Referat Seattle

- About Seattle

- Landscape & Climate

- Location

- Climate

- Economy

- History

- Sights

- Space Needle

- Bill Gates' House

- Fremont Troll

-    Gum Wall

-Olympic National Park

- Culture

- Music

About Seattle

Seattle is the biggest city in the State Washington. The major of Seattle is

Michael MCGinn.

Seattle is called the Emerald City, what means "Die Smaragdstadt‟, because of it‟s

natural beauty. It also has the name Coffee Capital, because of the famous Coffee Shop Starbucks. You find it in nearly every street. And there is even a third name of the city : Rain City This name comes from the rainy days and the clouds, that you can often see, when you look at the sky.

Seattle got the title "most livable City of the USA" already a few times.

There is also the famous University of Washington in Seattle.

Did you know? % of the people in Seattle that are more than 5 years old have a bachelor degree and % went to High-School.

Landscape & Climate

Seattle is in the state Washington, USA.

Seattle is located between Lake Washington and Puget Sound.

In the West you find the Olympic mountains, in the East Issaquah Alps and the

Cascade Range.

It is very undulating in Seattle, especially in Downtown.

The climate is maritime, so there are dry as well as wet months. In winter there is much precipitation, but nearly no snow.

The temperatures are mild.

Since the . Century three big earthquakes have been in Seattle.

Economy

Some big companies have their headquarters in Seattle. The modern Airport and the harbour connect Seattle to other countries. This is very important for trading. Goods from Asia can get into the US here. Because of this reason the economy in Seattle is growing much faster than the international economy or the economy in

other countries

Industry:

Typically for the region is the producing of planes and ships. There is also forestry and military. To the bigger, new industries belong Software industry, Biotechnology, tourism, Internet services and telecommunications. There is also much movie industry in the city.

Big companies are Boing, Microsoft, Amazon, Realnetworks, T-mobile USA.

The in Seattle located Bank Washington Mutual got bankrupt because of the financial crisis in 2 . It was the biggest bank failure in the history of the United States.

Sights

There are many markets, galleries, museums and a zoo in Seattle.

Because of the mountains and sees, you can go hiking, climbing and doing water sports or winter sports there.

The Space needle

The Space needle is the town s landmark.

1959: Artist Edward E. Carlson was inspired by tower in Stuttgart, Germany.

2000: It was finished. Fantastic view from the top

- Facts: the first Manager of the Space Needle had a fear of hights.

8 steps from the bottom to the observation deck.

- 6 parachute jumps, 2 illegal, 4 for an advertising

- During a fair, private planes were only reported to the administration, if the wing number could be read.

- big firework

Bill Gates' House

It lays on the east shore of Lake Washington. More than 5 Thousand square meters.

Fremont Troll

Colossal Statue under a bridge. Street was renamed Troll Avenue. The Troll is holding a VW Beatle

It was built for a Art Competition.

Gum Wall

Gum Wall is the wall of a house in Seattle. It is completely full of used Chewing gums. Until the Gum Wall became a tourist attraction, the gum was scraped away several times.

Whale Watching

In the North of Seattle, you find the San Juan Islands, where you can go Whale Watching, what means, you watch whales, for example orcas, in front of the islands. The San Juan islands are one of the few places, where its possible to do that.

National Park

The Olympic National Park lies in the west of the State Washington.

It is almost impossible to drive there with a car, but it is perfect for hiking. It is the place with the most precipitation in the US. The is a very big rain forest, but there are also beaches, peaks and a stunning variety of plants and animals.

Culture

- Jimmy Hendrix comes from Seattle >>>Nirvana & some other bands, too

- For example Alice in Chains, Sound Garden, Pearl Jam

^{About : Rockstyle Grunge started in Seattle}

^{Centre of Culture in the Pacific North-West}

-    Seattle Mariners: American major League-Baseball-Team

^{-        Seattle Sounders FC: Us American major League-Soccer-Team}

^{-        Seattle Seahawks: Seattles‟ Football-Team}

There have also been films playing in Seattle, for example "Sleepless in Seattle‟

or the soap Grey‟s Anatomy.