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In the autumn when the idea of atheist buses first took off the major press coverage outside the UK was in the USA, Spain and Italy. This time around the picture is rather different – at the launch event and subseqently the campaign has been receiving excellent coverage in Germany. A long piece today at Spiegel Online has been so popular that it’s the ‘Most Wanted’ article on their website.

There was also plenty of coverage in RTL Aktuell and RTL Nachtjournal.

Wenn jemand Interesse hat irgendwas ähnliches in Deutschland zu organisieren schrieben Sie bitte im Kommentarformular hier!

Thanks to Josh there are more launch photos available, and also a video of the launch from Zoe Margolis.

Also a few more photos from site visitors – click each photo to view the full size version. Route 73 in London from Carlosfelipe Pardo, route 122 in running from Cardiff to Tonypandy in South Wales from Gareth Rosser, and a bus in Manchester sent by Phil Moss. Keep sending those contributions to photos {at} atheistcampaign(.)org

A bus on route 4 in York, sent in by Leon Dumont with his enthusiatic colleague in the photo!

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The buses are now starting to appear on the streets across the UK – have a look at the Google Map to see if there’s a bus near you. We’ve had confirmed sightings in London, York, Swansea and Oxford so far. If you’ve seen a bus please take a photo of it, and mail the photo to photos {at} atheistbus.org(.)uk

That’s exactly what Alan Perryman did, spotting the above banner on Route 149 in Southwark.

[UPDATE - Sheffield]
This picture from Sheffield has been mailed to us by Ian Anstey.

Photos of the Atheist Bus press launch, and also the first buses on the streets of London are now available. Read the launch press release here.

The launch article is now online at CiF.

It’s now possible to follow the Atheist Bus campaign on Twitter. We’re @AtheistBus – there will be plenty of tweets very soon…

You can also support us on Facebook – our group already has more than 12000 members!