[CLOSED] Giveaway! Cologne Climber

[lowtech]

2500 posts and my birthday flew past uncelebrated and last month was full of giveaways anyways - I think August is just as good for a nice Giveaway celebrating this awesome site.

I have bought a Climber printed with the cologne cathedral that I will give away one week from now.





All you have to do is post a link of a famous spot/building/artwork in your hometown and tell us what it is and post your name, too.
Own pics are preferred, but a borrowed one will work.

Please copy the names of the other entries, too. I´ll draw a name and send out the knife.
Easy, isn´t it? Then let´s go...

[Kampfer]

Global HQ of Google (aka Googleplex) in Mountain View CA, I am proud to say that I designed most fire alarm systems for this campus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex

Thanks for the GAW

[Kampfer]

Another signature design of mine,  Stanford Bing Concert Hall in Stanford CA.
http://live.stanford.edu/plan-your-visit/venues/bing-concert-hall

[detron]

very kind of you.  thank you for this awesome chance.
that is a pretty SAK scale   

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron


for me it is jut Lake Michigan,  the waves and tide is very soothing, and this "old salty dog" (or squid) misses being out to sea.

[kirk13]

Great giveaway Thomas,thank you very much

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13




Nice thing about being on the outskirts of London,is you have the choice of the sublime( bridge in the Mole Valley) or the ridiculous( the Dalek I mean the Shard)

[captain spaulding]

I am going to sit this one out, but thank you for the GAW and the generosity. Mighty nice of you to do. 

[derekmac]

Great GAW Thomas!  As much as I would LOVE to win this, having a printed Climber already, I will sit it out to give others a better chance.

[daverobson]

Here's a shot of the Tyne Bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the start of the Great North Run, the largest & most famous half marathon in the world.
By the way, the Aussies pinched the bridge design for their effort at Sydney.

Thanks for this great chance Thomas. 

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson

[ducttapetech]

First off, Happy Belated Birthday!
Next, thanks for the giveaway.
Lastly, good luck everyone!

That's us mobile.

[JAfromMn]

Happy birthday man and congrats on 2500 posts.


I'm going to sit this one out as I already have a climber.


Good luck everyone

[ColoSwiss]

Congrats on the birthday! 

A great looking prize, but I already have one so will sit this out.

[neillcurrie]

Thanks Thomas, and a belated Happy Birthday!!

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie

Here's a link to Franklin Pierce's homestead and Hillsboro, once the 14th US President.
http://hillsboroughhistory.org/

[lowtech]

Thanks for the nice pics!

A link to the official homepage to the cologne cathedral.
http://www.koelner-dom.de/index.php?id=19167&L=1

[styx]

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx

thanks for the chance. as my entry I'll go with Lotrščak tower. It's an old fortification from the 13th century (at least to my knowledge). The biggest attraction about it is that since January 1st 1877 the canon within it is fired every day at noon sharp. The reason for that was to give the bell-ringers a signal to do their job, although the folk tale says that it's a commemoration of the events leading up to the Battle of Sisak in 1593.
The story says that Zagreb was being besieged by the Ottoman army and by accident the only cannon in the town's defenses was fired from that very tower. The cannonball flew into the Ottoman army's leader's tent, hit some bird of a plate and caused them to retreat in haste fearing an impending attack.

the pics aren't mine

[kkokkolis]

Acropolis

The temple of Zeus

The Thisseon (temple of Hephestus)

Piraeus with 4 ports, used since antiquity

I live in Castella, the hill between the two small ports, Zea and Microlimanon, where we have a nice aquatic view (here the Olympias trireme, modern reconstruction)

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis

Thanks for the offer!

[PTRSAK]

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK

In keeping with the theme, here's St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. 

[pfrsantos]

Love the Climber! Thanks for the opportunity, lowtech!
 


001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos

A few pics of the Castelo de S. Jorge, overlooking Lisboa.

[pfrsantos]

Also in Lisboa, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.

[comis]

Just stepping in to thank Lowtech for being very generous, and a good friend to many of us.  I'll pass on this one for those who haven't gotten this Cologne Climber/Tourist.  But do like to share a few pix of my home town, Hong Kong, with everyone:










Pictures borrowed online, but last two are from talented French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze

[Corwyn]

Happy birthday and thank you for the chance, mate.
The climber is my favourite knife and I always wanted a Travel edition one.

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn

Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle)


The Black Church


Peles Castle (Queen Mary's Castle)


The Carpathian Sphinx


The 7 Stairs Canyon Waterfall

[Philby]

Many congrats, and thanks for the opportunity! Dunraven bay.

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn
011 - Philby

[lowtech]

Beautiful places!
The Hon Kong pics give me a William Gibson Feel, if that makes sense....

[comis]

Beautiful places!
The Hon Kong pics give me a William Gibson Feel, if that makes sense....

I never did read his book, but I get what you mean.  The city does give you that kind of vibe sometimes, totally different feel from many beautiful scenic shown here.

If you look at the last picture carefully, I think that housing complex were actually featured in the latest Transformer movie.

[zoidberg]

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn
011 - Philby
012 - zoidberg

Thanks lowtech.

I took these pics yesterday.

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch.

[Etherealicer]

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn
011 - Philby
012 - zoidberg

Thanks lowtech.

I took these pics yesterday.

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch.

Holy Moly, what happened? I have been in that church for the Christmas service in 2003.

[zoidberg]

Holy Moly, what happened? I have been in that church for the Christmas service in 2003.

Earthquakes.  Christchurch is no longer anything like what you may remember.

I have lots of stories about it, but so far I haven't felt brave enough to share.

[enki_ck]

Thanks for the chance, lowtech. Very generous of you.

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn
011 - Philby
012 - zoidberg
013 - enki_ck

Lucky 13, eh? Well it's the reverse from my usual entry number so we'll see.

My entry is the Union building in my home town. Built in 1903 as a trade casino, served at some point in history as a library and is now used by various unions for their needs.




The old town around which the city was built.



And the St. Nikola church.


The legend says there's a green dragon Pozoj sleeping underneath the city, his head under the old town and tail and legs under the church.

[lowtech]

I am glad I did not announce that I´d choose teh best picture as so many beatiful, awesome, sad and interesting pictures have been posted already.
I´d have a hard time to choose where to go first.

[Dragon Lord]

001 - Kampfer
002 - detron
003 - kirk13
004 - daverobson
005 - neillcurrie
006 - styx
007 - kkokkolis
008 - PTRSAK
009 - pfrsantos
010 - Corwyn
011 - Philby
012 - zoidberg
013 - enki_ck
014 - Dragon Lord

This is "El palacio de bellas artes" or the Beauty Arts place in Mexico



This is the concert hall inside

Art in glass

[Etherealicer]

Thanks lowtech for that sweet GAW . I'm no collector, so I won't enter... Nevertheless, aerial view of Zofingen: