Even though it hosted the Olympic Summer Games of 1952, Helsinki Olympic Stadium is still in use, e.g. for home matches of the Finnish soccer national team. Thus, the area around the stadium is still somehow vibrant. One of the…
Expo 2020 – Garden In The Sky
Some sort of appetizer what lies ahead: during the next days, I will start covering the Expo 2020 World Exhibition in Dubai in designated postings. First of all, there will be general information posting, then I will take you to…
Ain Dubai – The World Largest Ferris Wheel
A new attraction for the mega-city Dubai: in October 2021, the new Ain Dubai Ferris wheel finally started operations. Delayed by some two years compared to the original planning, it by that became the world largest observation wheel on 20th…
Olivia Star Observation Deck (Gdansk)
Olivia Star is marketed as Poland’s tallest building at the Baltic Sea – and in fact, the 180m high skyscraper is one of the tallest ones in the country. The area is a commercial district – but the 32nd floor…
The View At The Palm (Dubai)
240 meters above The Jumeirah Palm in Dubai – The View At The Palm is one of the latest attractions in the U.A.E. super-city. Does the tower and viewing platform have the potential to become as popular as Burj Khalifa…
SkyView De Pier Scheveningen
The Ferris wheel right over the North Sea – the SkyView at the Pier in Scheveningen is definitely the most iconic attraction of The Hague / Den Haag’s beach borough. No doubt my wife and I had to visit this…
At The Top – Visiting Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Ain’t there a first time Dubai trip without visiting this one? The Burj Khalifa in undoubtedly one of the key attractions of the U.A.E. megacity. With 829.8m, it is currently the world tallest building (and, by that, of course also…
Riding the London Eye
It used to be the Millennium Wheel, turned to be the British Airways London Eye and now it is the lastminute.com London Eye – the Ferris wheel at the River Thames has truly become one of the most iconic places…