fi/oskarila/Sports/Euro/17SheffieldSteelers2.jpg

[aFinn]

Rosyth is a small village with about 10,000 people currently living there but there is rapid expansion of houses. One of the 7 wonders of the world - The Forth Rail Bridge - is about 1K away from Rosyth.I found this picture, it looks beautiful :up:

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/forail.gif

One of the most spectacular man-made landmarks in Scotland is the Forth Rail Bridge. This solid cantilever bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, was opened in 1890. The bridge crosses the River Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry, and still carries the East Coast mainline railway north from Edinburgh to Perth and Dundee.
link (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/forail.html)

[aFinn]

Reykjavík city hall. The house is built in the pond
http://www.bokis.is/iod2001/images/city_hall.jpgThat looks wicked, I'd imagine there has been some construction problems and special methods.

[Shannia]

Nice countryside, next to the Peak District National Park. Famous places such as Chatsworth house.....


Ah that reminds me that I have another question jajaja. Well as I told you I will arrive at Liverpool and we will rent a car. I will spend my first night there in Carlisle. There´s something about a park and lakes or something like that :funny: between Liverpool and Carlisle, I mean we have to take the road (M-6 if my memory is ok now.. :uhh: ) but we have read that at weekends that lakes are crowded and we are arriving at 17.30 on Friday. Do you know if use to be a lot of traffic jam? *me and my weird questions*:nono:

[Paul]

I thought it was most famous for the Full Monty :p

Ahh thats depends on what type of things you like to see...... ;)

[Paul]

Ah that reminds me that I have another question jajaja. Well as I told you I will arrive at Liverpool and we will rent a car. I will spend my first night there in Carlisle. There´s something about a park and lakes or something like that :funny: between Liverpool and Carlisle, I mean we have to take the road (M-6 if my memory is ok now.. :uhh: ) but we have read that at weekends that lakes are crowded and we are arriving at 17.30 on Friday. Do you know if use to be a lot of traffic jam? *me and my weird questions*:nono:

Well, to get from Liverpool to Carlisle you go to the top of the Lake District but it is all motorway and you miss out all the lakes, so there won't be any problems with traffic.......BUT if you can, then go to the lakes because its the most beautiful part of the UK, its really lovely. There's nothing at all in Carlisle........if you do go to the Lakes it does get very busy but you'll love it!

Hope that helps!

[Big Swede]

OK Sheffield is in the north of England, most famous for making steel.

We have a company in Sweden called Avesta-Sheffield, their business is also steel, mostly stainless steel.
But as with all other companies in Sweden, I think the Finns bought it, :p If I try to find it I ends up in Esboo, Finland :huh: :p
Don´t know how much it has to do with Sheffield nowdays though.

[Annette]

A few pics from my city Århus

The art museum. It's only a few years old. And if you look really close you might be able to see that the brick stones are not all the same color what caused a big controversy when the building was finished.
http://www.artstamps.dk/images/Aros.jpg

Inside the art museum
http://pictures.exploitz.com/inside-photo-Aarhus--_smgpx10001x14852x161772e6d.jpg

City Hall
http://www.aarhuskommune.dk/files/aak/aak/content/images/magistratens_2._afdeling/ejendomsforvaltningen/logo.gif

Theatre by night
http://www.aarslevkro.dk/attraktioner/teater.jpg

Concert hall by night
http://www.sinfonietta.dk/billeder/MH,natfoto.jpg

My university. It is not as big as the other university we have here you will see that later. It's because here we only concentrate on business related subjects:up:
http://www.aarhus.byprofil.dk/files/images/_1906_5.jpg

Main entrance
http://www.hkstat-aarhus.dk/images/Handelsh.jpg

University...it's a huge area. All the yellow buildings in the area with all the trees is the university.
http://195.41.32.55/domino/inft/inftsite.nsf/gifs/kortmateriale/$file/universitetet.jpg

Marselisborg castel... The Queen and her family comes here for holidays during the summer and they always celebrate christmas here.
http://www.nettyroyal.nl/images/marselisborg.jpg

The cathedral
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/strejf/b4/domkirke5.JPG

[Paul]

We have a company in Sweden called Avesta-Sheffield, their business is also steel, mostly stainless steel.
But as with all other companies in Sweden, I think the Finns bought it, :p If I try to find it I ends up in Esboo, Finland :huh: :p
Don´t know how much it has to do with Sheffield nowdays though.

There was a huge steel plant next to the motorway in Sheffield called Avesta, it had a big steel bull which is why I noticed it......and it changed its name to something like Ouflakuumpu or something which I thought sounded Finnish.......so I guess that is what happened. And most sad of all, the bull disappeared! :shocked:

[aFinn]

But as with all other companies in Sweden, I think the Finns bought it, :p If I try to find it I ends up in Esboo, Finland :huh: :p:funny: ....Hey, I thought Swedes have bought all Finnish companies, so we're even :p

and it changed its name to something like Ouflakuumpu or something which I thought sounded Finnish:funny: ...Outokumpu?

