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25 Apr 2014
Famed Battersea Power Station chimneys set for demolition
Developers behind the £8bn Battersea Power Station mixed-use renovation project will demolish the the Grade II listed building’s iconic chimneys, with work due to start this summer, but say all four towers will be fully restored by 2016. The crumbling chimneys would likely pose a danger to the under development
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25 Apr 2014
Museum of the year finalists announced
The Art Fund has announced the six shortlisted candidates to become the UK’s Museum of the Year. Two national galleries in London – the Hayward Gallery and Tate Britain – made the list, along with Portsmouth's Mary Rose Museum, which opened in May 2013 and houses the remains of Henry VIII's flagship. The winner, to be announced on 9 July, will receive the
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25 Apr 2014
Latest revamp of Scotland’s national museum starts this summer
Construction work on the final phases of a £80m ($134m, €97m) renovation project at the National Museum of Scotland will begin this summer. A total of 12 new galleries will be created by 2019. The latest stage of the project will cost £14m ($23.5m, €17m) and adds international art and design as well as science
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24 Apr 2014
Trip Advisor reveals the world's top 25 tourist destinations
Istanbul is the world’s best destination for tourists, according to US-headquartered travel site TripAdvisor. The Turkish city beat Rome to win the company’s ‘Travelers’ Choice’ award for global destinations. Last year’s winner Paris has been relegated to seventh spot, while London, Beijing and Prague
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23 Apr 2014
Monster attraction boosts Sesame Street park
Sesame Place, the US theme park based on long-running children’s show Sesame Street, will open an entirely new themed area next month – its largest ever renovation. The Langhorne, Pennsylvania park’s new Cookie’s Monster Land features five new rides, a three-storey net climb and a soft play area. The popular Cookie Monster character and a plethora of monster
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23 Apr 2014
US theme park first as solar energy powers Legoland Florida
Legoland Florida ran completely on renewable solar energy yesterday (22 April) to mark Earth Day – the first theme park in the US to do so. The park partnered with electric utility company Tampa Electric for the project, which the companies say
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23 Apr 2014
Controversial Tiananmen Square museum opens this week
The world's first museum about the Tiananmen Square massacre is set to open in Hong Kong this week. Commemorating the pro-democracy protesters killed in Beijing in 1989, the museum is funded by the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic
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23 Apr 2014
US$371m Sochi theme park nearing completion
A new theme park in Sochi adjacent to the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games has been given an official opening date of early June 2014 – but will let its first visitors through the gates in May in what will be a soft launch. The US$371m (€269m, £221m) multi-phase park takes Russian folklore as its main
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22 Apr 2014
Europe’s first triple-launch coaster debuts in Germany
Germany’s Holiday Park has opened a new themed area based on vampires and zombies – with Europe’s first triple-launch rollercoaster at its undead heart. Baltimore, US-based Premier Rides designed and manufactured the new €8m ($11m, £6.57m) attraction, Sky Scream, which features three magnetic launches. “There are no moving parts except for the train. We use
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