Swedish Geocoin 2007 Svampen - Swedish Geocoin 2007

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Released:
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Origin:
Sweden
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In the hands of amvicente.

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Current Goal

Go from Örebro in Sweden, to the water tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and then back again, preferably having its picture taken with other water towers around the world.

About This Item

The two mushrooms

In Örebro you can find "Svampen" ("The mushroom"), one of the worlds most visited water towers.
When Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia visited Örebro he was so overcome over Svampen that he wanted his own. And that is why a copy (33% larger than the original!) of the Örebro water tower is located in Riyadh.

The original in Örebro was built in 1956-57 and is quite impressing. It measures 58 meters above ground and has a diameter of 45.5 meters. Besides housing 9000 cubic meters of water, it also contains a restaurant and a conference center!

More info can be found on
http://www.svampen.nu/svampen.html
http://www2.orebro.se/turism/

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Tracking History (2163.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 11/1/2007 swejaan placed it in Tower Tube Stockholm, Sweden - 4.23 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 10/28/2007 mondogen discovered it   Visit Log

swejaan has it
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/11/2007 swejaan retrieved it from Hässelby slott Stockholm, Sweden   Visit Log

Får se om jag kan bidra med en kortare resa österut.
Dropped Off 10/6/2007 bengtb placed it in Hässelby slott Stockholm, Sweden - 9.9 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 9/30/2007 nissej discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it at the Nonstop-event.
Discovered It 9/30/2007 hasseper discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it at the Nonstop-event.

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Discovered It 9/30/2007 Frehagg discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the "Nonstop" event.
Discovered It 9/30/2007 Falkmans discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the "Nonstop" event.
Discovered It 9/30/2007 Sakletarna discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it at the Nonstop event.
Discovered It 9/30/2007 lelle1987 discovered it   Visit Log

Fräckt av Saudierna att inte bara kopiera tornet, utan att dessutom göra kopian större... :-)

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