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The Dancing Forest of Kaliningrad

Thursday, 16 May 2013   Science and nature   By Lizzie Brooks
The Dancing Forest of Kaliningrad

The Dancing Forest (or the Drunk Forest, as it is sometimes known) is located in Curonian Spit National Park in Kaliningrad, Russia. Made up of pine trees, the forest is unusual due to the twisted shape of the trees. Many have grown into knots, loops, circles and spirals along the ground.

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8 wedding traditions from around the world

Wednesday, 20 March 2013   Cultures and traditions   By Lizzie Brooks
8 wedding traditions from around the world

In the UK, we have loads of wedding traditions, such as the bride wearing something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue, the throwing of the bouquet and the playing of Come on Eileen during the reception. We did a little bit of research and found out that other countries had some interesting wedding customs too.

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5 ‘big things’ from around the world

Thursday, 14 March 2013   Sights and smells   By Nick Heady
5 'big things' from around the world

There’s a theory in psychology that all men are obsessed by size, and that they’ll compete with each other by displaying large objects to substitute for their (often inversely proportional) physical attributes. I’ve no idea if this theory is correct, so let’s try not to think about it as we take a look at some of the world’s biggest man-made structures.

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The world’s oddest statues and sculptures

Tuesday, 28 August 2012   Sights and smells   By Dom Stapleton
The world's oddest statues and sculptures

The Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, Michelangelo’s David – they’ve got nothing on these! After extensive research (a bit of Googling), I’ve found what I regard to be some of the world’s oddest statues and sculptures… You’ll be surprised by how many obscene statues there are out there, too. But I’m afraid you’ll have to look them up in your own time…

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I can’t believe it’s not Santa!

Wednesday, 21 December 2011   Cultures and traditions   By Lizzie Brooks
I can't believe it's not Santa!

Right now, Father Christmas is getting all the toys ready for the night of the 24th. He will fly, with his reindeer, across the globe in just one evening (for which we have insured him) delivering presents. Around the world there are similar traditions; mysterious characters arrive to give presents to the good children and something not so nice to the naughty ones!

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