Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Slottsskogen pacifier tree

Discover Slottsskogen pacifier tree in Gothenburg, Sweden: There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.

Storsjon’s Highway Ice Bridge

Discover Storsjon's Highway Ice Bridge in Östersund V, Sweden: Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.

Västerbottensost Visitors Center

Discover Västerbottensost Visitors Center in Skellefteå, Sweden: This little gallery is devoted to one small town's passion for a very special cheese.

Växjö Echo Tower

Discover Växjö Echo Tower in Växjö, Sweden: The dome-shaped reservoir of this old water tower produces unique acoustic effects.

Lenin Spa

Discover Lenin Spa in Varberg, Sweden: Take a schvitz just like an infamous Soviet dictator while his unblinking eye looks on.

Gislövshammar

Discover Gislövshammar in Gislövshammar, Sweden: These mysterious circular formations are actually remnants of 19th century gristmills.

Maritiman

Discover Maritiman in Gothenburg, Sweden: The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Republic of Önneköp

Discover Republic of Önneköp in Önneköp, Sweden: This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee.".

The Dead Falls of Lake Ragunda

Discover The Dead Falls of Lake Ragunda in Jämtland, Sweden: A botched 18th-century canal silenced one of Sweden's most magnificent waterfalls.

Hven

Discover Hven in Landskrona, Sweden: This Scandinavian island is the site of the first modern observatory.

Feskekôrka – The “Fish Church”

Discover Feskekôrka – The "Fish Church" in Gothenburg, Sweden: A Gothic-inspired fish market is Gothenburg's best place to find loaves and fishes.

Pyramid of Stjärneborg

Discover Pyramid of Stjärneborg in Aneby C, Sweden: This pyramid in southern Sweden houses the remains of an eccentric nobleman, who spent his life doing whatever he felt like doing.

Greta Garbo Statue of Integrity

Discover Greta Garbo Statue of Integrity in Härjedalen, Sweden: This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.

Ängelholm UFO Memorial

Discover Ängelholm UFO Memorial in Ängelholm V, Sweden: A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.

Winter Lights

Discover Winter Lights in Linköping, Sweden: For a couple of months each year this Swedish city turns into a festive neon phantasmagoria.

The Flogsta Scream

Discover The Flogsta Scream in Uppsala, Sweden: A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

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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
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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
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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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