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Cellphone for tourists

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

An unusual cellphone gadget has been presented in America..

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Seagulls will be banished from the Scottish cities

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The authorities of Scotland have declared war to the city seagulls. Officials intend to exterminate these birds from the central areas of the largest cities of Scotland which became a real problem during the last years became for local residents and touri.

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Stinking copy of sperm whale shocked Belgians

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Belgian citizens from Antwerp that came to a beach in the mouth of the river Esko were really surprised seeing a huge 16 meters long sperm whale lying on the beach..

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British pensioners are offended with road signs

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The British pensioners demand to remove from the streets traffic signs the images of old men. "They offend elderly British. It is necessary those signs protect all pedestrians - irrespective of age", - tell initiators of the protest event..

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Free tours of the Eiffel Tower

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Tour d'Eiffel renews the participation in the program "Days of the European heritage" and invites during the week-end, on September 21st and 22nd, to "The world according to Jules Vernes", including free excursion into an engine room. Visitors can learn h.

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Not more than two people on a bench in Novara

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In the Italian city of Novara, region Piedmont, after 23.00, it is not possible to sit down on a bench where alredy at least two people are sitting. Whoever will sit down next will receive a penalty about some tens of euros. Others strange interdictions w.

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Graffiti tourists that painted Europe will get into prison

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Traveling across Europe, graffiti artists Jim Klej Harper and Daniela Bremner marked their way with paint from aerosol. The police suspects what exactly these American tourists have left under numerous graffiti signatures - "Ether" and "Dhani". These insc.

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UFO sightseeing in Chile for tourists

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The itinerary for those wishing to see unidentified flying objects was introduced in the Chilean village San Clemente, where the international congress of ufologists took place on the 22 of August..

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Motor show in Denmark

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Annually in the Danish Silkeborg in the last days of August (29 on August, 31st this year) takes place the Automania Silkeborg Car Festival. To take part in this holiday, the motorists from Denmark and many other countries gather gere..

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Toilet of the year contest in New Zealand

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The organization "We Will keep New Zealand beautiful" searches for nominees for the contest "The Best public toilet of year"..

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Talking garbage cans in Finland

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Finnish authorities are in continuous search of new decisions for maintenance of the cleanliness of the country capital. And now it has been decided to install in Helsinki polite garbage cans that will say "thanks" with a voice of someone known in Finland.

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Tourists steal towels and bulbs from Scandinavian hotels

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Danish site Rejseliv has interviewed the management of Scandinavian hotels in order to find out what vanishes from hotel rooms more often. From the results of the research it has appeared that most of all visitors prefer to take away bathing towels. T.

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A night in a royal palace in Sweden

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Rosenberg palace located new Stockholm has opened a small hotel with 20 rooms in the main building. The palace is controlled by the Swedish royal family and it's interior is kept in perfect state, dated with the end of the XVIII-th - beginning of the .

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Japan will exorcise the spirits of autumn

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Every year from the 1-st till the 3-d of September the Japanese village Yatsuo-machi stops all their routine businesses and starts dancing and singing..

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Lunar eclipse from Acropolis in Athens

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Thousand of inhabitants of Athens have observed a lunar eclipse from the Acropolis. The entrance to such sight sites has usually long waiting lists..

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Airline passengers will be served worse

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Airlines, aspiring to reduce their fuel expenses, release planes from superfluous kilograms. British Airways has reduced the weight of dinners, lets out new extra light carts for giving meals to passengers, reduces quantity of paper on board, translating .

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Dubai authorities continue to imprison tourists

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A British tourist has received six months of prison for photographing female skirts in a shopping center of Dubai. 28 years old electrician from London shot female legs and skirts with a mobile phone put in a basket. After complaints from customers, secur.

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One of the largest oceanariums in Europe

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In the middle of June in the German town of Stralsund a modern oceanarium has been opened and it is considered to be one of the largest ones in Europe..

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Tourists search for hobbits and Dracula in Britain

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The British organization English Heritage, which is engaged in protection of cultural heritage of the country, announced the beginning of an event where it urges tourists to ask guides as much questions as possible during the course of visits of castles a.

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EU announces the list of items prohibited in the airplanes

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

At the end of the last week the European Committee has announced the list of the items that are prohibited for the transport in the airplane cabin. The announcement has been made before the final decision of the European court..

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