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New Delhi is the capital city of the Republic of India. It hosts the government’s legislature, executive and judiciary arms of the government. And its the focus of today's #GlobeFacts. Delhi has been inhabited since 6th It has been the capital of many empires, and this is the reason this city has been ransacked and built many times. The city was more recently founded by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. The city was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. It started serving its functions as the country's capital in 1931 after inauguration by the then India's Viceroy Lord Irwin. Delhi is one of the greenest cities in the world. Surprised? According to statistics, it has about 20% of its landmass covered by forests. This is a no mean feat to accomplish for a country that is home to a fifth of the world's population. The entire public transport system in New Delhi runs on environment-friendly Compressed Natural Gas. Five of the original 14 gates of the original walled city of Delhi are still standing. They include; i. Ajmeri Gate: Facing Ajmer in Rajasthan; ii. Lahori Gate: Facing Lahore in Pakistan; iii. Kashmiri Gate: Pointing North to Kashmir; iv. Delhi Gate: Road to earlier cities of Delhi; v. Turkman Gate: Named after pious saint Hazrat Shah Turkam. New Delhi's Khari Baoli Market is Asia's largest wholesale spice market. It also might be the largest in the world. Delhi's Lotus Temple is one among the 8 Bahai Temples of worship. The Lotus Temple is the only Bahai temple in whole of Asia. The famous Qutub Minar which was built by Qutub -ud-din-Aibak is the tallest brick minaret you can find in the world. After Fateh Burj in Mohali, Qutub Minar is also the second tallest minar in the world. One of the weird facts about Delhi... there is a museum especially dedicated to toilets.. showcasing toilets from ancient time to present day. The museum name is, “Sulabh International Museum of Toilets”. Pictured : an 80cm Curve in Glacial Blue in progress. More #IndiaFacts tomorrow! Bellerby & Co Globemakers, photo by Jade Fenster, www.bellerbyandco.com

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Well... Sunday February 5th is the day that we reached 100,000 followers on Instagram! Hello new friends & thank you long time followers for sticking with us & sharing in the joy as the company has grown. Anyone noticing our website is down or slow to load.. this is just temporary. Once the interest from the @electricpants & @therealadamsavage dies down it should return to normal. We were not expecting their kind words & the website couldn't handle the unexpected traffic. Pictured : the 80cm Galileo in Prussian Blue in progress | www.bellerbyandco.com | jade@bellerbyandco.com

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Sam working on a Prussian Blue 36cm Livingstone. Today #GlobeFacts move to Norway! Starting with some of the more unique things i have read.. feel free to pipe in if you know different or want to add to the facts! Food stores are not allowed to stay open on Sundays, but petrol stations and kiosks selling groceries are. This means that you are free do your grocery shopping in ordinary food stores from Monday to Saturday, but you have to visit a petrol station or a kiosk if you want to buy groceries on a Sunday. You can only by wine and liquor from special liquor outlets called Vinmonopol. There are normally only one or two Vinmonopol per city, depending on its size, which means that some Norwegians, i.e those living in the countryside have to travel great distances just to buy a bottle of liquor or a casket of wine. Because food prices in Norway are amongst the highest in the world, many Norwegians, and especially those living close to the Swedish border, travel to Sweden on a regular basis to buy groceries. Estimates indicate that this border trade amounts to roughly US $2 billion per year. Needless to say, prices are a lot more affordable in Sweden. Norway has some of the world's highest petrol prices, despite being one of biggest oil exporters in the world. DUI offenders are jailed for 30 days and speeding fines are stricter than the fines issued to people caught with small amounts of class A drugs. Norwegians love frozen pizza. The Grandiosa frozen pizza has been called the unofficial Norwegian national dish. Twenty four million units of Grandiosa are produced each year for the 4.67 million citizens of Norway. The average person eats about 5 Grandiosa pizzas per year in addition to all the other frozen pizza brands on the market. Lutefisk! Traditional Norwegian seafood dish and by many considered to be a delicacy. This delicacy is basically a fish that has been immersed in lye and then rinsed in water. Continues with more #NorwayFacts tomorrow! Globes : www.bellerbyandco.com