Visit my hometown online

[Hottentot]

I have no idea how long this has been up, but it's kind of cool:

http://www.virtualtampere.com/

That nifty little site lets you explore my humble little hometown from your own comfortable armchair because let's face it, no one would be mad enough to voluntarily come here in person.

"Yeah, I've got Google Streetview, y'know". Yeah, so do I, but this is actually better. While it doesn't let you explore all the streets like Google does, it compensates by giving a lot more background info on what each place is. On the top of that, it also goes to places where Google won't go, such as parks and in some cases even inside buildings. I haven't explored it fully yet, but it at least let's you explore inside some churches and the main library. And the aerial views are just plain better, because for some reason Google Earth has decided that we have a permanent overcast in here and therefore everything you see is clouded by...well, a cloud, I suppose.

Granted, I'm a local (Insert-Divine-Entity willing not for long, but still), but I have to say I like this. I encourage all of you to have a look too. And I can probably answer questions if you find something interesting but can't find enough information about it.