It is often interesting to see how others receive you in their part of the world. Also, on the other side of the world, the bands can sound quite different. These days, we can take a peek by listening to various web SDRs.
Also, when local noise levels are very high, it allows us to hear the distant station without the QRN.
Recently, there is a new one in Iceland.
See http://bjarg.utvarp.com/ .
See also http://websdr.org/ for a list.