Contest #828 — Uunartoq Hot Springs, Qaqortoq, Greenland

This little spot in the south of Greenland is one of the only hot springs on the island nation that is warm enough to actually bathe in. The justaposition between the warm water and the icebergs in the distance, nestled in this beautifully stark valley, makes this spot a unique, but very hard to get to, location.

Those who found it before the hint:

  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Graham Hedley
  • Garfield
  • hhgygy
  • Eloy Cano
  • Phil Ower
  • Angie CF
  • Bas Van Limpt
  • Zorro the Fox
  • Lighthouse

And after the hint:

  • Ashwini Agrawal

Contest #817 – Last home of Alan Turing, Wilmslow, England

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Alan Turing had a revolutionary mind. By the time he was 25, he had created the concept of the Turing Machine, the original general purpose computer. The invention of the Turing Machine is often marked as the birth of field of Computer Science.

During World War II, the British government called on this genius to lead an effort to break German naval code machines called “Enigma”. His team’s efforts lead to the successful breaking of the settings of Enigma and enabled the Allies to defeat the Axis powers in many crucial engagements.

He also happened to be a homosexual man, which was a crime in the UK at the time. He was convicted and, as a condition of not imprisoning him, he was subjected to chemical castration. 2 weeks before his 42nd birthday, he died, in this house, as a result of cyanide poisoning, which was ruled to be suicide.

In 2009, Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued an official public apology for “the appalling way [Turing] was treated. Queen Elizabeth II granteed him a posthumous pardon in 2013 and in 2017, Parliment passed a law, named the “Alan Turing Law” which retroactively pardoned men harmed by the laws that outlawed homosexual acts.

Those who found the site before the hint:

  • Paul Voestermans
  • hhgygy
  • Martin de Bock
  • Garfield
  • Phil Ower
  • Graham Hedley
  • Lighthouse
  • ZORRO THE FOX
  • Eloy Cano

And after the hint:

  • Robin
  • LawnBoy
  • Bas van Limpt
  • Ashwini Agrawal
  • Gillian B

Contest 816 Hint

A pair of women who were WAY ahead of their time lived here. It was a great place if you wanted to hang out on a Saturday with the likes of Picasso, Hemmingway, Matisse, Sinclair Lewis, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thornton Wilder.

Contest #815 – Homomonument, Amsterdam, Netherlands

This monument to the victims of persecution because of sexual preference was built originally in 1987 to memorialize those who had been killed by the Nazis. Today it has be rededicated to a memorial to all homosexual men and women who have been persecuted and murdered. It also celebrates thos who have fought for the freedom and human rights of LGBTQ members.

Those who found the momument were:

  • Paul Voestermans
  • Graham Hedley
  • Martin de Bock
  • Phil Ower
  • Andy McConnell
  • Glenmorren
  • Garfield
  • hhgygy
  • Andreas Meister
  • Eloy Cano
  • Jesus Rodriguez
  • Lighthouse
  • zorro the fox
  • Bas van Limpt
  • Ashwini Agrawal

and after the hint: