From Youtube, "The Brünnlisau shooting range in Switzerland has its targets on the other side of a major road. And it's safe. Here's how and why. Thanks to everyone at the Schiessanlage Brünnlisau!"

posted by w1ndex 3 years 1 month ago • 366 views • 5:19

Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 316 views • 6:30

In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It's just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world's greatest commercial disasters - and also a few things... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,041 views • 2:18

Near Bodø in Norway, there's the strongest tidal current in the world: Saltstraumen Maelstrom, a constantly-changing rush of whirlpools, boils and vortices. It might not be quite the whirlpools of myth... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 241 views • 2:32

Near the town of Herning in Denmark sits Elia, a giant metal dome sculpture by Ingvar Cronhammar that occasionally spouts flame. I reckon it's the world's most frustrating piece of art, and here's why.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 700 views • 2:32

From YT: The Jelling Stones, thousand-year-old Viking runestones, sit in the town of Jelling in Denmark. They tell the tale of Harald Bluetooth: one of the first kings of Denmark. Here's why his name is... continue reading

posted by Nephelimdream 7 years 10 months ago • 930 views • 2:39