Cedar Rapids' Orloj returns to life with a grand 50th anniversary celebration
North America's only Orloj celebrates it's 50th anniversary coming back to life in Cedar Rapids.The Buresh Immigration Clock ...
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Czech Village clock tower in Cedar Rapids will ‘awaken’ at Thursday ceremony
The clock tower in Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village — which features the only astronomical clock in North America — will “awaken ...
New £6,200,000,000 train to link two European destinations for the first time ever
In the south of Denmark, just above the Baltic Sea, a ‘game-changing’ construction project is taking place that could change the face of European tourism forever. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel – or the ...
Why Helsinki Is Worth Visiting for the Architecture Alone
With its radical buildings by Eliel Saarinen and Alvar Aalto, the Finnish capital is one of Europe’s most fascinating, if ...
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Denmark Debt Clock: How The Government Got Its Spending Under Control
We earn a referral fee for some brokers & services we list on this page. Learn more... Denmark’s national debt includes any debts accrued by the local as well as the central government. The country ...
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A Trump Condominium for Greenland
If Danish statesmen are canny enough to propose it, there is a solution that would be a win for Denmark and Greenland as well as the U.S. And it might vault Copenhagen to the enviable position of ...
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With redevelopment, Springfield’s Clock Tower Building will tell time again
SPRINGFIELD — The hour has nearly arrived for the soaring timepiece that gives the Clock Tower Building at the corner of State and Main streets its name to tell time again. That timely tidbit ...
Daily Express21d
Hundreds of Asda and Tesco stores 'look the same' – and it's down to one UK town
A vast number of UK supermarkets built during the Eighties and Nineties share a signature style, marked by a barn-style shape topped with an ornamental clock tower. Filmmaker Chris Spargo traces ...
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Archeologists find Stonehenge-like circle in Denmark
Danish archeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Stonehenge in Britain. The 45 Neolithic-era wooden pieces, in a circle with a diameter ...
IFLScience22d
Protons' Internal Forces Are As Strong As The Weight Of 5 Schoolbuses
5 Hubble telescopes (5 schoolbuses for an equivalent closer to home), or 4 Big Bens – the bell rather than the whole clock tower. This is an incredible force on such a tiny scale. "Our findings ...
Daily Mail23d
Queen Mary of Denmark stuns at awards ceremony in Copenhagen
Queen Mary of Denmark looked radiant today as she presented an award ceremony held at the Black Diamond venue in Copenhagen. The royal, 52, appeared in good spirits on Tuesday as she slipped into ...
Fast Company23d
Arizona plane collision raises questions about air traffic control towers. Here’s what to know
How many airports in the U.S. have control towers? Of the 5,100 public airports across the country, only about 10% have towers staffed by people who direct the flow of traffic. These are the ...