Sonic the Hedgehog themed world places 2

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Sonic Places: World Wide Sonic Themed Areas 2

Sonic Gear Main * Summer of Sonic Events * Sonic World Places 1 *

Japan and the USA are not the only places to have Sonic events or 'places'. There were SegaWorlds in Australia and England, as well as different promotions and conventions. The areas pictured here can be from anywhere in the world that ISNT Japan or the USA. Each photo will explain where it happened, and have details about the event or area where the photo is taking place.
It can be super great to visit a Sonic place, but be sure to check if it's still there before you go...Some of the places may not be as permenent as one would hope. It's definetely important to try to get to them when you hear about them.

Englad Castle Gallery Sonic Exhibit Exterior

This is the Castle Gallery of Fine Art in England.
It had an exhibit of Sonic art by professional artists & decorated accordingly. The front window has a Green Hill cling-film looking bottom & a Sonic in neon ring right in the middle. Inside the gallery were many pieces of Sonic themed art contributed by professionals. (Were they also fans? Or was it some kind of challenge to get work seen?) Was the art for sale or just displayed?

Here are some samples of the art from the Castle Gallery Sonic event. In the top left is a charcoal piece with Eggman, middle is a neon-making artist doing chaos emerald shapes, a metal-worker has created cut metal for Sonic doing a pose with stars & swirls. There's a "very drippy" paint Amy face, and by the same artist a very drippy Sonic face too. The bottom middle is another charcoal Eggman.

Is there an online gallery where each of the arts could be seen? This isn't the extent of them.

This used to be a Sonic place...
It's the "Sega Park & Casino" sign from England. This photo was taken in 2007, so of course the Sonic on there is modern...but sadly the whole place has closed since then. It wouldn't have been a 'segaworld' because those are kid-friendly and would not have had a casino with actual gambling in there.
This was more likely an arcade of some kind, with probably a gambling area also included. Did it have lots of Sonic elements or decor inside? Were there UFO / claw machines with Sega prizes? Write in for credit if you know what used to be in this Sonic place before it closed. Photo discovered by Pichu97/Charlie

Is a plane really a place?
Sssort of? Either way, this airplane wrap for Air Asia was kicked off at a Sonic place (They had some kind of debut for the wrap?) and the plane does look cool. It has Sonic, Tails, Amy & Knuckles in a huge scene running forward toward the front of the plane. The scene & characters are all nice CG, with a GHZ type background. It's great to see Sonic on something so big and popular like a

commercial airline like this. (Back in the 90s, would anyone have ever thought to see Sonic on something like this? An entire plane wrap for something like Air Asia? It would have been wild to think of in that era)

Here is a photo of the building that used to be Sega's Europe Headquarters. It was located in Brentford England, which was near one of their busiest highways, so probably loads of people were driving by this Sonic sign every day.
As you can see, it had been the HQ for quite a long time because the Sonic is classic and they never changed him. The other side of the building had the Sega logo. This came into the news in 2025 because the owner of the building apparently sold it or something and kicked them out. The Sonic panel up there will likely be removed or replaced by whatever else they choose to put there.

The Shanghai Mall in China gets a Sega shop! And it's pretty cool, as seen here when it is preparing to oepn. The front is nicely futuristic enough, with silver metal, shaped window and large light up logo. You can see they've got a Sonic AND a Shadow statue in the front there for decor.
Inside, you can find a nice selection of merchandise from all of the really Sega-exclusive games like Puyo Puyo, Sonic and...mostly Sonic. You can spot several things that are already on gear here, and some that aren't/still need better photos. The wood color stick things in the middle are the folding fans, you can see coasters, pins, unknown hexagon shaped items, boxes of something, and maybe some keychains. There's also an abundance of those "Sonic n' Friends" emoji plush, some magnets, tees, and shopping bags.

As you can see, they're still probably stocking up, as there's lots of open-ish shelf space and plenty of duplicates that normally wouldn't be there with a usual selection of merchandise. The top there looks like it has TV screens so they can change what's in that section by changing the 'slide' that's up on the TV. The bottom photo has the front of the store's middle shelf, where they're showing off mostly those Sonic n Friends emoji things.
Over all, this looks like it would be a very fun place to visit! Especially if the items are reasonably priced. It's great to see an (almost) whole shop of Sonic in the news again.