Strand Station has been unused since 1994. It is frequently used for filming and can be seen in V for Vendetta and Sherlock.

Reykjavik

Fishing is one of Iceland's main industries and industrial shipyards are only a short walk from the city center.

Tallinn is an excellent choice to visit during the Christmas season. Stalls serve the traditional winter meal of blood sausage, potatoes, and sauerkraut. Glühwein is served practically everywhere in the city.

The Graveyard of Fallen Mouments is where many of Moscow's statues of Stalin and other Soviet leaders ended up after the dissolution of the USSR. In addition to rows of intact statues, there is also this metal cage containing decapitated heads in less well-preserved condition.

When navigating the Moscow Metro you should load a map onto your phone with English translations unless you can read Cyrillic. Oftentimes, the only printed maps available in Latin script are on the trains themselves.

The Maidan square in 2012. In 2014, this would be the epicenter of the Euromaidan movement that ousted Viktor Yanukovych and set off years of conflict with Russia. An underground shopping mall is below the glass dome in this photo.

Many buildings in Melaka are painted a shade of pink that was popular during the British colonial era.