All cameras

HTB Hokkaido's camera on the runway at New Chitose, with the terminal and tower in the distance. Wide Hokkaido sky, and convoys of snow ploughs on the runway in winter.

The Tohoku Shinkansen at Koriyama, Fukushima. Hayabusa trains pass at up to 320 km/h, sometimes coupled to a second train.

The Osanbashi international cruise terminal in Yokohama seen from across the water, with cruise ships berthing on the right and Yamashita Park, the Hikawa Maru and Yokohama Landmark Tower behind.

Terminal 2 at Tokyo Haneda on Nippon TV's fixed camera: ANA aircraft pushing back from the gates, and a floodlit apron after dark.

The S-bend at Yurakucho just south of Tokyo Station, where the Tokaido Shinkansen, the Ueno-Tokyo line and the Yamanote line roll past side by side.

Tracks around Akabane Station in northern Tokyo, where the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen run alongside busy commuter lines.

Odawara Station, where Tokaido Shinkansen trains pass alongside the JR Tokaido line, the Odakyu line and the Izuhakone Railway.

The Tokaido Shinkansen and main line beside Shizuoka Station, with Nozomi trains flashing past every few minutes. The stream restarts daily at 7:30 and 19:30.

The JR Kyoto Line and the Osaka Higashi Line in central Osaka, carrying limited expresses, Special Rapids and freight trains day and night.

The southern end of the Kurushima Strait in the Seto Inland Sea, one of Japan's fastest tidal channels. Passing ships are labelled with their name and speed.

Hiroshima Station seen from a hotel roof: Shinkansen and local trains at the platforms, plus the Atago level crossing.

The Kanmon Strait from Moji Port, the international channel between Honshu and Kyushu. Big ships pass day and night, and you can hear their horns.

Ryukyu Broadcasting's fixed camera on the civil terminal at Naha: jet bridges, the control tower, and the East China Sea beyond. Naha is a joint civil–military field; this camera looks at the civil side.

The airport's own stream from the Terminal 2 observation deck, facing runway 05L/23R, where most of Taiwan's international flights take off and land.

Often called Taiwan's most beautiful station, with its platform right above the Pacific. It no longer takes passengers, but South-Link trains still run along the shore.

The runway at Kaohsiung International Airport, streamed by TWSkyWave. The sound is the control tower's radio, so you can hear each takeoff and landing being cleared.

The harbour entrance at the Port of Newcastle, New South Wales, one of the world's largest coal export ports, where bulk carriers come and go escorted by tugs.

South Yarra station in inner Melbourne, where several suburban lines meet; at peak hour the trains come one after another.

Wellington's airport, where the single runway runs from shore to shore across the neck of the Miramar Peninsula. It is known for crosswinds, and watching airliners crab in over the strait is an ordinary day here.

The Holtenau locks at the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal, the world's busiest artificial waterway.

A main line on the northern edge of Hannover, Germany, with ICE high-speed trains, regional expresses and long freight trains.

The Brunsbüttel locks at the western end of the Kiel Canal, where container ships and tankers queue in from the Elbe estuary.

The UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley near Boppard, about 7 km from the Loreley. Trains on both banks and barges on the river share the frame.

The platforms and approach tracks of Prague's main station, busy with Czech Railways regional, long-distance and international trains.

A runway camera at Prague Václav Havel Airport, from the same channel as the main station cam. Narrow-body jets come and go all day, and after dark the runway lights draw one straight line.

The Port of Helsinki's own camera on the West Harbour, where the big ferries to Tallinn sail several times a day and the car lanes fill and empty with each departure.

The Finnish main line a kilometre north of Tampere station: 60 to 120 trains a day, from Pendolinos and sleepers to freight loaded with timber and paper.

The rail bridges east of Amsterdam Centraal. ProRail is replacing all five of them one by one while the trains keep running.

The Port of Rotterdam's own camera on the Nieuwe Waterweg, the channel to the North Sea taken by ships calling at Europe's largest port.

Lanzarote Airport in the Canary Islands, a runway beside the sea on a volcanic island, busy all day with holiday flights from across Europe.

Tenerife North, up in the hills on the island's northern side. Fog rolls in often, and planes appear out of it to land; the camera swings and zooms in automatically on each movement.

Beside York station, run in partnership with Network Rail. The East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh passes through here.

The Port of Southampton, one of Europe's busiest cruise ports, with cruise ships, ferries, tugs and container ships on the move.

Dublin Port's own camera over Ireland's largest port, as ferries to Britain and container ships move in and out of Dublin Bay.

Near Savona on the Ligurian coast of Italy, where the Genoa–Ventimiglia main line meets the line up to Piedmont.

Madeira Airport, whose runway partly stands on columns above the shore. Landings in its strong winds are famously hard, and pilots need special qualification.

LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York, with departures and arrivals on runways 13 and 31 and the Manhattan skyline behind.

The main shipping channel into Baltimore. Since a container ship brought down the Key Bridge in 2024, this camera has kept watch on the traffic.

Ashland, Virginia, where the railway runs straight down the middle of town, so Amtrak and CSX freight trains pass right by the shopfronts.

Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania: built in 1854, the line bends 220 degrees to climb the Alleghenies. One of America's best-known railway landmarks.

The Soo Locks between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, where Great Lakes freighters are lifted or lowered about seven metres. Closed in winter.

Elkhart, Indiana, on a busy Norfolk Southern main line beside a large yard, with freight trains coming and going all day.

The south-east corner of the runways at Chicago Midway, an airport boxed in by city blocks, with planes landing just over the rooftops.

Fort Madison, Iowa, where BNSF's transcontinental line crosses the Mississippi on a double-deck swing bridge.

Lock 19 at Keokuk, Iowa, one of the longest locks on the Mississippi, where towboats ease whole strings of barges in.

The ship canal at Duluth, Minnesota, where Lake Superior freighters sail under the Aerial Lift Bridge, trading horn salutes on the way in.

Beside the old depot in Flagstaff, Arizona, on BNSF's main line to the West Coast, with a steady stream of freight trains and Amtrak's Southwest Chief.

Runways 26R and 26L at Harry Reid International, with the hotels of the Las Vegas Strip behind.

LAX's north runways, 24L and 24R, filmed from a hotel rooftop. The sound is tower radio.

Beside the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum in California, on the mountain line near the famous Tehachapi Loop, where long freight trains climb the pass.

Skykomish, a small town in Washington's Cascade Mountains, where BNSF freight trains climb towards the long tunnel under Stevens Pass.

Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska, the world's busiest seaplane base. Floatplanes use the water in summer; once the lake freezes, planes switch to skis.

Montréal–Trudeau International, looking along runway 24L. The sound is relayed tower radio, so you can hear controllers clearing each arrival and departure.

Port Colborne, Ontario, at the Lake Erie end of the Welland Canal, the route ships take around Niagara Falls. Closed in winter.

Canada Place in Vancouver, the terminal for summer cruises to Alaska, with floatplanes often taking off across the harbour.

Grantley Adams International in Barbados, filmed from a sports bar beside the runway, with flights arriving from North America and Europe.

Princess Juliana Airport's runway starts right behind Maho Beach, so planes pass just metres above the sunbathers. The sound is tower radio.

Salgado Filho Airport in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, looking over the terminal and apron. Floods shut the airport for months in 2024.

Santos, Latin America's busiest container port, looking at the harbour entrance with the 16th-century Barra fortress opposite. Run by the local pilots' association.