From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Nelson Mandela Bay, an excellent value-for-money-family-fun-in-the-sun-holiday destination, named after Nelson Mandela - humanitarian, freedom fighter and world icon of peace - is located 763 km east of Cape Town, is regarded as the official gateway to the scenic Eastern Cape Province and the wo...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Could Vaxjo, a small city in southern Sweden, really be the greenest of the green? Though we are typically loath to make such hyperbolic statements, this particular city makes a strong case for holding that lofty title. In fact, the European Union recently bestowed its inaugural award for sustai...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Vaxjo is the largest city in Kronobergs l??n in the region Smaland in Sweden. The municipality has a population of about 78,000 (2006). There are direct trains from Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup) in Denmark. Furthermore, there are trains from Malm??, Gothenburg and Stockholm (change in Alvesta). T...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Lund, in the southern part of Sweden, is home to the country’s second oldest university, which is one of the country's largest. The city also has many high-tech companies. Lund is fifteen minutes by train from Malm?? and an hour from Copenhagen, including its airport. All trains stop at Lun...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

The Cacadu District The Cacadu District, which was formerly the Western district, covers the rural western areas of the province. This district is the largest of the districts and has an area of 58, 242 square kilometers. The coastal parts of the district have temperate winter rainfall, with aro...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Hobart is the capital city of the Australian state of Tasmania. Hobart is small and intimate (population 250,000) compared to larger mainland Australian cities, reflecting the small size of the state. The metropolitan area stretches north and south along the Derwent River, crossed by several bri...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province. Known in China as the 'City of Eternal Spring', Kunming is at an almost-tropical latitude but 2000 m (6600 ft) altitude which gives it a very temperate climate. The air is also quite clean compared to other Chinese cities. However temperate it...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Nottingham is a city in England known as the Queen of the Midlands which is famed for its links with the world-renowned legend Robin Hood. Nottingham is the major city in the East Midlands of England, its prosperity historically derived mostly from the lace making and coal-mining industries - li...

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Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England and is one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group. Whilst the City of Nottingham unitary authority has a historically tightly drawn boundary which a...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gwent), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain. It was built under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, an...

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Limerick is probably Ireland’s last unspoiled city. From a tourist point of view it might not seem to hold the same allure as Cork or Galway, but as it is twenty minutes by bus from Shannon Airport, it is easy to spend a few hours in Limerick at least. While Limerick City does not have an airpor...

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rk (Irish: Corcaigh) is situated on the banks of the River Lee in the south of the country. With a city population of 119,418 in 2006 (190,384 including suburbs) it is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the third largest in all of Ireland. Cork is the anglicised version of t...

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Galway, called Gailimh in Irish, with a population of over 70,000, is Ireland’s fourth largest town and is a major hub for visits to West Ireland. It has long since been known as The City of the Tribes and this title could not be more appropriate these days, given the multicultural vibrancy of p...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:20 PM

In Belfast I interviewed Sean McKernan, a photographer who in 1983 set up a photo exhibition called Belfast Exposed, featuring a lot of images from the height of the troubles. Sean now runs an multifunction arts centre called BX Arts. Sean discusses how Belfast has changed since the 1997 ceasefi...

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Killiney (Irish: Cill In??on L??in??n, meaning Church of the Daughters of L??in??n) is a townland in south County Dublin, Ireland on the outskirts of Dublin city within the administrative area of D??n Laoghaire-Rathdown County. The area is by the coast, south of neighbouring Dalkey, and north to...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:19 PM

Tenerife is a favoured destination for scuba divers, with numerous dive operations of all qualities and nationalities. The waters round the island are diveable throughout the year, with the temperature varying between 18 degrees in January to around 25-26 degrees in August. Water sports are avai...

From: www.CheckMyCity.com on Sun, Mar 07 2010 11:19 PM

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is one of the largest cities in Spain, and is the largest city in the Canary Islands. Las Palmas has a modern international airport which receives flights from Madrid, about 2 and a half hours, and from Barcelona and Bilbao, both about 3 hours. To get into the city, ho...

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Cartagena is in the Murcia region of Spain. Cartagena is the main Seaport of the Murcia region. It has 214,000 inhabitants so it???s the second most populated municipality of the Region. Cartagena concentrates an artistic legacy that summarizes 2000 years of Spanish History, being inhabited by m...

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This newsready lost it... Who wouldn’t? Very funny...

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Insanity the Ride is a truly mind-bending experience! A massive mechanical arm extending out 64 feet over the edge of the Stratosphere Tower at a height of over 900 feet, Insanity will spin you and several other passengers in the open air at speeds of up to three 'G’s. You'll be propel...