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Via YouTube, virtually visit a faraway place that somewhere in Fridley is named for.
Fridley has a short, curving street called St. Imier Drive. A town by the same name, Saint-Imier, is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Take a quick trip over Saint-Imier, Switzerland, in the YouTube video above. Saint-Imier is where Longines watches are made (see the second YouTube video). The population is about one-sixth of Fridley's: 4,771 people live there. Thanks to Courtney Rathke, who suggested St. Imier Drive at the Fridley Patch Facebook page. Past GPS FRIDLEY locations include Jupiter Drive, Georgetown-on-the-River apartments, and Windermere Drive. What locations in …
Take a trip via YouTube to Jupiter, the planet that shares a name with Jupiter Road NE in Fridley. Just last month, NASA launched the Juno probe to go deep into Jupiter's mysterious atmosphere. The gaseous orb may be big, but it doesn't have play equipment like Sylvan Hills Park, which lies to the east alongside Jupiter Road's entire one-block length. Thanks to Courtney Rathke for suggesting GPS FRIDLEY take a trip to Outer Space at the Fridley Patch Facebook page. On earlier voyages, GPS FRIDLEY has explored the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (namesake of the Georgetown on the …
Take a trip via YouTube to Windermere and Lake Windemere, the English town and Lake that are the namesake of Windermere Drive NE and Windermere Circle NE in Fridley. Thanks to Courtney Rathke, who suggested Windermere on Facebook after last week's GPS Fridley on Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Leave your suggestion in comments below!
Take a trip via YouTube to Georgetown, the Washington, D.C. neighborhood that is the namesake of the Georgetown on the River apartments in Fridley.
