Questions tagged [where-on-earth]
For questions about location of specific place or location of longest/highest/biggest/the most... place/thing on Earth.
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What is the location of this performance?
In this youtube video, Estas de Tonne is playing on a street - from what I can gather, somewhere in Germany, some time in 2011-2012, although I may be mistaken. Can anyone pinpoint a more precise ...
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What is the largest pub/bar in Europe?
What is Europe's largest pub or bar? Please do not include places which are basically just breweries.
I thought it was "World's End" in London but after visiting other places I am no longer sure.
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Windows 10 Wallpaper - photo location [duplicate]
I've upgraded my laptop to Win10, and I have this wallpaper on my screen:
I like this place and I wanted to know - where it exactly is?
Search in Internet gave me this old post about windows ...
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Where in the world is this harbour town?
Does anyone know where the place depicted on this TV is? I'm hoping it's not a digital confabulation because it looks very nice and I'd like to visit:
Image depicted is a product image of an LG ...
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Plane landing at Sydney Airport — from where is this photo taken?
I have found (actually Flightradar24 did this for me) a beautiful photo of an Etihad Airways A340 banking right to land at Sydney Airport:
Basing on building in the background, is it possible to tell,...
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Where is 佐賀線偲橋, a bridge on a railway line reconverted into a bicycle path?
佐賀線偲橋 is a bridge in Saga that can serve as a starting point for the 佐賀線跡 tour, which leads tourists along the former tracks of a reconverted railway line (JR Saga Line).
What are the latitude/...
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Where is the Hanuatu Island complex?
I came across this article:
http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/david-rockefellers-sixth-heart-transplant-successful-at-age-99/
Where a "Hanuatu Island complex" is mentioned and a photography of it ...
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Where can I try an autonomous driving car?
I heard that in the Netherlands there would soon be a self driving bus, and this would be the first sharing the road with other cars.
There are also a couple of other places with autonomous cars, but ...
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In Europe, where is a water border with visible markers, which can be crossed by a tourist in a small rented boat, without a passport check?
I am very fond of borders and I find crossing the border is the best bit of traveling. Is there any border in the EU that is similar to the one in the photo and that I can visit?
Water borders with ...
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Where are these unusual rock formations rising from the water?
I came across a random image and saved it because of the intriguing rock formations...
The EXIF metadata is well populated (the photo was taken in July 2011 for example), but contains no latitude/...
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Public pianos in the U.S
I've been to the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland last year and had some fun on a piano in their lobby with a sign saying "Play me, I'm yours". I did some research and found a pretty cool project ...
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Where can I have a hammam (Turkish bath)?
The most obvious country to have a hammam in would be Turkey, but it's a country I'd rather not visit for a couple of reasons.
I'm aware there's a spa resort in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, ...
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Where are these old Yugoslavian monuments?
I came across a list of old Yugoslavian monuments that look quite interesting. Actually, I already saw the one in Podgarić and it was really impressive. Now I wanted to locate the rest of them, but ...
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Where is the cheapest place on earth to rock climb?
To narrow the scope of my question, by "place" I mean rocks with a variety of routes with bolts in place, and by "cost" I refer to equipment rental and access to walls (excluding food, lodging, and ...
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Name of this place
Anyone knows the name of this river?
https://www.facebook.com/grupolance/videos/1092759427413531/
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Wallpaper picture location - Lake with mountains
There is a Windows 10 lock screen wallpaper that really caught my attention:
Does anyone know the location of this picture?
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“Tropical beach” in continental Europe? [closed]
I'm looking for a very specific destination. Basically - as close to "tropical paradise" as possible, while still in continental Europe - flying is not an option, so aren't ships, but we can use ...
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Where in Asia can I meet tall people?
I'm about six foot five (195 cm in the new measure). When I've visited Japan and Taiwan, it's fairly obvious that I'm taller than the average person there, and residents sometimes mention how tall I ...
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Is there a website or resource that list places in Europe where you can ride a steam locomotive?
I recently went in a train with a steam locomotive. It's fascinating the way they work. I was wondering if it's possible to ride in the locomotive itself. Maybe even "drive" it, heat the furnace, and ...
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Where is the closest to western Europe to see desert mountains with slot canyons?
The southwestern USA has desert mountains and canyons. They are famous and have extensive tourist infrastructure with national parks, national monuments, state parks, roads, trails, etc. However, ...
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Where can I spend time in an anechoic chamber?
Acoustic anechoic chambers are enclosed spaces which are highly isolated from outside noise sources and also highly absorbent to any noise produced inside. The one at Orfield Laboratories in ...
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Where exactly is this building located in Cuba?
I'm preparing our next trip to Cuba and seeing some pictures, I've found this one:
I suppose it's located in Havana, but cannot find where exactly (address or GPS location). The most significant ...
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What are some remote places to live with reliable (wired) high-speed broadband internet? [closed]
I'm absolutely fascinated by the small, multi-colored fishing towns along maritime regions in the Northern Atlantic (Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway). Since my work could technically be done ...
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Where is the quietest place on Earth?
I just wondered if there is a known "most quiet" place on Earth.
Perhaps people have measured "ambient" sound throughout the year in various places claimed to be the most quiet. And perhaps one has ...
