Coventry
Once (10yrs ago) reported as the most violent city in Europe (Passengers, Ch4 TV). I moved here one week later and there was 2 fatal stabbings and a fatal shooting in the city centre in my first week here. I was not responsible for any of them.
Also famous for having the right construction site with the right sized pipes within which the Mini antics were filmed for the original Italian Job film.
Originally posted by hopscotchBerlin
Kindly post something useful/humourous about your hometown or wherever you are that most tourists won't read on any information brochure. Please try keep it in the following format:
[b]Cape Town
If you see that little green man on the traffic light, which we call robots, DO NOT assume that it is safe to cross the road, as most Capetonian dri ...[text shortened]... so you won't get arrested if you cross the road if the robot is displaying the little red man.[/b]
You better follow the traffic rules, especially if you are a pedestrian or cyclist, or someone might decide to teach you by running into you. However, if you are driving, stopping at a zebra crossing is optional.
Bodø
If you cross the road at a junction, most of the time drivers will stop for you even if there's no zebra crossing. Pedestrians who stop to let the cars pass are identified as German tourists.
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
200 years ago Laura Secord ran through the forest to warn the British the Americans were coming. A pivotal battle was fought here during the War of 1812. A giant phallic monument pierces the skyline beside a polluted, skunky, weed invested sewer of a creek. Local myth has it Ms. Secord was caught having sex in the creek with an Indian and was stoned to death by British soldiers for her sin against god and country. Her tattered remains were supposedly buried beneath the waterfall near the headwaters of the creek. Over time, erosion created a giant "Punch Bowl" effect into the rock formation and it is rumoured Ms. Secord's ghost has sworn revenge against all who enter the waterfall. The area has become known as "The Devil's Punch Bowl".