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Rīga International Airport, Riga, Latvia

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Rīga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA) was built in 1973 at Skulte, 13km southwest of Rīga, the capital of Latvia. It is the largest airport in the Baltic states and is directly connected to 28 countries. Renovation and modernization of the Rīga International Airport was completed in 2001, coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the founding of the city. The airport is a state-owned joint-stock company, with the owner of all shares being the Latvian government. The holder of the state capital share is Latvia's Ministry of Transport.

In 2006, the new north terminal extension was opened. This will permit separation of passengers arriving at the airport from non-Schengen countries after Latvia joins the Schengen Agreement (before which Latvia must strengthen its border controls since it adjoins non-EU countries). The Latvian Government plans to build another terminal capable of handling about 10 million passengers a year. A maintenance, repair and overhaul facility was opened in Autumn 2006, to be run as a joint venture between local companies Concors and SR-Technik. The airport also plans to build new hotels, a business park, a second pier, new parking, a second runway, a new control tower, a new high-speed tramlink to the city center, and a new check-in hall by 2013.

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Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka, Warsaw, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka - children's hospital in Warsaw, Poland

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Landing field for helicopters, Jurata, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Landing field for helicopters near Summer residence of Polish President in Jurata, Poland

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Hamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH) (German: Flughafen Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel) is the international airport of Hamburg, Germany.

It originally covered 440,000 square metres. Since then, the site has grown more than tenfold to 5.7 square kilometres. The main apron covers 320,000 square meters. The Airport is 8.5 km north-west of the centre of the City of Hamburg.

The Airport was opened in 1911. In the 1970s, there were discussions of moving Hamburg airport northward to a site near Kaltenkirchen. This plan was subsequently abandoned, and the airport is completing a major modernization that includes new terminal buildings, new roadside access and a connection to Hamburg's rapid transit system (S-Bahn).

Hamburg Airport (measured by the number of passengers) is the fifth biggest of the 16 German commercial airports (on a level with Tegel International Airport in Berlin).

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Kiełczów, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Kiełczów - small village near Wroclaw in Poland

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Former “Porcelit” factory, Pruszków, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Former "Porcelit" factory in Pruszków, Poland

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Znicz Pruszków stadium, Pruszków, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Znicz Pruszków stadium in Pruszków, Poland

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Cycling gauge, Pruszków, Poland

April 10th, 2007 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
 

Cycling gauge (under construction) in Pruszków, Poland

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