! FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 - impressions
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World Cup key ring purchased in St Petersburg during the build up...See St Petersburg here
For Macro Mondays theme - Trinkets
Walthamstow, East London, UK
David Villa (Spagna) festeggia la vittoria dei Mondiali a fine partita - David Villa (Spain) celebrates the victory of the World Cup at the end of the final match
Olanda Spagna - Netherlands vs Spain
Finale dei Campionati del Mondo di Calcio FIFA Sudafrica 2010 - FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Final
Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg - South Africa, 11/07/2010
© Giorgio Perottino / Insidefoto
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Römer (German surname, "Roman") is a medieval building in the Altstadt of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and one of the city's most important landmarks. The Römer is located opposite the Old St. Nicholas church and has been the city hall (Rathaus) of Frankfurt for over 600 years. The Römer merchant family sold it together with a second building, the Goldener Schwan (Golden Swan), to the city council on March 11, 1405 and it was converted for use as the city hall. The Haus Römer is actually the middle building of a set of three located in the Römerberg plaza.
The Römer is not a museum as it is occasionally used by the city for various purposes, for example as a Standesamt or civil registration office; the wedding rooms are located in the first and second floor of the Haus Löwenstein.
The former old town quarter between the Römer and St. Bartholomew's Cathedral has been redeveloped as the Dom-Römer Quarter until 2018, including several reconstructions of historical buildings that were destroyed during World War II.
The entire three-storey building complex occupies about 10,000 square metres and consists of nine houses, encircling six courtyards. The front, with today's main entrance, faces the Römerberg plaza. Other streets around the Römer are the Limpurgergasse to the south and the Buchgasse and the Berliner Straße to the north. The Braubachstraße divides the south and north wings.
The exterior features of the set of buildings reflect a wide breadth of Frankfurt and Germany's history, even though they were designed at the beginning of the 20th century. The famous three-peaked façade has medieval elements of design. The left-hand corner of the Alt-Limpurg displays the so-called Frankfurtia, the female embodiment of the city. In the middle, the Haus Römer shows the four kaisers of the Holy Roman Empire, two city coats of arms, a clock face, and a placard describing the most important facts about the building. The four kaisers are Frederick Barbarossa (the first king to be elected in Frankfurt), Louis the Bavarian (who gave convention rights to the city and allowed an expansion of the city), Charles IV (who made Frankfurt the location of the Kaiser selection vote), and Maximilian II (the first kaiser to be crowned in Frankfurt cathedral).
Like the neogothic façade, the balcony was added after the rebuilding in 1900, replacing a wooden roof. The balcony was and is used as a public stage for state visits and sporting events - for example, the soccer world champions in the Women's World Cup in 2003 and the runners up in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Another approach was chosen for the design of the fronts of the two north-east houses (the Wanebach and the Salzhaus). In contrast to the other houses in the complex, instead of reconstructing the old Wilhelminean front, the architects created a completely new design using a combination of medieval timber framing and modern styles. The mosaics in the timber frames feature the motif of a phoenix, a symbol for modern Frankfurt's new start after the war.
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there are many world cup qulified matches today...i wish my team will win.
Somebody should have remembered this soccer costume, but now i've changed into black sheer pantyhose ^^
For my friend Snorri for dragging me out of my cave.
(I still think I suck at Nature photos though ;))
Oh and by the way, I love those little white haired Fífas!
Böggi: "I can hear the music in this one ... it is played on strings of grass, the flutes are the birds that crowd that short Summer in Iceland. The drums are played by the heart in the chest of anyone who cares to stop and listen."
On a snowy, low light day at Manchester Airport, McDD MD-83 F-GMLU wears a promotional livery for the 2010 World Cup with major sponsor Coca Cola. This was the best shot I could get as I couldn't stay for its departure.
Why are the people in charge generally corrupted by their power? Champions League final tickets, all expenses paid trips to meetings around the world, expensive wristwatches and of course, just good old fashioned cash.
Time to say goodbye to FIFA and put the power in the hands of the fans. Hopefully this World Cup will bring about some positive change.
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Pearson International Airport CYYZ
OY-RUE
Danish Air Transport
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (DC-9-83)
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FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour
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A city skyline that looks like a sex shop shelf. And, at night, it looks like a sex shop shelf during christmas...vagina shaped stadiums that smell of death. Business, oil, fighter planes...I'm glad Rafale lost. "FIFA embraces its responsibility to respect human rights across its operations and relationships" BULLSHIT. Thank you for your support!
.... Toronto is one of the host cities for FIFA World Cup 2026, hosting 6 soccer / football matches. Toronto City Hall is hosting FIFA inspired sports events & watch parties of soccer / football matches worldwide.
OY-RUE - McDonnell Douglas MD-83 - Danish Air Transport
in special FIFA-Coca Cola World Cup Trophy Tour - colours
at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport (YYZ)
making a stop in Toronto on the worldwide tour for the FIFA 2014 soccer world cup in Brazil
Reflections of the FIFA gardens on the logo from the building of FIFA headquarters, Zurich
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Origami model of the FIFA Worldcup trophy.
3D model designed and folded by Peter Stein, June 2014. Heavy aquarell-paper (300 gr) acrylic paint, 34x34cm wetfolded. Tutorial soon on my youtube channel: youtube/MrViolinPeter
Bono and U2, The Fifa Cup, The Rolling Stones...wow Monterrey.
Thanks to the Coca-Cola staff, for allowing me to take this photos.