Year: 2015

Museum der Dinge

Discover Museum der Dinge in Berlin, Germany: From toys to kettles to scientific instruments, this German museum celebrates the beauty of 20th century design.

The ‘Peacock Island’ of Berlin

Discover Pfaueninsel in Berlin, Germany: This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.

The DDR Museum

Discover The DDR Museum in Berlin, Germany: A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

The Totalitarian Art Gallery

Discover The Totalitarian Art Gallery in Amsterdam, Netherlands: This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

The Totalitarian Art Gallery

Discover The Totalitarian Art Gallery in Amsterdam, Netherlands: This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

Leiden Gunpowder Disaster Memorial

Discover Leiden Gunpowder Disaster Memorial in Leiden, Netherlands: A massive explosion that leveled hundreds of buildings in the city of Leiden is remembered by a waterside plaque.

Dwingeloo Radio Observatory

Discover Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in Dwingeloo, Netherlands: This giant radio telescope would be a rusting ruin if it hadn't become such a beloved relic.

The Old Leiden Belltower

Discover The Old Leiden Belltower in Leiden, Netherlands: The remains of a medieval wall discovered in the basement of a jewelry store.

Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope

Discover Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in Zwiggelte, Netherlands: A radio telescope for listening to the stars, based in one of the cloudiest countries in the world.

The Old Leiden Belltower

Discover The Old Leiden Belltower in Leiden, Netherlands: The remains of a medieval wall discovered in the basement of a jewelry store.

Exposure

Discover Exposure in Lelystad, Netherlands: This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

Paul McCarthy’s Santa Claus

Discover Paul McCarthy's Santa Claus in Rotterdam, Netherlands: Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

Einstein’s Sink

Discover Einstein's Sink in Leiden, Netherlands: A lecture hall sink once used by Einstein and other noted physicists is now regarded as a strange science relic.

Gebouw Leidsch Dagblad Elephant Drainpipe

Discover Gebouw Leidsch Dagblad Elephant Drainpipe in Leiden, Netherlands: This historic Dutch newspaper building is covered with media-themed details—and one unrelated oddity.

Leiden Stones

Discover Leiden Stones in Leiden, Netherlands: A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

Rietveld-Schröder House

Discover Rietveld-Schröder House in Utrecht, Netherlands: This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

Royal FloraHolland

Discover Royal FloraHolland in Aalsmeer, Netherlands: The largest flower auction house in the world.

The Clog Museum

Discover The Clog Museum in Zaandam, Netherlands: A Dutch clog company in the town of Zaandam loves the wooden shoes so much it made a museum for them.

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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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