Santa Cruz, Tenerife Cameras
October 15, 2009
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz is located in northeast of the Spanish island of Tenerife off the northwestern coast of Africa.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife has been occupied by humans for the last 2000 years as evidenced by numerous archaeological sites. The area was known to the Guanches, the first inhabitants of the island, as Añazo. Later, it became one of the most important ports of the Atlantic and the Canary Islands, a status it retains to this day.
Santa Cruz, being the center of the Tenerife Metropolitan Area, is the logical hub for the island’s motorway network. The 85 km. long TF1 Motorway links the south of the island including Playa de las Américas and other southern resorts and towns with its capital.
TF5 Motorway links Santa Cruz with the Puerto de la Cruz, La Orotava and the northern side of the island, passing right through La Laguna before entering Santa Cruz. Tenerife North Airport lies on the TF5 Motorway on the outskirts of the city. The Santa Cruz harbor is one of the busiest in Spain. More traffic cameras here.
Budapest, Hungary Webcam
October 13, 2009
Budapest is the capital of Hungary, and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of right-bank Buda and Óbuda with left-bank Pest.
Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement, was the direct ancestor of Budapest, becoming the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia. Magyars arrived in the territory in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42. The re-established town became one of the centers of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century.
The city ranked as the most livable Central/Eastern European city on EIU’s quality of life index (2009). The headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the first foreign office of the CIPA will be in Budapest.
Among sights to see are the neo-Gothic Parliament, containing amongst other things the Hungarian Crown Jewels, and Saint Stephen’s Basilica, where the Holy Right Hand of the founder of Hungary, King Saint Stephen is on display.
Reichenbach I.K. Switzerland Camera
June 16, 2009
Reichenbach im Kandertal is a municipality in the district of Frutigen in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The canton of Bern is the second largest of all Swiss cantons .
The canton of Bern is mainly drained by the River Aar and its tributaries. The whole area is in general very mountainous, with steep cliffs, many glaciers, and countless waterfalls.
The earliest evidence of human settlements in the Aare valley dates back to the Neolithic period. This settlement was partially fortified in the 2nd century BCE. It is thought to have been one of the twelve oppida of the Helvetii mentioned by Caesar.
From her inauspicious beginnings as a Celtic settlement in pre-Roman Central Europe, the city of Bern grew to become an aristocratic city republic and a major power in the Old Swiss Confederacy.
Features two streaming airport cameras from the Flight Group Reichenbach.
Kópasker, Iceland Camera
March 15, 2009
Kópasker is a small village in northeast Iceland, situated on Öxarfjörður. The district between Tjörnes mountains in the west and Jökulsá (Glacier river) in the east is known as Kelduhverfi; Kópasker is the town of the community.
There are many streams, which come up under lava fields and they give the district its name. Keldur means quagmire. Jökulsá runs to the sea in Öxafjörður. It falls into one of the deepest and most terrifying gorges in Iceland, Jökulsárgljúfur.
A geologically young land, Iceland is located on both the Iceland hotspot and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which runs right through it. This combined location means that geologically the island is extremely active, having many volcanoes, notably Hekla, Eldgjá, Herðubreið and Eldfell. Iceland is one of two places on Earth where a mid-ocean ridge rises above sea level, making it an easily accessible site to study the geology of such a ridge.
Today, Iceland has some of the world’s highest levels of economic and civil freedoms.In 2007, Iceland was ranked as the most developed country in the world by the United Nations’ Human Development Index.
Hyūga, Japan Webcam
November 9, 2008
Hyūga (日向市) is a city located in Miyazaki Japan on the island of Kyūshū. The city was founded on April 1, 1951. Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture.
The symbols for the city are the sunflower and Osmanthus a shrub like tree. Osmanthus are popular shrubs in parks and gardens throughout the warm temperate zone.
The Miyazaki Pref. Art Museum has a collection of about 2,000 works of art, including Picasso’s “Woman with a Velvet Hat on an Armchair, and Pigeon”, and the Art’s Center possesses Japan’s largest pipe organ, located in the Isaac Stern hall.
This prefecture is also home the the worlds largest indoor waterpark the Seagaia Ocean Dome and is listed on the Guinness World Records. This web camera features a very nice cluster of presets centering around a home weather station
London, England Cameras
October 26, 2008
London is the capital and largest urban area of both England and the United Kingdom. An important settlement for two millennia, London’s history goes back to its founding by the Romans.
Although there is evidence of scattered Brythonic settlements in the area, the first major settlement was founded by the Romans in AD 43 as Londinium, following the Roman conquest of Britain. Since its settlement, London has been part of many movements and phenomena throughout history, including the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city’s core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries.
London is a major international air transport hub. London Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in the world for international traffic, and is the major hub of the nation’s flag carrier, British Airways.
Amalfi, Italy Webcams
October 20, 2008
Amalfi is a town in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery.
In 1206 Saint Andrew’s relics were brought to Amalfi from Constantinople by the Amalfitan Pietro, cardinal of Capua, following the Sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders after the completion of the town’s cathedral. The cathedral, dedicated to St. Andrew, contains a tomb in its crypt that it maintains still holds a portion of the relics of the apostle. A golden reliquary which originally housed his skull and another one used for processions through Amalfi on holy days can also be seen.
During Mass on these holy days, St Andrew’s relics are said to exude a liquid called “St. Andrew’s Manna”. The faithful are anointed with the liquid, and many believe it to be miraculous. View a second streaming camera here.
Chandigarh, India Webcam
October 18, 2008
Chandigarh also called The City Beautiful, is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana, and is a union territory of India. The name translates from Hindi to English as “the fort of Chandi”, Chandi being a Hindu Goddess.
Chandigarh is located near the foothills of the Shivalik range of the Himalayas in Northwest India. Known internationally for its architecture and urban planning, Chandigarh is home to numerous architectural projects.
Le Corbusier produced a plan for Chandigarh that conformed to the modernist city planning principles of CIAM, in terms of division of urban functions, and a hierarchy of road and pedestrian networks. Hindi and Punjabi are the main spoken languages in this area.