[Afonso]

My city in the north "Guimarães". :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/portugal_mapa1.png

the castle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/DSCF0057jhbyrvty.jpg
The duques palace
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/DSCF0051jyvrytryhp.jpg
The center
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/toural.jpg
Our stadium
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/guimaraes_henriques11.jpg
Inside
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/guimaraes_henriques21.jpg
Principal church
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Portugal/bannerflash11.jpg

[Paul]

:funny: ....Hey, I thought Swedes have bought all Finnish companies, so we're even :p

:funny: ...Outokumpu?

HISTORY OF THE UK COMPANY

The UK based businesses of Outokumpu Stainless were originally part of British Steel. In 1992 British Steel Stainless merged with the Swedish stainless steel producer, Avesta, to form Avesta Sheffield. In 2001 Avesta Sheffield merged with Outokumpu Steel to form AvestaPolarit. At that time the main shareholders were Outokumpu Oyj with 55% and the Corus Group with 23%. In 2002 Outokumpu Oyj acquired all the Corus Group shares and eventually all remaining shares; AvestaPolarit became an Outokumpu Group company. In 2004, as part of the Group's rebranding process, AvestaPolarit was renamed Outokumpu Stainless.

It appears you are both to blame. :funny:

[Paul]

Amazing pics everyone, this thread is really interesting.

[UllaCountryGal]

yeah, its fun seeing all the pics from all these different places

[shania-little]

I agree!!! :up: Beautiful pics and interesting facts! It's interesting to see how all the places differ and have it's own special thing

[Troll]

They are some great pics in this thread.

[Big Swede]

There was a huge steel plant next to the motorway in Sheffield called Avesta, it had a big steel bull which is why I noticed it......and it changed its name to something like Ouflakuumpu or something which I thought sounded Finnish.......so I guess that is what happened. And most sad of all, the bull disappeared! :shocked:

The steel bull is really cool! They have one in Avesta as well, it´s located only 70km from where I live. Too bad they took it away in Sheffield :smirk: They have also moved the one in Avesta to a place where it´s more "hidden" but still visable from the road.

:funny: ....Hey, I thought Swedes have bought all Finnish companies, so we're even :p

:funny: ...Outokumpu?

So the Finns buy all Swedish companies, and the other way.... wouldn´t it be easier to stay in our own countries? :uhh:
(I didn´t ever dare to wright it out, too many o and u in the same word) :p

[matty]

This is my town, Bolton :)

This is our town hall

http://www.bolton.org.uk/boltonth.jpg

http://www.lowefoto.com/konica/bolton01.jpg

The original town hall was opened on June 5th 1873 by HRH Prince Albert of Wales. The first recital of the great organ in the Albert Hall was on October 21st 1874.
Bolton Town Tall was wrecked by fire on November 14th 1981. This destroyed the original, (old) Albert Hall, but the rest of the building was saved. This was rebuilt into the new Albert Halls and Festival Halls, which are several function rooms. It also houses the central tourist information and information centre and ticket office.

This is a little clip of my college :) - its just the entrance I cant find any other pics

http://www.bolton-sfc.ac.uk/Images/New%20Build%201.jpg

About 20mins drive away from the urban part of Bolton is Rivington.

http://www.bolton.org.uk/ruin.jpg

http://www.bolton.org.uk/lccu.gif

http://www.bolton.org.uk/yarof.gif

Rivington is just north of Horwich. The river Douglas stars in Rivington and then heads south through Wigan.

http://www.bolton.org.uk/botb2.jpg

This is the great house barn just off Rivington Lane, the design is Scandinavian, and dates speculated are between 811 A.D. and 1300 A.D. with major renovation in 1702. The roof is spectacular with an internal oak framework. Today it contains a tourist information centre and a cafe.

On the other side of Horwich heading out of Bolton is the Reebok stadium the home of Bolton Wanderers FC :D

http://www.stadiumguide.com/reebok1.jpg

http://www.stadiumguide.com/reebok2.jpg

The only famous people (I doubt people out of England will know them) I can think of are

http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/pics100/pkay.jpg
Peter Kay

http://www.unitedmanchester.com/interviews/photos/spikey-home.jpg
Dave Spikey
-Did you know, he used to work at Bolton hospital as a blood specialist? he actually worked along side my mums friend :)

[Dale]

I found this picture, it looks beautiful :up:

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/forail.gif

One of the most spectacular man-made landmarks in Scotland is the Forth Rail Bridge. This solid cantilever bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, was opened in 1890. The bridge crosses the River Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry, and still carries the East Coast mainline railway north from Edinburgh to Perth and Dundee.
link (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/forail.html)

Yeah it looks better at night. I usually see an orange glow from my house. I do have pics, I just don't know how to post them. :(

[aFinn]

HISTORY OF THE UK COMPANY

It appears you are both to blame. :funny:Oh. Sorry :p



So the Finns buy all Swedish companies, and the other way.... wouldn´t it be easier to stay in our own countries? :uhh:One would think so!




