Ministry of Interior and Administration and ABW (ABW is a "Polish CIA") Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland

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The Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fredyryka Chopina is a philharmonic orchestra based in Gdańsk, Poland.

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"House of Music and Dance" in Zabrze, Poland

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The Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Edinburgh. Construction on the building commenced in June 1999 and the Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) held their first debate in the new building on Tuesday, 7 September 2004. The formal opening by Queen Elizabeth II took place on 9 October 2004. Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect who designed the building, died during the course of its construction.

From 1999 until the opening of the new building in 2004, committee rooms and the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament were housed in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland located on The Mound in Edinburgh. Office and administrative accommodation in support of the Parliament were provided in buildings leased from Edinburgh City Council. The new Scottish Parliament Building brought together these different elements into one purpose built parliamentary complex, housing 129 MSPs and more than 1,000 staff and civil servants.

Trójka Headquaters - Trójka is III channel of "Polish Radio" - Poland's public radio network broadcasting corporation.

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The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the United States Department of the Navy's primary law enforcement agency and successor to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS). NCIS was originally part of the Office of Naval Intelligence, being tasked with detection and counterintelligence missions. Later, criminal investigations were also added to the agency's mission, with these tasks being performed mainly by civilian agents — as is also the case with the U.S. Coast Guard's Investigative Service (CGIS) and the DOD's Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). This differs from the practice of the Army's Criminal Investigations Division (USACIDC) and the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, each of which relies primarily upon military personnel to conduct investigations.

Photo: The SIS building at Vauxhall Cross, London, seen from Vauxhall Bridge

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdom's external intelligence agency. Under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), it works alongside the Security Service (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS). SIS is responsible for the United Kingdom's espionage activities overseas.

The service has had its headquarters at Vauxhall Cross in London since 1995.

SIS headquarters, since 1995, is at 85, Vauxhall Cross, along the Albert Embankment in Vauxhall on the banks of the River Thames by Vauxhall Bridge, London. Previous headquarters have been Century House, 100 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, 1966-95; and 54, Broadway, off Victoria Street, London SW1, 1924-66. (Although SIS operated from Broadway, it was actually based at St. James's Street).

Spectacular National Parliament Building in Papua New Guinea.

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