BF2S Forums What is your town famous for?

Superior Mind wrote:

The last street before the bay in my neighborhood (Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) was were the last ice age glacier ended. There is a big hill because of it, right after where the glacier ended.

my girlfriend is a bay ridge baby.

English Riviera

I know that next to me, Torquay is where Agatha Christie was born (Some writer, not sure if I spelt her name right).

Keukenhof

http://www.keukenhof.nl/

My town is famous(ish) for having more Polish people than Poland currently has.

Ruisrock, the worlds oldest open air rock festival still in existence (since 1970). The venue is on an island called Ruissalo, just outside town.

Canned Heat - Ruisrock 1971


Nirvana - Ruisrock 1992


Tool - Ruisrock 2006

burni$te wrote:

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

Mormons, Mormon missionaries, and polygamists.

not all of us are LDS.
the 2002 winter olympics, and recently a shooting spree at a mall.

I never said everyone was, as I too am not a Mo.  The topic is what is your town famous for, and that's what we are famous for.  If you ask someone about S.L.C., UT do you think they are going to mention the 2002 Winter Olympics or a mall shooting?  No, they are going to say Mormons, Mormon missionaries, and polygamists.

Port macqaurie... bodyboarding capital of australia!

Where Nixon lived and the great grandson of the guy who made the national anthom for US

meth, hippies and anarchy.

eugene, oregon

is anyone else prompted to login to Bf2player.com when you go to page 1 of this topic?

There's a shit load of roman ruins around my city, and one massive wall built by the romans a LONG time ago which still stand today.

It's also home to the 2nd most photographed clock in the world after big ben.

"A recent Timewatch investigation by the BBC speculated that, from the size and scale of the fort, had the Roman Empire not begun to collapse, Deva would have become the Roman capital of Britain and a launch post for invasions on Ireland."


"The history of Chester extends back nearly two millenium, covering all periods of British history in between then and the present day. The city of Chester was founded as a fort, known as Deva, by the Romans in AD 79. The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon kingdoms throughout the post-Roman years until the Saxons strengthened the fort against raiding Danes.

Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, Chester came under the Earl of Chester. It became a centre of the defense against Welsh raiders and a launch point for raids on Ireland.

The city grew as a trading port until the power of the Port of Liverpool overtook it. However the city did not decline and during the Georgian and Victorian periods was seen as a place of escape from the more industrial cities of Manchester and Liverpool."

I live in Copenhagen Denmark - so I have to say the little mermaid but for the time being it is the riots following the destroying of a building used by young people as a cultural house that is on the agenda i think.