Yeah it looks better at night. I usually see an orange glow from my house. I do have pics, I just don't know how to post them. :(Does this thread help you?
http://www.shaniaforums.com/showthread.php?t=30626

[Annette]

*sigh* You guys live in such beautiful places... my city seems boring in comparison.

[Paul]

*sigh* You guys live in such beautiful places... my city seems boring in comparison.

I only showed the best bits, some of Sheffield is the really bad. I figured I should do my bit for tourism there! :p

[Annette]

So did I... it still looks boring:p

[Paul]

I'd prefer Lego to steel anyday! And your city looks really clean and healthy.....

[Annette]

Heh, I should do a thread about Lego:p

[Big Swede]

I doesn´t even live in a city so this thread is nothing for me :p

[Shaniabomber99]

I'll do mine soon :)

Carley

[Shannia]

Time now for my city, Madrid! Although I am not living right now there.I tried to search small pictures but didn´t find them:rolleyes:
It´s set in the middle of Spain more or less.
This is the Bear Tree (El Oso y el Madroño).It´s one of the most known places in Madrid. Most of the people that want to do a meeting, specially meeting with people you know from internet use this place. It´s very stressing when you are there, all people looking at you like..will it be my internet friend? :funny:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/j/x/jxf17/spain2002/Madrid%20bear%20tree1.JPG
This is a part of the crystal museum:
http://www.nimbustier.net/photos/2003/12/2003-12-18-00.jpg
The Aranjuez Palace
http://www.sol.com/images/CA%20MADRID/ma-aranjuez01.gif
This is one of the entrances to Retiro´s Park:
http://p.vtourist.com/1912118-Parque_de_El_Retiro_Retiro_Park-Madrid.jpg
This is the Plaza Mayor:
http://www.cypresscollege.edu/~sa/spain/mayor.jpg
The Plaza de toros, fortunately is not only use for the stupid bull "games"
http://www.tecn.upf.es/master/mad02/~m3013/radiohead/lugarConcierto/plazaToros.jpg
The Congress:
http://www.senado.gov.ar/web/museo/Imagenes/Congreso%20de%20noche.jpg
Cibeles Fountain:
http://www2.uah.es/vivatacademia/images/n56/Cibeles%2002.jpg
Palacio de Correos:
http://www.asptutor.com/galerias/Madrid_Mayo_2004/slides/Palacio%20de%20Correos%202.jpg
Neptuno´s Fountain:
http://blogs.eurielec.etsit.upm.es/~bisho/blog_files/neptuno.jpg
Royal Palace:
http://www.rentalspain.com/palacio_real.jpg
Escorial Palace:
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~bigler/pictures/europe2002/spain/el%20escorial.jpg
It will be better to stop:swoosh:

[shania-little]

wow amazing.. :shocked: I got the same thoughts as you had Annette, my place seems like a boring place compared to all the great pictures of your places! :p

[Shaniabomber99]

Okay my turn to introduce my pretty little Town called Traragon :)

I will show you Pic's of Traralgon...:)

This is the old Traralgon Post office at night. We use to go to this one for mailing etc, Still go there to pay our bills etc there is another one in in Traralgon :)
http://shot2shot.no-ip.com/night/night2.jpg

This is the Main Street...
http://shot2shot.no-ip.com/night/night4.jpg

This is a Pizza Resturant in Kay St, Traralgon :)
http://shot2shot.no-ip.com/night/night6.jpg

I don't wanna show you boring pic's of Traralgon such as the Powerstation....

That's all I have as the internet is not helping...:)

Carley

[Troll]

Cool pics Carley. :up:

[mama twain]

Wow, all of you guys have really great, and pretty pictures of the places you live. The place I live, you won't see anything like that. We have really rough neighborhoods were drugs and violence, and gangs are really prominent. But we are trying to change that...Welcome to the American ghetto.

[Kristian]

My city is München, Bayern. I will show you pics later :supwink:

[Dale]

Wow, all of you guys have really great, and pretty pictures of the places you live. The place I live, you won't see anything like that. We have really rough neighborhoods were drugs and violence, and gangs are really prominent. But we are trying to change that...Welcome to the American ghetto.


Is Ohio that bad!?

[mama twain]

Is Ohio that bad!?
lol... no,no not all of Ohio is like that. Just certain places. Just like any other place that has it's good areas and its bad areas. I really enjoy living in Ohio, it's a nice place.

