Year: 2015

RenEU – On the trail of Francis I

The flow of the Loire River is a natural connection between the sites scattered along its banks and with the countries and cultures whose products have arrived on its currents throughout the centuries. According to UNESCO the changing, living “cul…

Merchants of the Canals, a historic challenge

Please listen to the audio instructions before you start! Welcome to the izi.TRAVEL Merchants of the Canals challenge. Beautiful canal houses, world famous museums and bustling market squares. The canal district of Amsterdam has it all. This tour will t…

De Pijp

Welcome to the tour about the district of De Pijp. The neighbourhood of de Pijp in Amsterdam lies just East of the Museum Square. The North side, the old Pijp is bustling with people, bikes, terraces, restaurants and bars, mostly centring the big Amster…

Red Light District Mystery

Please listen to the audio instructions before you start! Welcome to the izi.TRAVEL red light District mystery! You are just in time to embark on an interactive adventure, in which our goal will be to catch a mystery killer and get to know more about th…

Santa Cruz da Graciosa Bullring

Discover Santa Cruz da Graciosa Bullring in Santo Amaro, Portugal: This Portuguese bullring is built right into the caldera of an island volcano.

Fort of Graça

Discover Fort of Graça in Elvas, Portugal: This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

Montemor-o-Novo Castle

Discover Montemor-o-Novo Castle in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal: This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

Bom Jesus do Monte

Discover Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga, Portugal: A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

Pena National Palace

Discover Pena National Palace in Sintra, Portugal: This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Böhmisches Brauhaus

Discover Böhmisches Brauhaus in Berlin, Germany: The abandoned remains of this Victorian brewery hide crumbling bowling alleys and rusting industrial gear.

Carl Friedrich Gauss Monument

Discover Carl Friedrich Gauss Monument in Brunswick, Germany: This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians.".

Slab for the Ruhr

Discover Slab for the Ruhr in Essen, Germany: This monolithic slab of art metal crowns a German slag heap.

Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum

Discover Schwäbisches Turmuhrenmuseum in Mindelheim, Germany: Held in an old church, this clockwork museum maintains a special focus on titanic tower timepieces.

Roggenburg Leiberfest

Discover Roggenburg Leiberfest in Roggenburg, Germany: Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Brennender Berg

Discover Brennender Berg in Sulzbach, Germany: Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion.".

Atomkeller Museum

Discover Atomkeller Museum in Haigerloch, Germany: The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

Soul of Africa Museum

Discover Soul of Africa Museum in Essen, Germany: Tucked away in a small German apartment is an eclectic museum devoted to West African vodun culture.

The Empty German War Graves of Berchtesgaden

Discover The German War Graves of Berchtesgaden in Berchtesgaden, Germany: This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

Menu

i
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

PP ToS