Stories · the places under the laps
What you fly over
Every ground here sits in a real city, and the lap goes out over it. These are the things you pass — what they are, and why they are there.
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Cape Town
Cape Town from the Air
Table Mountain, Signal Hill, Newlands and Robben Island: what is underneath a lap of Cape Town Stadium, and why each of it is there. -
Johannesburg
Soweto from the Air
The Calabash, the 1976 uprising and the gold reef the city was built on: what is underneath a lap of FNB Stadium. -
Durban
Durban from the Air
The Moses Mabhida arch, the Golden Mile and the busiest port in Africa: what is underneath a lap of Kings Park. -
Pretoria
Pretoria from the Air
The Union Buildings, the Voortrekker Monument, Freedom Park and 70,000 jacarandas: what is underneath a lap of Loftus Versfeld. -
Johannesburg
Johannesburg from the Air
Ponte City, the Hillbrow Tower, the Carlton Centre and the mine dumps: what is underneath a lap of Ellis Park. -
Baltimore
Baltimore from the Air
Camden Yards, the Bromo Seltzer Tower, the Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry: what is underneath a lap of M&T Bank Stadium. -
Windhoek
Windhoek from the Air
The Auas Mountains, the Christuskirche and the Tintenpalast: what is underneath a lap of the Namibia Cricket Ground.