[Shaniabomber99]

Will introduce my country later

Carley

[Kristian]

I guess I will show some pics about München later. I'm tired now :p

[Kristian]

I guess I will show pics mainly from Bayern (Bavaria) :supwink:

[TwainMan]

My town is called Jēkabpils...It`s also called town of good changes!!!!
There live 23000 people...

[UllaCountryGal]

fun fact... i was googling for pictures of Reykjavik and on the first page of results I got two of the pics i posted in this thread a while ago, both linking to the thread.

[melli]

OK, now I'm gonna introduce my hometown Hannover :) .
Some of you may know it, because of the EXPO 2000, wich was in Hannover.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/hanu.gif
Hannover lies in the north of Germany.It's the capital of Lower Saxony...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/picture-0018.jpg
It's a big city with 500.000 inhabitants.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/Marktkirche.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/0132-0048b2-600.jpg
The city hall. A lot of tourists think it's a chateau :p .

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/vogelschau_zn.jpg
Our stadium

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/o.jpg
The old town

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/kjij.jpg
This highway is near by my home.A few weeks ago the new music video of Melanie C's song "First Day Of My Life" was shot there.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/uestra1.jpg
Our subway

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/Hbf_Hannover.jpg
The main station

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/hannover.jpg
That's our lake (Maschsee), wich was built by (Adolf Hitler :( ).
There is every summer a big party for one month.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/240px-Saint_phalle_hannover2.jpg
One of three famous sculptures, named "Nanas".

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/galerie_herrenhausen.jpg
The royal gardens of Herrenhausen, wich are very big and known all over the world.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/han_lunge.jpg
The big fountain is 180 feet high.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/vg.jpg
Hannover is called "the green city" here in Germany, because there is so much nature.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/han_stadt.jpg
The congress

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/300px-Hannover_Eilenriede.jpg
There's a forest in the middle of the city.It's called "Eilenriede".

That was my short introduction, I hope you like it :p .

[Paul]

Looks really nice, thanks Melanie!

[Afonso]

What a beautiful city Melanie ..thanks;)

[matty]

Nice pics Melanie :)
Looks like a nice town.

[Troll]

Cool pics Melanie.

[sunshine]

awesome pictures

[sunshine]

Here's a picture of my hometown http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/jeannie6321/ourcityofWinnipeg.jpg

[Terjeriuke]

Great pics, melli :great:

[Shannia]

Great city Melanie:) I hope I could go someday to Germany :) But it´s so expensive jajaja :smirk:

[melli]

Thanks a lot everyone :hugs: .

[shania megafan]

Great pics :love: BTW in April I'm going to Hannover with my school! :]:up:

[melli]

Great pics :love: BTW in April I'm going to Hannover with my school! :]:up:

:shocked: Cool, maybe I'll meet you Rita.
Have fun in Hannover!

[Zsuzsi (Suzy)]

Well, I wanna introduce my town, so starting:

I live in Székesfehérvár (if you don't understand it: Szekesfehervar). This is not a big town, here live about 250.000 people. My town's West from Budapest (the capital city). Not far, just about 60 km.
My town was a Coronation Town at the past.
Here's some pics from the city centre:

http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/szfvar..jpg
:great:
The city from the sky


http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/foterszelesb.jpg
http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/puspokic.jpg
:)
This is the main square


http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/romkertasva.jpg
:rolleyes:
The "RemainsGarden" (Romkert)
Here is lot of Hungarian king's grave


Nah, I give some pics from other places:


http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/strande.jpg
:D
The Open air swimming pool


http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/tancegyuttes.jpg
:love:
They're the Alba Regia Dance Group


http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/zeneiskola.jpg
:]
The School Of Music! I study here! I play the piano!


And the last, a mall of my town:
;)
http://www.kepfeltoltes.hu/view/051017/feherpalotacx.jpg

[Troll]

Great pics Suzy. :up:

[Terjeriuke]

Great Suzy... :great:

[Terjeriuke]

Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania with the population of 415,700 and the area of 156 sq. km. It was founded in the 12th century and owes its existence to its favourable geographic position. Kaunas is situated in the centre of Lithuania, at the confluence of the two biggest rivers the Nemunas and the Neris.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_3.jpg
(Kaunas stands at the confluence of the two largest rivers in Lithuania, the Nemunas and the Neris)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_4.jpg
(The Musical Theatre)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_5.jpg
(Laisves Aleja in the center of the town - the "crown jewel" of Kaunas - is the main focus of attraction for both inhabitants and tourists. Laisves Aleja is also the main business area of Kaunas with offices, shops, restaurants, and banks. It is 1621 m long and declared a non-smoking zone)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/15-10-05_1420.jpg
(Kaunas Botanical Garden)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/u2.gif
(Kanas biggest librery)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_1.jpg
(Kaunas Castle (13th century).

