Yes, Finland is a country that can produce nightmare-inducing rock bands like Eurovision 06 winners Lordi. But they can turn around and be sickeningly polite and friendly, too. The latest ain't-that-nice story out of Finnish capital Helsinki is the installation of talking trash cans.
From today, four very special garbage cans will be placed around the city for the enjoyment of locals and tourists alike. When you place a piece of rubbish in one of them, it will play a recorded "thank you" message from famous locals. For example, the mayor says (in Finnish, of course):
It is great that you care about the city. Cool, isn't it.
Which, if we could just understand Finnish, would certainly entice us to keep feeding it with more rubbish.
Chasing Racers is back, with a brand new Amazing Race 10 mashup. This map will update the morning after every new episode. Send along tips, rumors, gossip, locations and spoilers to our map editors, become a member and comment on the stories below, and add to the Jaunted-Flickr photo pool to get in on the fray. Enjoy.
What do tanks, tuxedos and Tchaikovsky have in common? They're all sullied on the latest episode of TAR. Only five teams are still racing, and the 'Bama girls are somehow still in this thing, but probably not for long. The Six Pack alliance--already without Dave and Mary--gets seriously tested in the Chernobyl glow. The Barbies--who've always been cutthroat--are looking to become the first female only team to win the race. Will nice guys Erwin and Godwin be able to hang? Will Rob and Kimberly overcome the car trouble that plagues them in the previews? And will we ever be able to mention tanks and Russian composers in the same sentence? Find out after the jump!
Chasing Racers is back, with a brand new Amazing Race 10 mashup. This map will update the morning after every new episode. Send along tips, rumors, gossip, locations and spoilers to our map editors, become a member and comment on the stories below, and add to the Jaunted-Flickr photo pool to get in on the fray. Enjoy.
After Dave and Mary's long-overdue exit last week, the Amazing Race is shaping up to be quite a contest, but we don't remember Dave and Mary dying, did they? Two teams were acting as if the Kentucky power couple had passed away and end up dedicating their race "in memory of Dave & Mary". The remaining "live" teams leave steamy Madagascar for Finland, will Lyn and Karlyn's alliance with the Cho Brothers keep them in the race? Will Rob and Kimberly keep saying "bro" and "dude" with abandon? Will Tyler and James be able to tackle the muddy obstacle course or will they be left in the muck? We sort out all the dirty details after the jump.
A little help in prioritizing your travel never hurts; that's why this list of the World Monument Watch's 100 Most Endangered Sites (via Kottke) is just peachy. Forget Disney World--a site we wish was endangered--and instead head to, oh, Helsinki's Malmi Airport. It was the second largest airport in Europe in 1936, with a hangar that could fit six whole aircraft, and now it may be demolished for a housing project.
No sale? What about the Segovia Aqueduct in Spain? Built in 50 A.D., it's a UNESCO World Heritage site, and yet...the Spanish aren't taking very good care of it, failing to repair damage from water and bat nesting. Always watch out for the bat nesting.
And if that doesn't interest you, there's always the entire country of Iraq, which made the list as a single entry. It won't be long now before cheap flights to Kirkurk start to appear...
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