(1) According to the website the Minack Theatre in Portchurno in Cornwall is the most famous open-air theatre in Britain; possible in the world. Two thousand years ago invading Romans built the theatre into the granite cliffs near the southwesternmost point of England. After a long history of neglecting and rebuilding in 1932 latest history started with a performance of 'The Tempest' of William Shakespeare. In the Summer Festival season the performances start (GMT) 1 PM (Wednesday-Friday) and 7 PM (Monday-Friday) You can view them at two webcams or book online.
(2) Chapels in Las Vegas tells, with over 25 years of experience, to be named the foremost authority in Las Vegas Weddings. Their website is offering six suggestions (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6) for chapels, unique, and outdoor settings. The cam is from chapel 1. Long before Las Vegas, since 1754, the village Gretna Green, at the southernmost point of Scotland (Britain), is world famous for its weddings (now with webcam).
(1) All we know is: this LivingroomCam shows the livingroom of a family in Oregon (USA) . The family welcomes you with music and tells about daily life. Around Christmas the website has a second URL: christmascam.cx (.cx is the country code of Christmas Island) and of course there is a Christmas Tree. In 1999 the site was 'Webcam of the Week' in the Dutch magazine Panorama.
(2) The home page of Associated Press provides a summary of the most important news items and a news picture of present interest. Click the picture at the site to get detailed information. The Wire you find a latest news summary. Quick links are possible to the member newspapers and broadcasters in the United States. Choose one of the sources in the lists and click the Go submit.
(3) The German Stock Market in Frankfurt has a webcam at its trading floor.
(1) TattooCam (NL) Rotterdam | (2) BungyCam Queenstown, New Zealand | BinLadenCam (Berlin, Germany) Haus der Lehrer
(1) Bodyflair in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) was the first Dutch Tattoo Artist with a webcam and has now two streaming webcams at its site. You see here live (!) tattooing and piercing. Have a look at their website for other possibilities like cosmetic surgery, scarification, implantation and vitiligo. Another site is Piercingworld.
(2) A webcam makes you a witness of bungy jumping from the 43 meters (143 foot) high Kawarau Suspension Bridge (picture)
near Queenstown in New Zealand. The bridge was in 1988 the world's first commercial jumping site.
(3) 'Bin Laden lives here. Light is on. Oops.' This is one of the 'messages' at 'Blinkenlights';
a special present of the German Chaos Computer Club to itself and the city of Berlin, by changing the famous 'Haus des Lehrers' (House of the Teacher) office building at Berlin Alexanderplatz into world's biggest interactive computer display (September 12th, 2001 to February 23rd, 2002). The webcam used has now another objective. But a special Blinkenlight Gallery shows a selection of the 'best Blinkenlights Movies' as GIF animations (and more). A Documentation Video shows all aspects of the installation (including its final moments). You can create your own movie. Find tools for it at the website.
(1) Santa Claus is back at his Santa Claus Office at the Arctic Circle in Finnish Rovaniemi. Here you can attend Live his daily consults 365 days/year.
(2) In the container section of BLG Logistic in Bremerhafen (Germany) the Eurogate joint venture operates one of the largest terminal networks in the world. They also receive there 1,4 million automobiles a year (webcam).
(3) At the roofed over Abatan markets in Anderlecht, a part of Brussels, the capitol of Belgium, a webcam shows you 24h a day a lot of different activities. Under the market yoy find the Caves of Cureghem (10.000m²).
(1) The BarberCam is situated in a Japanese Hairdress Shop in Nakagawa. All over the world there are more webcams in hairsalons. At the Dutch site 'Hair Today' in Zwolle (The Netherlands) you can make a chat.
(2) All the pals of Dave are married. His garage is a get-away location for many of them. A webcam registrates who/when is getting the beer from the refrigerator. The site contains lots of links about beer, beer troubleshooting and even an Alcohol Anonymous search engine (US/Canada).
(3) Be careful if you use the toilet at Swiss airport Kloten near Zürich. They have an Amazing ToiletCam. Click the original website for more information.
(1) TV-Cam (Hong Kong) Star TV | (2) NASA TV (USA) Houston | (3) DentistCam (Japan) Hachinohe City
(1) Star TV in Hong Kong (China) pioneered satellite television in Asia since 1991 and broadcasts now more than 30 services in eight languages, providing viewers, reaching more than 300 million people in 53 countries across Asia, India and the Middle East. The webcam was found at the site of Asian tourist organization Star Travel
(2) NASA Television gives live news and features about astronautica. Read the scedule.
(3) The only thing we know about this DentistCam is they provide 24 h/day streaming views of their activities and the place: the Kumasaka Dental Office in Hachinohe City in Japan, not far from US Misawa Air Base. Most pages of the website are in Japanese language.
Icepick is one of the most remarkable web(cam)sites in the World! I called the home of Alex van Es in Apeldoorn (The Netherlands) 'The House of Big Brother', before the Big Brother of George Orwell's 1984 conquered the world in a television show. At Icepick's computers and webcams register everything that happens: who is ringing the doorbell, how often the toilet flushes, what is trashed and what is in the fridge, when rings the phone, who is delivering the mail, what twelve(!)webcams are installed, what music is played at the computer, what temperatures are registered at four places in the house and (of course) who is visiting the website.
August 14, 2003, North America was hit by the largest energy blackout in recernt history. In Goodwood, Ontario, a picture was taken of the nightsky, with a good view at the Galaxy. Next day the power had been restored and the sky looked like 'normal'.
USA (Dark Sky) | Europe (Astronomy Picture of the Day) | Where is North Korea? (Global Security)
'Where are the stars?' is the question of Platform Lichthinder(in Dutch language). It is an initiative in The Netherlands to cut down the influence of light at night. Most inhabitants of the country cannot see a natural phenomena like the Galaxy at night because it is never getting dark anymore as a result of the many lights in towns and villages. Greenhouses prove to be the biggest source of lights. Two USA sites about the problem are Light Pollution Awarenes and Dark Sky; the latter has impressing images. Or try other links.
(1) The BarberCam is situated in a Japanese Hairdress Shop in Nakagawa. All over the world there are more webcams in hairsalons. At the Dutch site 'Hair Today' in Zwolle (The Netherlands) you can make a chat.
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