Year: 2012

Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster)

Discover Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster) in Ulm, Germany: The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Miniatur Wunderland

Discover Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany: Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Abandoned Iraqi Embassy

Discover Abandoned Iraqi Embassy in Berlin, Germany: When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Tiger & Turtle Magic Mountain

Discover Tiger & Turtle Magic Mountain in Duisburg, Germany: No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Ramones Museum

Discover Ramones Museum in Berlin, Germany: Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

The Bierpinsel

Discover The Bierpinsel in Berlin, Germany: A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

The Bierpinsel

Discover The Bierpinsel in Berlin, Germany: A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

Discover Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes in Saalfeld, Germany: "The most colorful grottoes of the world.

Auerworld Palace

Discover Auerworld Palace in Auerstedt, Germany: Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

Discover Vestiges of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany: On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Berlin Botanical Garden

Discover Berlin Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany: Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Pergamon Museum

Discover Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany: The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Design Panoptikum

Discover Design Panoptikum in Berlin, Germany: A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

Penis Fountain

Discover Penis Fountain in Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Pinetum Blijdenstein

Discover Pinetum Blijdenstein in Hilversum, Netherlands: Most complete collection of Gymnosperms in the world.

Greccio Museum of Devotional Items

Discover Greccio Museum of Devotional Items in Leiden, Netherlands: This small museum collects the Christian remembrances which would otherwise be forgotten.

Hotel de Bilderberg

Discover Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, Netherlands: An idyllic hotel that gave its name to a supposed shadow government.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 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. 474 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. 499 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. 633 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. 135 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. 167 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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 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. 96 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. 166

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