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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Theater Tuschinski

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.
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Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden Solar System

The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Oxford, England

Oxford Museum of the History of Science

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Cambridge, England

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Lauren J Young Added by Lauren J Young
Cambridge, England

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Josh Added by Josh
Cambridge, England

The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Added by williamebrown
Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
michelle Added by michelle
Paris, France

Le Défenseur du Temps (The Defender of Time)

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Allison Added by Allison
Cambridge, England

Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
DrArroganto Added by DrArroganto
Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Josh Added by Josh
Washington, D.C.

USNO Master Clock

The most accurate timepiece in the world.
Elliot Carter Added by Elliot Carter
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Added by mbison
Athens, Greece

Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Trevor Added by Trevor