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German Power Mountains

Old mines in the German Harz Mountains may soon be getting a new lease of life, serving as a storage facility for excess wind power.

Chinese Secretly Copy Austrian UNESCO Town

The Chinese are building a copy of UNESCO listed Austrian town Hallstatt, against the towns will. Imagine it secret agent Architects lucking on the streets with rulers & cameras, buying building plans on the black market. (via pruned)

Graffiti

Sous les pavés la plage -Anon (Graffiti on Wall Paris May ’68)

Dark Tourism in Lithuania

Feeling nostalgic for the good old Soviet Union? Then head to Lithuania, where several theme parks let visitors feel exactly what it was like – right down to scary, abusive guards.

Helsinki oy not in great shape

Helsinki will burrow more and increasing tax over the next few years. It’s only Helsinki Power which subsidises the rest of the city! That money should really be reinvested back into infrastructure.

Russia roundup

A few interesting Russian links follow, Andrew Moore a great photographer with a lovely photoset of Russia. Check out archi.ru which has an english section with good articles,a good place from which to explore further. Moscow Museum of Architecture (I think its the oldest museum dedicated to architecture in the world- but correct me if more »