.... :D

[Afonso]

Great pictures Terjeriuke ;) Your city ir realy beautiful

[canoilers]

My City is that of Edmonton Alberta Canada. Edmonton is the Capital City of the Province of Alberta. Edmonton is Home of the University of Alberta. Edmonton is known as the City of Champions, Gateway to the North, The Festival City, Canada's Forest Capital, The Rivercity, and the Chuck. Edmonton's population is about one million metro and 700, 000 in the city itself. Edmonton turned 100 last year and the province turns 100 this year. Edmonton is home too the CFR and the Edmonton Grand Prix. Edmonton is the Home of the Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Eskimos. We have the worlds largest shopping mall which has the worlds largest parking lot. Edmonton is home too the worlds highest man-made water fall. Edmonton has one of the largest park areas in all North America and is about too have the largest park in North America. There are more Elm trees in this city than any other city in North America. This city is home too North America's largest street preformer festival in North America and we call it the Fringe. Thats all I can think of right now. :p

[Terjeriuke]

Great pictures Terjeriuke ;) Your city ir realy beautiful

Thx Eduardo... :D

[canoilers]

Kaunas is the second biggest city in Lithuania with the population of 415,700 and the area of 156 sq. km. It was founded in the 12th century and owes its existence to its favourable geographic position. Kaunas is situated in the centre of Lithuania, at the confluence of the two biggest rivers the Nemunas and the Neris.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_3.jpg
(Kaunas stands at the confluence of the two largest rivers in Lithuania, the Nemunas and the Neris)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_4.jpg
(The Musical Theatre)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_5.jpg
(Laisves Aleja in the center of the town - the "crown jewel" of Kaunas - is the main focus of attraction for both inhabitants and tourists. Laisves Aleja is also the main business area of Kaunas with offices, shops, restaurants, and banks. It is 1621 m long and declared a non-smoking zone)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/15-10-05_1420.jpg
(Kaunas Botanical Garden)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/u2.gif
(Kanas biggest librery)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/Lerus/Nesamones/kaunasci_1.jpg
(Kaunas Castle (13th century).

.... :DThank you for the learning op. :D Great pictures of what looks like a great town. :D

[Terjeriuke]

Thank you for the learning op. :D Great pictures of what looks like a great town. :D

u'r welcome... :D and thx to u too.. :D

[canoilers]

You'd be more than welcome too. :D

[Terjeriuke]

You'd be more than welcome too. :D

hehe............. :D

[Troll]

Great pics Lera.

[melli]

:shocked: Wow Lera, your hometown is very beautiful!

I'll come and visit you lol... :p

[melli]

Oh, I forgot. :rolleyes:
Suzy's city is great too!

[Terjeriuke]

Great pics Lera.

thx Andrew.... :D

[Terjeriuke]

:shocked: Wow Lera, your hometown is very beautiful!

I'll come and visit you lol... :p

Great, melli.... :rolleyes: I can't wait... :p

[melli]

Great, melli.... :rolleyes: I can't wait... :p

I was just kidding lol.
:rolleyes: But someday maybe.............

[Terjeriuke]

I was just kidding lol.
:rolleyes: But someday maybe.............

I was just kidding too... :p :rolleyes:

[melli]

I was just kidding too... :p :rolleyes:

:shocked: So you don't wanna meet me?!?!

:( :cry: :cry: :cry: .........

[Zsuzsi (Suzy)]

Me and my town say: THX!

And your pics are beautiful Lera! Thanks the posts from others too! :D

[Terjeriuke]

Me and my town say: THX!

And your pics are beautiful Lera! Thanks the posts from others too! :D

Thx Suzy.... :D

[Terjeriuke]

:shocked: So you don't wanna meet me?!?!

:( :cry: :cry: :cry: .........

:huh: what a damn question... of course I do... :D

[melli]

:huh: what a damn question... of course I do... :D

You made my day :p :D :D .

[canoilers]

This are the two towns I've lived in the most over the years. Starting out with Dawson Creek where it all started for me.Dawson Creek B.C. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_Creek,_British_Columbia)

I see they changed the flag too.

I've also posted a link for Edmonton. I'm really suprised by the pictures specially the one from Black Friday- when a tornado ripped through the city's east end. They have a really nice picture of the High Level Bridge which is the worlds highest man-made water fall. Edmonton Alberta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton,_Alberta)

I've posted a picture of the waterfall in action.
High level bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edmonton_Sourdough_Raft_Race.jpg)

Plus Black FridayTornado in city east end. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Refineryrow.jpg) You can also see Refinery Row in the picture.

