Queenstown
Queenstown
Australia
AUSTRALIA
Yes
23
"In Otago, in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand, sits the resort town of Queenstown. The Queenstown-Lakes District's largest town and seat is this one. With views of the surrounding mountains, including The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak, and Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill, the town is situated on the northwest shore of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake created by glacial processes. Adventure and ski tourism are two of Queenstown's most well-known tourism-related industries. Queenstown has an oceanic climate (Köppen climatic classification Cfb) due to its high mountain environs and relatively modest elevation (310 meters).While winters are frigid, with temperatures frequently in the single digits and heavy snowfall, even if there is seldom any permanent snow cover, summers have long, balmy days with temperatures as high as 30 °C. Queenstown is located in the rain shadow of the Southern Alps, just like the rest of Central Otago. However, because it is closer to the west coast than Cromwell, Wānaka, and Alexandra, it is more vulnerable to rain-bearing fronts. There are numerous festivals in Queenstown.Winter Pride (August–September), the biggest winter pride celebration in the Southern Hemisphere, the Jazz Festival (October), the ten-day Bike Festival in January, and the Winter Festival in June are a few examples. Locations for movies and television Top of the Lake, Jane Campion's six-part drama mystery, was filmed in 2012 and aired on pay television in 2013. The Southern Alps are breathtaking, and the Wakatipu lakes seem menacing. Scenes were filmed in a grocery and bottle shop on Shotover Street, as well as on Lower Beach Street and Coronation Drive, with Moke Lake serving as the primary site. As of March 2025, there were 569 students enrolled in Queenstown Primary School, a coeducational state primary school serving children in Years 1 through 8. With 138 pupils enrolled, St. Joseph's School is a coeducational Catholic state-integrated primary school for kids in Years 1 through 8. Additionally, there are a school in Shotover Country and two elementary schools in Frankton. "
Johannesburg Africa
Johannesburg Africa
South Africa
AFRICAN
Yes
39
Johannesburg is a city in South Africa's Gauteng province. It is the main financial and industrial center of the nation. Johannesburg, one of the newest big cities in the world, was established in 1886 after gold was discovered. Prior to becoming one of South Africa's four provinces, the city was a part of the Transvaal, an independent Afrikaner, or Boer, republic. Today, the city is a part of one of South Africa's nine provinces, Gauteng, which means "Place of Gold" in Sotho. The Highveld, a wide, grassy plateau that stretches across the interior of South Africa, is where Johannesburg is located. The city is situated on the edge of the Witwatersrand, also known as the Rand, which is a chain of low, rocky ridges that serves as a watershed between the drainages into the Atlantic and Indian seas. The city is between 5,700 and 5,930 feet (1,740 and 1,810 meters) above sea level. The climate of Johannesburg is moderate. The average temperature is around 75 °F (24 °C) in the summer and 55 °F (13 °C) in the winter, with very few periods below freezing. In both winter and summer, the city receives roughly eight hours of sunlight each day. Although the overall amount of rainfall fluctuates greatly from year to year, it averages around 28 inches (700 millimeters) annually. A major location for several creative and cultural industries, Johannesburg is a cultural center in South Africa with a diverse range of cultural venues. In addition to a plethora of other museums, theaters, galleries, and libraries, Johannesburg is home to the South African Ballet Theatre, the National School of Arts, and the University of Witwatersrand's School of the Arts.The Central Business District of Johannesburg is home to the Johannesburg City Library. The city is home to a number of Premiership and National First Division football teams. The top Johannesburg teams in the Premiership, such as Orlando Pirates (also known as the Buccaneers) and Kaizer Chiefs (also known as Amakhosi), are bitter rivals. They are headquartered at the Orlando and FNB stadiums in the city. Soccer City, the site of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final, hosts a number of major league and cup matches. FC AK and Jomo Cosmos are the teams in the First Division. The stadiums used by Katlehong City and Alexandra United are Alexandra and Reiger Park, respectively.