Archives: Atlas Obscuras

“Oh Yeah Woo Yeah”

Discover "Oh Yeah Woo Yeah" in Tanumshede, Sweden: The rock carving that became an internet meme.

Stenkullen ACDC Pylons

Discover Stenkullen ACDC Pylons in Lerum, Sweden: Only electricity pylons carrying both AC and DC circuits.

Play Shoreline Monument

Discover Play Shoreline Monument in Gothenburg, Sweden: Dedicated to a song so popular the request to "Play Shoreline" became part of Swedish culture.

Whiskey on the Rocks

Discover Whiskey on the Rocks in Karlskrona Ö, Sweden: A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

Sverre of Norway Stone

Discover Sverre of Norway Stone in Munkedal, Sweden: Many historians today consider Sverre as Norway's greatest king of all time. .

Where All Powerlines Meet

Discover Where All Powerlines Meet in Gävle, Sweden: Only spot in the world where an HVDC powerline, a single phase AC and a three phase AC powerline all meet.

Grimeton VLF Transmitter

Discover Grimeton VLF Transmitter in Grimeton, Sweden: A Very Low Frequency transmitter you can tune in on your PC.

Grand Circus Hotel

Discover Grand Circus Hotel in Malmö, Sweden: At this bohemian accommodation, guests who dream of joining the circus can spend the night in themed wagons.

Cirkulation II

Discover Cirkulation II in Linköping, Sweden: This simple roadside art installation ended up sparking a folk art movement and a controversy of international proportions.

Walking to Boras

Discover Walking to Boras in Borås, Sweden: A colossal strolling Pinocchio that was greeted with more outrage than whimsy.

King Chulalongkorn Memorial

Discover King Chulalongkorn Memorial in Ragunda S, Sweden: An ornate Thai pavilion in the middle of Sweden.

Dragon Gate

Discover Dragon Gate in Älvkarleby S, Sweden: Not quite the cultural gateway between China and Sweden its designer imagined.

High Chaparral Wild West Theme Park

Discover High Chaparral Wild West Theme Park in Gnosjö S, Sweden: The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

Lövestad Carved Statues

Discover Lövestad Carved Statues in Sjöbo, Sweden: Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

The Nose Academy

Discover The Nose Academy in Lund, Sweden: One hundred plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

Giant Wooden Bear of Sveg

Discover Giant Wooden Bear of Sveg in Sveg, Sweden: This massive Trojan ursine was built to be a new tourist symbol for a small Swedish town.

Forsby-Köping Limestone Cableway

Discover Forsby-Köping Limestone Cableway in Forsby, Sweden: The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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