[randine]

As a request from Mrs. Melli, here is the town I am living in. Like Melli, too I live in Germany and but my hometown is called Wilhelmshaven. Because I don't want to hit you with so many words I will post some pictures first. Maybe I will write a few sentences later... if there's something you should now about :D But now some pictures...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/region.gif
Here you can see where Wilhelmshaven lays...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/dscf0216.jpg
Our "Rüstringer Friese" ... it's a sign of our city.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/whv3.jpg
Our guildhall...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/whv1.jpg
Our famous brigde - the Kaiser Wilhelm Brücke (Emperor Wilhelm Bridge)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/kaiser.jpg
Our statue of Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/marinestuetzpunkt.jpg
Our navel base...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/werfttor1.jpg
This is the doorway to the navel base...

Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the western coast of the Jadebusen which is a bay of the North Sea.
Population: approx. 89,000 (1999) It is a relatively young city by German standards. In need of a naval base for Prussia's developing fleet, Prussian king Wilhelm I who gave the city his name founded the town in 1869. Wilhelmshaven grew to become one of the most important German ports. The duchy of Oldenburg benefited as well from the port; adjacent to Wilhelmshaven the town of Rüstringen was founded on the Oldenburgian territory. Wilhelmshaven and Rüstringen were merged in 1937. During World War II the city, which had been a main operating base for the German navy, was bombed by Allied air attacks; two thirds of the town's buildings were destroyed.
After the war the harbour was used not only for military purposes, but for economy and tourism as well. Today, Wilhelmshaven is Germany's main naval base at the North Sea again. It is also the third largest German port (after Hamburg and Bremen) with mainly oil products being loaded and unloaded. Besides the military, chemical industries and a refinery are the main employers of Wilhelmshaven which has one of the highest unemployment rates in the western part of Germany. The oil terminal and the refinery are connected with other German industrial centres by pipelines.

Economical hopes rest in three major development projects:

* the JadeWeserPort project for a deep water container port to be constructed 2005 - 2010, capable to even berth the largest container vessels presently under construction
* the further development of the chemical industry
* the proposed coastal highway (Küstenautobahn) connecting north-western German industrial centres at the Elbe, Weser, and Ems rivers.

In Wilhelmshaven there is the German Navy Museum, an aquarium with native animals from the North Sea, the information centre of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. The town's landmark is the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke ("Emperor Wilhelm Bridge"), which crosses an inlet of the Jadebusen. It was built in 1908; with a length of 159 m it was once the greatest swing bridge of Europe. Harbour area and Navy Museum

Twinned Cities

* Vichy, France, since 1965
* Norfolk / Virginia, USA, since 1976
* Dunfermline / Scotland, United Kingdom, since 1979
* (Qingdao), China, since 1992
* Bad Harzburg, Germany since 1988
* Bydgoszcz, Poland, since 1990s

and some more pictures...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/kurpark.jpg
Our little lake in the park ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/oceanis1.jpg
The Oceanis. Here you can go under water...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/Wilhelmshavenmarktstr.jpg
The Marktstraße... this is where all our stores are in the centre of Wilhelmshaven. But in the old style with the red paving stones. Now it has grey stones where you walk over. On the right you can see McDonald's... this is where I and some of my workmates sometimes get some food for the lunchbreak...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/Helgoland.jpg
The island Helgoland. I have been there two times.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/wilhelmshaven13b.jpg
Our beloved ship, the "Wilhelmshaven" which has brought us for many years to Helgoland.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/cat-no-1.jpg
And this is the Cat N° 1, a catamaran that brings us now to Helgoland. It's faster than the good old "Wilhelmshaven" but also more expensive... :(


Okay, that's everything I have to say to my hometown. I hope you got a look of where I live... ;)

[melli]

That's very great Mrs.Krissi!!!
And I thought Wilhelmshaven is boring...from what you told me lol :p .

[randine]

Thanks Mrs. Melli :hugs:
Well, I picked out the sight you should visit if you could get here.
But the nightlife is a little bored. Here is much made for the old people but not for us young people. We don't have much discos or other locations here. Okay, we have our great cineplex, our cinema... :D
But it's a little trouble going on when we have out two celebrations - first one on the first weekend in July and the other one on the first weekend in September. The July one is the bigger one. There ships sailing in during this celebration.

[Troll]

Great pics Krissi. :up:

[randine]

Thanks, Andrew...

[canoilers]

As a request from Mrs. Melli, here is the town I am living in. Like Melli, too I live in Germany and but my hometown is called Wilhelmshaven. Because I don't want to hit you with so many words I will post some pictures first. Maybe I will write a few sentences later... if there's something you should now about :D But now some pictures...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/region.gif
Here you can see where Wilhelmshaven lays...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/dscf0216.jpg
Our "Rüstringer Friese" ... it's a sign of our city.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/whv3.jpg
Our guildhall...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/whv1.jpg
Our famous brigde - the Kaiser Wilhelm Brücke (Emperor Wilhelm Bridge)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/kaiser.jpg
Our statue of Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/marinestuetzpunkt.jpg
Our navel base...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/werfttor1.jpg
This is the doorway to the navel base...

Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the western coast of the Jadebusen which is a bay of the North Sea.
Population: approx. 89,000 (1999) It is a relatively young city by German standards. In need of a naval base for Prussia's developing fleet, Prussian king Wilhelm I who gave the city his name founded the town in 1869. Wilhelmshaven grew to become one of the most important German ports. The duchy of Oldenburg benefited as well from the port; adjacent to Wilhelmshaven the town of Rüstringen was founded on the Oldenburgian territory. Wilhelmshaven and Rüstringen were merged in 1937. During World War II the city, which had been a main operating base for the German navy, was bombed by Allied air attacks; two thirds of the town's buildings were destroyed.
After the war the harbour was used not only for military purposes, but for economy and tourism as well. Today, Wilhelmshaven is Germany's main naval base at the North Sea again. It is also the third largest German port (after Hamburg and Bremen) with mainly oil products being loaded and unloaded. Besides the military, chemical industries and a refinery are the main employers of Wilhelmshaven which has one of the highest unemployment rates in the western part of Germany. The oil terminal and the refinery are connected with other German industrial centres by pipelines.

Economical hopes rest in three major development projects:

* the JadeWeserPort project for a deep water container port to be constructed 2005 - 2010, capable to even berth the largest container vessels presently under construction
* the further development of the chemical industry
* the proposed coastal highway (Küstenautobahn) connecting north-western German industrial centres at the Elbe, Weser, and Ems rivers.

In Wilhelmshaven there is the German Navy Museum, an aquarium with native animals from the North Sea, the information centre of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. The town's landmark is the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke ("Emperor Wilhelm Bridge"), which crosses an inlet of the Jadebusen. It was built in 1908; with a length of 159 m it was once the greatest swing bridge of Europe. Harbour area and Navy Museum

Twinned Cities

* Vichy, France, since 1965
* Norfolk / Virginia, USA, since 1976
* Dunfermline / Scotland, United Kingdom, since 1979
* (Qingdao), China, since 1992
* Bad Harzburg, Germany since 1988
* Bydgoszcz, Poland, since 1990s

and some more pictures...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/kurpark.jpg
Our little lake in the park ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/oceanis1.jpg
The Oceanis. Here you can go under water...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/Wilhelmshavenmarktstr.jpg
The Marktstraße... this is where all our stores are in the centre of Wilhelmshaven. But in the old style with the red paving stones. Now it has grey stones where you walk over. On the right you can see McDonald's... this is where I and some of my workmates sometimes get some food for the lunchbreak...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/Helgoland.jpg
The island Helgoland. I have been there two times.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/wilhelmshaven13b.jpg
Our beloved ship, the "Wilhelmshaven" which has brought us for many years to Helgoland.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/randinespics/cat-no-1.jpg
And this is the Cat N° 1, a catamaran that brings us now to Helgoland. It's faster than the good old "Wilhelmshaven" but also more expensive... :(


Okay, that's everything I have to say to my hometown. I hope you got a look of where I live... ;)Merci for all the info on your home town, I learned something today and I thank you very much. :D

[randine]

Merci for all the info on your home town, I learned something today and I thank you very much. :D

You're welcome :D

[RJ]

I figured it'd be kinda to cool for us to tell each other about are towns/cities
and whats there. It'd be cool to see pics :)
I figure you're right.

Some fine work has been done here.

I may add a bit in a moment.

[RJ]

Looks like a fine job on Sheffield, Paul.

Nice mix of pics and focused descriptions.

The topo map of England, locating Sheffield is better than many I see.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/map.jpg

Now this next one below has me intrigued. Is the Meadowhall shopping center inside that hill? On top of the hill?
On the others side of the hill? Or on the other side of the camera?

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/skislope.jpg

And you plunked in a Shania Concert wide angle. Gotta throw those ST fans a bone every now and then.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/Sheffield9304009.jpg

I like this panoramic vista. So relaxing on my eye muscles, and enjoyable to my perspective.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/peak26a.jpg

Yep, Michael Palin has done some wonderful travelogues.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/michael.bmp

I don't know Lesley Garrett.

