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Video: Tilt-Shift Carnaval – Rio de Janeiro

The City of Samba from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Video: Tilt-Shift Carnaval – Rio de Janeiro

The City of Samba from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Video: Chinese Co. Builds 30-Storey Hotel in 15 Days

Video: Antarctic Ice Observation Tube

Amazing video showing both the wildlife underneath the Antarctic ice but also the extremely cool observation tube that scientists stationed there can use to observe divers at work. [via]

Video: Roadtrip Across America

55 days, 32 states and 12,225 miles in five minutes.

Freelance photographer Brian DeFrees took the two-month road trip across the United States starting in Syracuse, NY on August 8th and ending back there on October 1st. [via]

Video: Dance Like Nobody is Watching

Time-Lapse of San Francisco-Paris Flight (with Northern Lights)

SF to Paris in Two Minutes from Beep Show on Vimeo.

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Video: Night Approach into LAX

Really like this night twilight approach into LAX. The pilot gives some excellent background information on the video over on YouTube.

Video: December in Toronto

December in Toronto from Millefiore Clarkes on Vimeo.

Minutes before boarding the plane to Toronto Millefiore Clarkes' boyfriend handed her the challenge of documenting her six-day journey. This is the result.

City Timelapses Videos

NYC - Mindrelic Timelapse from Mindrelic on Vimeo.

Mindrelic has posted some excellent timelapse videos on Vimeo featuring New York CIty and Rochester, NY.

Books and Bars

A new trend in Los Angeles is to combine bars with libraries. Styleture has photos of four different interiors around the city. I'd love to be able to photograph some for my other site, Travels with Beer.

UNDERCITY: A guerrilla exploration of NYC

UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.

An interesting 27 minute tour of underground NYC. You can read more about the documentary on the NYTimes and NPR. [via]

Video: Flight to Australia Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Catches Fire

Not something you want to see when you look out of the plane window.

Video: Singapore Airport Slide

All airports need a slide like this. According to Gothamist, "riders can expect to experience a top speed of 19 feet/second while going down the [40 foot] slide." [via Jeffrey Lockhorn]

Video: Lufthansa Pillow Fight

Every flight needs to start with a pillow fight.

Video: Virgin 747 Gets a New Lick of Paint

Video: High on London

Aerial London

Love this aerial shot of my favourite city, London.

Grotto Falls, Utah 360° Panorama

A stunning 360° panorama of Grotto Falls in Payson Canyon, Utah.

London Underground’s 'Secret' Tube Station

Ianvists.co.uk has an excellent post about a London Underground station that is used for training. What's unique about it is that it's built on the third floor of an office block!

The station comes complete with a platform, Oyster card readers, signalling and display boards although the trains don't work. There is a also a model railway and a simulator that is used to train LU staff.

Ian has posted lots of photos although with a detailed account of his visit to 'West Ashfield Station'

Video: How To Drink a Beer In Peru

A short documentary about how to drink a beer in Peru. There are some very specific rules and everyone shares the same glass.

Video: London Time-lapse

You've Got to Love London from Alex Silver on Vimeo.

Video: Subway Fast Lane

This slide was installed in Berlin as part of a promo for VW. [via]

Live Train Map for the London Underground

An excellent Google Maps mashup that shows all trains on the London Underground network in approximately real time. Stations are in yellow and trains in red. You can click on each train to find out its number, the station it just left and approximately how long until it reaches the next station.

Video: El Caminito del Rey

Are you brave enough to walk along El Caminito del Rey? Info about the path.

The World's Strangest, Weirdest and Scariest Airports

The Daily Telegraph has a gallery of some of the world's strangest, weirdest and scariest airports. The first one to be featured is Denver Airport which I'll be flying into in September. Apparently there are questions about what may lie underneath the airport.

Video: North Korean Theme Park

This video shows some ropey looking rides at a North Korean 'theme park'. You can view photos of the park here taken by someone who has visited.

