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This stadium, Soccer City (‘Sokkerstad’ in Afrikaans), was the theatre of the FIFA World Cup 2010 final last Sunday, won by Spain.

The stadium was completed in 2009 and houses up to 88,500 supporters. It was upgraded from the former FNB stadium, which will be the name again after the 2010 final.

Those who won this final:

• hhgygy
• Taliesin
• Pascal Gilbraith
• LawnBoy
• Willem
• Barbara E
• KD
• Malcolm
• Milosh, Serbia
• SuperXIX
• Paul Franson
• Jan Depczynski
• David Kozina
• Andy M, USA
• ACG
• John at Dreamwidth
• Sarah G
• Dennis S.
• Exsanguinator
• BroderUlf
• David S
• Michael T
• Andy Murdock
• Ian
• D Hall
• Anwyn

It was the first moshav in Israel (1921) and the layout was designed by Bauhaus architect Richard Kauffman: the city of Nahalal in Israel.

This place has been submitted as an UNESCO World Heritage site, it is on the tentative list together with the Degania settlement.

The settlers this week:

• hhgygy
• Milosh, Serbia
• BroderUlf
• David Kozina
• Neil
• Taliesin

This week we visited an UNESCO World Heritage site again: The Old City Centre of Bern, Switserland.

Bern is the capital of Switzerland and was founded in the 12th century. A lot of structures from the 15th and 16th century are still present in the city centre.

Among the famous people who lived in Bern is Albert Einstein who formulated his relativity theory while living in Bern.

Those who did not get lost in the time-space continuum:

• Milosh, Serbia
• Murdock
• hhgygy
• Paul Franson
• John at Dreamwidth
• Falco
• Taliesin
• Ernesto Posse
• Exsanguinator

At the top of a 650m high hill about 40 km west of the city of Hims lies what probably is the best preserved medieval castle in the world: the Krak des Chevaliers. Erected in 1033 by the Emir of Aleppo, the castle was conquered by Raymond IV of Toulouse during the first crusade in 1099.

The castle is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.

Those who regained the  holy land:

• hhgygy
• Milosh, Serbia
• Andy M, USA
• Max_Power
• Taliesin

A reminder: you can click on the image for a larger version.

At the mouth of the River Rance, near Saint-Malo in France lies the ‘Barrage de la Rance‘, the first tidal power station in the world.

Driven by the force of the tidal flow the 24 turbines of this contraption can generate as much as 600 GWh annually, all generated by the tidal difference which is an average 8 metres (26 ft).

Those who caused some sparks from the water:

• Pascal Gilbraith
• Michael T
• BroderUlf
• John at Dreamwidth
• Milosh, Serbia
• David Kozina
• Andy M, USA
• Taliesin
• Paul Franson
• Exsanguinator