Tianjin, among China's largest port cities and the first China port city to open to international trade, is today China's model eco-green and globalized city. Know as Beijing's "quiet neighbor", Tianjin is rich in history, deep in global business, and a most intriguing city to visit - this slideshow show's what Tianjin has to offer to visitors who are looking for something different.
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The Széchenyi Chain Bridge spans the Danube River in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by English engineer William Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube River in Hungary. It opened in 1849.
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The Sydney Opera House is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, it opened in 1973. It hosts over 1,500 performances annually, attended by more than 1.2 million people. It is one of Australia’s most popular tourist attractions having over 350,000 visitors each year.
The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the River Thames in London. It is 135 meter tall and the wheel’s diameter is 120 meter.
It was opened to the public in 2000 and it is Europe's tallest Ferris wheel. The London Eye is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.75 million visitors annually.
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A crepe is a very thin pastry made from flour & egg batter. While crêpes originated in France, they are popular throughout Europe, North Africa, and Canada. For lunch or dinner crepes are filled with cheese, eggs, vegetables, or ham.
For breakfast or as a dessert, crepes are topped with jam, butter, maple syrup, lemon juice, cream or fruits
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The Business Roundtable Meeting (BRM) in the USA is an open discussion where each participant is given equal right to speak, regardless of professional title. The purpose of the BRM is to freely and intently talk about the topic-at-hand so that participants can come up with creative ideas.
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The Rotterdam Port of the Netherlands is the largest port in Europe. From 1962 until 2004 it was the world's busiest port, now overtaken Singapore and Shanghai. It is the most popular entry-point by ship for visitors of Northern Europe.
The MSSO is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in Europe, founded in 1943.
The MSSO is renowned for its high standards of artistic excellence and imaginative programming. It has a large and loyal following around the world. The orchestra’s performs classical and modern compositions, opera and ballet, and does commercial recording.
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Candy apples, also known as toffee apples, are red or green apples covered in a hard sugar coating. American William W. Kolb invented the candy apple and commercialized them first in 1908. Today Candy Apples are eaten at fairs and carnivals in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, UK, and of course in the USA.
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The Space Needle tower is an icon of Seattle. It was built for the 1962 World's Fair as the “tower of the future”.
It is 184 meters high and has the rotating observation deck and restaurant at the top. Visitors can reach the restaurant by elevators in 41 seconds.
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The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy operates in the Pacific Ocean and its based in Vladivostok. It is one of the world’s most powerful fleets having missile cruisers, destroyers, nuclear submarines, assault ships, transport planes and helicopters.
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Amsterdam is Europe’s most famous and important centres of bicycle culture. In Amsterdam over 60% of personal trips are made by bike. Amsterdammers ride a wide variety of personal bicycles including the traditional Omafiets - the ubiquitous Dutch roadster with a step-through frame.
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Vie De France a one of the most popular bakery chains in Japan. It is owned by Yamazaki Baking, one of Japan's largest baking companies with 22 bread factories throughout Japan. Yamazaki has been in the baking business since 1948. Vie De France bakes a variety of products including croissants, French breads, white breads, pastries and snack foods.
Holiland is a ubiquitous local bakery chain in Tianjin. The bakery creates high-end pastries, cakes, and breads. Customer returns to Holiland because of its courteous and quick staff, high-quality goods, and super-clean interior. Go there after 8pm when unsold goods are sold at half the daytime cost!
The first “Cruft's Dog Show“ was held in England in 1891. It was the first dog show where all breeds were invited to compete, having had around 2,000 dogs. Today, the event is organized by the Kennel Club. It is held over four days in early March in Birmingham, England. It is most largest and most prestigious dog show in the world. Cruft champion dogs can earn millionof dollars in TV commercials. In 1891 Mr. Cruft start the dog show.
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The Saint-Ouen Flea Market in Paris is the largest antique market in the world. The market was created in 1885.
Today it has over 1400 antique dealers. Some sections of the market look like a museum or an art gallery.
It is the 4th tourist landmark in France receiving more than 5 million visitors annually.
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The hot spring is part of Japanese culture. Hokkaido, northern Japan, is famous as Japan’s "hot spring kingdom.“ There are different types of hot springs, ranging from indoor baths to natual hot springs in the mountains. Japanese and tourists share hot springs for women alone, for couples, and for families.
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The Singapore S.E.A. Aquarium (South East Asia Aquarium) is among the world's largest aquariums. It has more than 100,000 marine animals. The centerpiece of the Aquarium is the Open Ocean tank with more than 50,000 sea creatures. It also has one of the world's largest viewing panels, which gives visitors the feeling of standing on the ocean floor.
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Kingda Ka in Jackson, New Jersey is the world's tallest roller coaster reaching a height of 139 meters. It is also the world's fastest roller coaster, moving at 206 km/hour. Riders have to be at least 140cm tall to get on the roller coaster. The length of the ride is 950 meters and it takes 4 minutes.
