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Showpiece for 1960s architecture
Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is widely regarded as a showpiece for late 1950's architecture. Are there any places which are showpieces for late 1960's architecture?

Asked by: Eat me, I'm a red bean (talk, contribs) 01:05, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Montreal has a lot of showpiece 1960s architecture, many of which is linked to the Expo 1967. They include the Habitat 67 apartment complex by Moshe Safdie; a number of buildings by Mies van der Rohe; the metro system and the decoration of the stations which is very 1960s, as well as the famed underground city; Ile Notre-Dame with Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome; and various and sundry iconic buildings such as the Place Ville-Marie, still the tallest office complex in Canada east of Toronto. Here's an article on this: --Xuxl (talk) 15:45, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Travel to Porzecze in Grodno
Asked by: 41.111.212.146 08:40, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

I planning to visit the next summer the town where my father was born in 1923. Is Porzecze in Grodno. I want to know is somebody can identify in the attached picture the exact place there where my father and his sister taken this pics.

https://www.radzima.net/eng/image_preview/4962.html

Thanks in advanced,

Carlos Matecki


 * the stone walled background is not a lot to go on. As the village is not large I think walking around asking the locals is your only option. --Traveler100 (talk) 09:28, 11 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Indeed, in a place that size, the chances of someone actually remembering your family are quite high. Good luck :) --ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 19:25, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Just A Matter of Time
On the Afghanistan–China border page, the claim is put that because the time zone difference between Afghanistan and China is 3 and a half hours (because all the PRC is on Peking Time), the 47-mile terrestrial border between the two nations in the Hindu Kush forms the largest "jump" between adjacent time zones on Earth. I looked at some maps and it does seem to be true, but I would like to find some kind of authoritative source to corroborate the statement. Do you all have any suggestions for me? Also, does anyone have any pictures of this border? The most recent photograph of the border on Wikipedia is from over one-hundred years ago (not including satellite images).

Asked by: Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:48, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Hiya. Welcome to Wikivoyage! I do wonder whether you wouldn't be better off posting on the talk page of the Wikipedia article to discuss with the page authors about providing a source for the claim. In any case, there are dozens of maps of all the time zones in the world online (such as this one) where you can try to verify the claim. Best wishes.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 13:45, 14 January 2020 (UTC)


 * The border in question is closed to visitors, so it is mostly a theoretical question without much practical importance. I agree that Wikipedia may be a better place to ask—if no one responds at the article's talk page, you can go to the w:Wikipedia:Reference desk. —Granger (talk · contribs) 01:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)


 * The travel section of w:Wikipedia:Reference desk takes you here, so please choose a different section next time. Commons has Commons:Category:Afghan_Border_Police, which has photos of other Afghan borders. AlasdairW (talk) 21:42, 15 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Our article on that part of Afghanistan is Wakhan Corridor. It does not address your question. Pashley (talk) 14:41, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

I am planning for africa
Asked by: 103.228.157.113 13:58, 22 January 2020 (UTC) Jorrney for japan


 * We have many articles on various parts of Africa; the Africa article gives an overview and has links to more specific articles.
 * Depending where you go, some of the articles we call Travel topics (not about specific destinations) may also be relevant: Travel in developing countries, Tropical diseases, Bargaining, etc. Pashley (talk) 14:56, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Accommodation for the Tour de France
For stage 20, which one is better to stay, Mulhouse or Lure?

Asked by: ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 13:17, 29 January 2020 (UTC) on behalf of User:Tugrayyl.


 * Stage 18 of the Tour 2020 goes through the Alps, which is a different part of France.


 * Stage 20, on the other hand, is a time trial (on 18 July 2020), which takes place between Lure and La Planche des Belles Filles, 35 km to the east.


 * Lure is only a small town, so if you can find accommodation there, it would be more convenient for the Tour than Mulhouse, but Mulhouse is much larger so would offer more in quantity and variety of accommodation. Mulhouse is about an hour by road or train from Lure. You should consider Belfort and Montbéliard, which are also larger towns, and which would both be closer to that stage of the Tour than Mulhouse. Hope this helps, ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 13:39, 29 January 2020 (UTC)