Year: 2013

Asamkirche

Discover Asamkirche in Munich, Germany: Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.

Spreewald

Discover Spreewald in Lübben, Germany: Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum

Discover Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum in Berlin, Germany: Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

The Bebelplatz

Discover The Bebelplatz in Berlin, Germany: The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Museum fur Naturkunde

Discover Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany: Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica

Discover The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basilica in Waldsassen, Germany: Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

Discover Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel, Germany: A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Berlin’s Monster Kabinett

Discover Monster Kabinett in Berlin, Germany: Part art gallery, part haunted house, this robotic art display is a terrifying experience.

Lady of Stavoren

Discover Lady of Stavoren in Stavoren, Netherlands: This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

Animal Highway: Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo

Discover Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo in Hilversum, Netherlands: The world's longest wildlife overpass provides Hilversum's critters with a safe alternative to trying their luck on the roadway.

Shipwreck and Beachcombing Museum

Discover Shipwreck and Beachcombing Museum in De Koog, Netherlands: The history of sea-faring refuse and disaster is on cramped display in this Netherlands folk museum.

Panorama Mesdag

Discover Panorama Mesdag in The Hague, Netherlands: The largest 19th century panorama in the world still in-situ.

Hans Brinker Budget Hotel

Discover Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands: Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World.".

The Wall Poems of Leiden

Discover The Wall Poems of Leiden in Leiden, Netherlands: The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

Green Cathedral

Discover Green Cathedral in Almere, Netherlands: Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

Miniature Walcheren

Discover Miniature Walcheren in Middelburg, Netherlands: A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.

Johan’s Ark

Discover Johan's Ark in Dordrecht, Netherlands: “And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”.

Crane Hotel

Discover Crane Hotel in Harlingen, Netherlands: Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

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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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