Interesting Differences: Seattle and Lund

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Interesting DifferencesSeattle and Lund

• Akiva Notkin ? May 2007

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Where I live

• Seattle
• 4412 Corliss Avenue North
• Population is 563,374
• Latitude 47?37NLongitude 122?20W
• Founded 1851
• Distance to closest foreign country (Canada) 107
  miles (172km)

• Lund
• Bredgatan 23
• Population is 102,257
• Latitude 55?44NLongitude13?12E
• Founded 1010
• Distance to closest foreign country (Denmark)
  about 22km (13.6 miles)

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Tall and long things

• Seattle
• Tallest building Columbia Tower937 feet (285m)
• Highest point 520 feet (158m) above sea level
• Evergreen Point Floating Bridge 7578ft (2,310m)
• Dad in feet and inches (6 feet ½ inch)

• Lund
• Tallest building Cathedral 55m (180ft)
• Highest point 80m (262 feet) above sea level
• Öresundsbron 7,845m (25,738 ft)
• Dad in centimeters (184 cm)

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Inside schools

• Seattle
• Oldest school B.F. Day (1891)
• University of Washington
• Founded 1861
• 43,000 students
• Annual tuition 5,710
• Nobel prize winners 6

• Lund
• Oldest school Katedralskolan (1085)
• Lund University
• Founded 1666
• 40,600 students
• Annual tuition 0 SEK
• Nobel prize winners 0

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Fun facts about Seattle

• Major companies Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks,
  Amazon,
• Richest person Bill Gates
• Bike helmet law everybody of all ages wears
  them!
• Baseball Seattle Mariners and its a great
  game!

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Fun facts about Lund (to me!)

• Eating pizza with a knife and fork
• Godis
• Handboll
• Free school lunches (we bring or buy!)
• So many bikes
• So many trains
• Going to another country just for a day

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Come visit!