Video: Stunning time-lapse video of Eyjafjallajökull volcano

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

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A Century of NYC Panoramas

Panoramas of New York City from 1876, 1932, 1988 and 2013.

Video: Airspace Rebooted

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash.

Video: The Making of Southwest Airlines' Florida One 737

A time-lapse video showing Southwest Airlines' Florida One Boeing 737 being assembled and painted.

Track Flights In Real Time

FlightRadar24 allows you to track flights in real time around the world (but mainly in Europe). Only airplanes equipped with an ADS-B transponder within the coverage area of the company's 100 receivers are visible on the map.

Each flight has information associated with it such airline, flight number, destination, altitude and ground speed. [via]

The Rectum Bar, Vienna

This bar located in a giant digestive tract was spotted in Vienna. The bar is located in the large intestine. You can find another photo here.

If I ever get to Vienna and it's still there, you can expect to see it on Travels with Beer.

Video: A Day In The Life of New York City, in Miniature.

London Transport Museum Film Collection

The London Transport Museum has some fascinating old footage of London including footage from the Underground.

Tower Bridge Live

VisitLondon has got a live stream of Tower London on uStream. If you're lucky you may catch the bridge opening.

Kulula Airlines Flying 101 Livery

Kulula Airlines has released a funky new livery that explains all the different parts on a plane including the 'Loo (or mile-high initiation chamber)', the 'Throne Zone' (or exit seats) and the 'rudder (the steering thingy)'.

You can view more photos here.

Video: Colour Footage of London from 1927

This rare piece of colour footage of London was recorded in 1927 by Claude Friese-Greene, the son of pioneering cinematographer William Friese-Greene. His father had developed a colour process called Biocolour which wasn't successful and was overtaken by Techincolour.

The footage features scenes of London Bridge, the Thames, the Tower of London, Greenwich Observatory, the London docks, Whitehall, the Cenotaph, Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Petticoat Lane, the Oval, the Changing of the Guard, Rotten Row, and the Houses of Parliament.

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Air New Zealand To Offer Beds In Economy

Air New Zealand are to pimp out the economy section on California to Auckland route that will have rows of seats that can be converted into a bed.

The Skycouches can fold flat creating a small bed for two. You can buy the third seat for a half price, allowing you and your travel companion to take a short nap whenever needed.

You can view more photos here.

Inside the Burj Khalifa - The World's Tallest Building

A selection of images showing the extravagant interior of the Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building.

Video: Liberia: West Point, The Worst Slum in the World?

Some NSFW content.

Stonehenge Now On Google Street View

Save on the admission fee and get closer to the stones than if you had paid to get in. [via]

Update: There are more National Trust sites available on Street View. Check them out here.

Physical Map of the London Underground

A physical map of London with surface features with the tube lines then shown on top of it. You get to see where the tube lines really run and where the stations really are in relation to each other, and the overlayed map of London.

Snowy Photos From Around The World

The BBC has some snowy photos from around the world including a photo of a train in Mongolia that hit a 6ft wall of snow. According to this article, all 15 carriages were buried in snow.

Fox Spotted on London Underground

@radiokate spotted this fox riding the escalator on the London Underground (Walthamstow Central).

Video: Busted Under Terrorism Act for Photographing US Embassy in London

This is what may happen to you if you film the US embassy in London.

Flight Attendant Photographs Obese Passenger

Apparently this photo is authentic and the poor guy set next to the obese passenger was removed from the flight, given compensation and a first class seat on the next flight. [via]

Room Atlas - Hotel/Google Maps Mashup

Room Atlas is a Google Maps mashup that overlays prices of 53,000 hotels. The prices are colour coded for easy identifcation and you can filter by amenties. You can also overlay additional information such as Wikipedia landmarks.

Video: San Francisco Circa 1905

I love watching old footage like this. Some of the trams in the video are probably still in use today.

London Aerial Virtual Tour

If you're a big fan of London, you'll love this virtual aerial tour of London. It features many of the main attractions such as Tower Bridge, the Dome and Regent's Park and allows you to pan and zoom in any direction. [via]