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Where in the world am I most likely to see stacked lenticular clouds?
Lenticular clouds form when air flows over a topographical feature such as a mountain. Moisture is forced out of the air into the form of a cloud as the air rises over the land feature and then ...
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Small historical stone bridge in the North of Seoul
I want to go to this semi-famous historical bridge in 수성동 계곡 (Suseong-dong Gyegok, "Suseong Stream Valley") at 기린교 (Girin-gyo, "Giraffe Bridge") but I don't know its latitude/longitude:
It is in the ...
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(Where) Can I go to a “sleeper” cinema?
I came upon an article going around Facebook which shows some unusual cinemas around the world. The first photo shows a number of movie-goers lying in beds watching a flick:
The article offers sparse ...
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From what point could you view the most countries?
A fairly simple question: from what single point could you see the most countries? It seems like it should be a popular tourist attraction.
This question lists 157 tripoints, however, there's also an ...
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From what point on the earth's surface could you view the most UK counties?
Investigating from where you could view the most UK counties is what prompted my previous question on the US - I know you can view up to eight counties from the Malvern Hills, and a number of travel ...
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From what point could you view the most US states?
A fairly simple question: from what single point could you see the most US states? It seems like it should be a popular tourist attraction.
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Celebrating the same new year several times over?
Is there a commercial service offered to general public that allows you to celebrate the new year several times?
The idea is that you would celebrate it in a time-zone and than move to the next one ...
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City in which Norwegian Santa lives [duplicate]
I'm no expert in Scandinavian languages (Norwegian and such) but I've been wondering where actually does their Santa (Julenissen) live (city)? I've been able to find ambiguous answers on this matter ...
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Which American City is this?
My friends and I had a discussion which American city this is. And what building this is?
We need to know the name of the city.
See this picture below
Can any one tell me which city this so me and ...
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Is there a “MacGyver” like chalenge theme park / adventure park / place?
As a kid I use to love the TV series "MacGyver". Yesterday, speaking to a friend we started wondering if there was something like a theme park or similar like the TV series. Basically a place with ...
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Is it possible to view the ships buried under the Financial District in San Francisco?
According to FoundSF, there are many ships buried under San Francisco:
During the height of the gold excitement, there were at least five hundred ships stranded in the harbor, some without even a ...
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Visiting Bir Tawil or places like it
Bir Tawil is kind of a disputed territory, except that it's the exact opposite: both Egypt and Sudan say that the other country has sovereignty over it.
Is it possible for ordinary travellers to ...
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Where is this picture taken from (in Taiwan)?
I did a reverse Google image search and Google located it as being in Taiwan. Did some more looking and found some photographers taking this from Alishan. I also posted this image to Reddit's /r/...
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How to get to “Life Of Pi's” bizarre island?
I am always fascinated by islands, especially the uninhabited or bizarre ones. I also previously asked about The duct tape island of Mythbusters.
My new pursuit of interest is the bizarre island from ...
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Where can I eat dishes that feature in western countries' Chinese restaurants?
... apart from western countries like the Australia or the USA themselves.
During my visit to Taiwan, I wasn't able to find the dishes I'd typically encounter in a Chinese restaurant in Australia or ...
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What is the deepest accessible point on earth?
There is the Kola Superdeep Borehole and the Mariana trench but both are not accessible to average humans.
What is the deepest point on earth I can reach?
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Can an original of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” be viewed in Japan?
According to the Wikipedia article for "The Great Wave off Kanagawa", copies are stored in various places around the world.
There are various copies of this work throughout the world. The ...
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Are there cultures in which walking in the nude in public is not frowned upon?
Although some cultures are less prudent then others I have the impression that walking in the nude in public is frowned upon world wide. Is this a correct assumption?
I know that for example going to ...
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Where is the world's largest commercial elevator?
Out of curiosity, I went to search for "world's largest elevator", but all the results were for grain elevators.
Now obviously, you can't ride in a grain elevator. What I meant was, what is the ...
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Which countries allow tourists to get married without the long wait for the marriage licence?
I am a 19 year old girl and my guy is 22. We live in the Middle East, and it's hard for us to get married here before I turn 21. We are planning on marrying outside the Middle East.
What countries ...
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Options for getting paid for hunting or fishing on vacation
Is there any place, no matter where you have to travel to, where we get paid to hunt?
At least, it would be nice to cover partially the costs or even break even.
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When I travel next, I want to reach the point on the earth that is exactly opposite my home, how can I discover where that is?
My wife and I are planning to travel to Japan next September (we are from Brazil). Since I was a child I have known that if I made a hole (a big one) straight down, I would reach Japan. Well, as the ...
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How can I find a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor?
Listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor is one of my favourite pieces to program against. Whenever I need to do some serious programming I just search for some performances on Youtube ...
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Are there any space shuttles one can go inside of?
The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center has a space shuttle but you can't go inside it. Are there any that you can or are there any that you can under special circumstances or something?
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What building is this?
This image is a screenshot from a video, and in the video the image is named "UK".
What building is this?
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Where in the world can you tour a live nuclear reactor?
Are there nuclear plants that allow you to tour the facility and learn more about nuclear power while the plant is running?
