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MusketeerX, 10 months ago in The coolest city sculptures, in my opinion, are the ones you don't notice right away

Agreed, I like this sort of thing too.

RootBeerGuy, 10 months ago in The coolest city sculptures, in my opinion, are the ones you don't notice right away

I used to live there and I actually did not know about those.

fearout, 10 months ago in The mural "The Last Cocktail" by Onur is painted on a six storey residential building in Jyväskylä, Finland and features a special UV layer.

Are there any other differences besides a more visible mountain/ice layer? Feels like it should have had an aurora or something in that vein on the UV layer.

pruwybn, 10 months ago in Let’s play Roulette Obscura — getting to know random interesting places

This one I got is pretty interesting - crooked pink houses in Suffolk and the history behind them.

fearout, 10 months ago in Lyon’s city park, Parc de la Tête d'Or, has a built in public zoo spanning 6 ha. You don’t need a ticket, and the zoo isn’t enclosed, lots of animals just chill beside you separated by a small moat

More info about the park on Wikipedia

fearout, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) in Lyon’s city park, Parc de la Tête d'Or, has a built in public zoo spanning 6 ha. You don’t need a ticket, and the zoo isn’t enclosed, lots of animals just chill beside you separated by a small moat

It’s quite fun to stumble upon random albatrosses while having a walk

fearout, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) in Lyon’s city park, Parc de la Tête d'Or, has a built in public zoo spanning 6 ha. You don’t need a ticket, and the zoo isn’t enclosed, lots of animals just chill beside you separated by a small moat

You can literally have a picnic next to roaming deer

fearout, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) in Lyon’s city park, Parc de la Tête d'Or, has a built in public zoo spanning 6 ha. You don’t need a ticket, and the zoo isn’t enclosed, lots of animals just chill beside you separated by a small moat

Also, the giraffe enclosure has some Villeneuve vibes (for me at least)

Sentinian, 10 months ago in Let’s play Roulette Obscura — getting to know random interesting places

This site is really neat. First click led me to a place not far from me I hadn’t heard of but I def wanna see it

fearout, 10 months ago

Yeah, I’ve found a few hidden gems through it while travelling. I really like these types of websites as opposed to some Tripadvisor-like ad-and-sponsored-ridden mess.

Charliebeans, 10 months ago in Let’s play Roulette Obscura — getting to know random interesting places

Really cool page to plan travel and also to check what other people find interesting in your city!

fearout, 10 months ago in Let’s play Roulette Obscura — getting to know random interesting places

I’ll start.

…and oh crap, this is what I got on my first roll, I shit you not. And I just can’t not link to this. It’s a South Korean park filled with lots of different phallic sculptures. So, kinda NSFW, unless that’s something your workplace is into.

Lol, there’s even a penis cannon. And it’s probably a bit more realistic than you expect it to be. Like, someone sculpted those veins! And you know what? I’m kinda not surprised that penis cannon is a thing. Is there something humanity hasn’t made into a dick yet?

I’m sorry :)

nosedive, 10 months ago

be mindful of the large banners to know when to get off

Heh

Nemo, 10 months ago in the curious story behind japan's manhole covers

I’m sorry, I had to stop reading at “Society for Manhole Lovers”.

useless_modern_god, 10 months ago

Haha wait! Come back! We have manhole mania!!

fearout, 10 months ago in Hidden Mickey(?) at Transit Station

I love randomly stumbling upon things like these :) Kinda sad they didn’t blend the peel a bit better at the bottom.

poVoq, 10 months ago in Pothole mosaics — a somewhat common form of city art, where the artist fills small cracks with colourful tiles. Photo from Marseille

That needs to become a popular thing to do 😍

fearout, 10 months ago

It's quite popular. I've a lot of these around France and Spain, for example.

fearout, 10 months ago in the curious story behind japan's manhole covers

That’s so cool. To add to this, I googled a bit more about the project, and stumbled upon an article by Atlas Obscura that goes into a bit more detail, and this Pinterest board with lots more photos of various designs.

useless_modern_god, 10 months ago

Nice 👍 thanks for adding more info!