I'd heard the name Def Leppard, but knew almost nothing about them, until I started reading more about Mutt Lange and his influence on them.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a355/melmanshania2/Sheffield/hrh_deflep03.jpg

[RJ]

okey I live in Reykjavík, this is pretty much

Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, it contains just about halff the icelandic nation. The city is located at the south-west part of the country. It's the norhtest capital in Europe if not just in the world....,


What an intriguing shape for a building!
http://www.myblumberg.com/Iceland/Church%20large.jpg

2 old and 1 new Icelandic naval ships scared the Brits? Was that the
Brit fisher boats, or the Brit Navy? I must not have heard about that
cod war.
http://www.briankohl.com/photogallery/images/fullsize/iceland-reykjavik-dracar.jpg

This is a really pretty picture of a seacost community. I was very surprised that it's
labelled "winter" in Iceland. There is hardly any snow. But I did notice in a later pic,
the snow was quite a bit deeper.
http://www.briankohl.com/photogallery/images/fullsize/iceland-reykjavik-street2.jpg

Ah, the hotel "Borg." I wonder if any of the space sci-fi writers got their ideas from
visiting here.
http://www.eveandersson.com/photos/iceland/hotel-borg-exterior-large.jpg

Oh, so dark!! I love that low light off the snow in the far north in winter.
But I love it only in memory, mostly. I was much younger when I actually lived in it.
And I probably didn't like that tough weather so much at the time. Milking cows at
40 below zero, loading up the truck, then delivering bottles door-to-door for 2+ hrs.
Brrrr!
http://wesley.smugmug.com/photos/2048150-M.jpg

Enjoyed your write-up Ulla. Thanks for sharing.

[RJ]

This is my town, Bolton :)

...,
About 20mins drive away from the urban part of Bolton is Rivington.

http://www.bolton.org.uk/ruin.jpg

http://www.bolton.org.uk/lccu.gif

http://www.bolton.org.uk/yarof.gif

Rivington is just north of Horwich. The river Douglas stars in Rivington and then heads south through Wigan.

I love old castles.



http://www.bolton.org.uk/botb2.jpg

This is the great house barn just off Rivington Lane, the design is Scandinavian, and dates speculated are between 811 A.D. and 1300 A.D. with major renovation in 1702. The roof is spectacular with an internal oak framework. Today it contains a tourist information centre and a cafe.
...,

Well, I spent a lot of my younger years, growing up in a barn. So I knew them well.
But I never saw one like that.

[RJ]

*sigh* You guys live in such beautiful places... my city seems boring in comparison.
Hmn...,

I wonder what Yoda would say to that?

Yep, they do have some beautiful pictures. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
And home is where the heart is.

Also scarcity often increases value. Most people live in large urban areas now.
Europe has about ten times higher population density than the U.S. And even in the U.S.
it is getting harder and harder to find people who grew up on farms or in small towns.

Here is what I've learned about folks from "boring" small towns and farms. They tend to be
the most resourceful and reliable ones. Because they don't have so much handed to them
on a silver platter, and because they aren't so specialized, they usually have experience
in a wider range of chores, tasks, etc. So they tend to have wider practical perspective
about solving problems with a positive attitude. They are less likely to have problems with
large egos, from practicing at being in the spotlight, or competing to be a big fish in a big pond.

In short, they're as likely as anyone, to help make the world a better place, rather than
a more aggressive and war-like place. Shania Twain is but one example. She was a little
bit embarrassed about her home town life when she was younger too. But she has blossomed
beautifully from there. And now she feels blessed and grateful to have come
from rather humble background.

[RJ]

I doesn´t even live in a city so this thread is nothing for me :p
If you don't live in a city, could you tell us what you do live in?

[RJ]

wow amazing.. :shocked: I got the same thoughts as you had Annette,
my place seems like a boring place compared to all the great pictures of your places! :p
Those pics of Spain are impressive, I agree. I flew thru Spain on my way out of Europe
many years ago. Now I see some of what I missed in that country. That palace all
lit up in the night was one of my favorite pics in that bunch.

However, it's not the pics of places built by others that make a place great to live in.
Rather it's what each individual does, to create value in their own life, their family,
community and indirectly in the world.

Saddam Hussein built lots of great palaces too, much of it by stealing money intended for others.
Pictures of his palaces did not make life great for very many people in his country.

[RJ]

OK, now I'm gonna introduce my hometown Hannover :)
Hannover lies in the north of Germany.It's the capital of Lower Saxony...
.It's a big city with 500.000 inhabitants.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/picture-0018.jpg
There's a forest in the middle of the city.It's called "Eilenriede".
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/300px-Hannover_Eilenriede.jpg

...,
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/0132-0048b2-600.jpg
The city hall. A lot of tourists think it's a chateau :p .
Maybe they think it's a chateau, because they love to imagine living in such a home. Pretty pic.
I wouldn't want to cut the grass though.


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http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/mel_88/han_lunge.jpg
The big fountain is 180 feet high.

Wow, that's higher than "Old Faithful" geyser in Yellowstone National Park, in N America.

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


That was my short introduction, I hope you like it :p .
Yes I did.

Dankeschön

[melli]

Maybe they think it's a chateau, because they love to imagine living in such a home. Pretty pic.
I wouldn't want to cut the grass though.



Wow, that's higher than "Old Faithful" geyser in Yellowstone National Park, in N America.

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


Yes I did.

Dankeschön

lol, you're welcome! :p