Bustling and busy Dehli can prove to be quite a challenge for the first time visitor so entering the gates of Humayun’s Tomb felt like quite a nice relief from …
Christer Sundberg
Member since December 2005 \ In memoriam
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For 25 years I've visited World Heritage Sites and at every site there is always an interesting story to learn, regardless if it is a pyramid in Egypt or a small runic stone in Denmark.
Up until today I've visited 255 sites and can't wait until I can hop on a train or a plane and go visit a few more.
My most impressive site: The Pyramid Fields (Egypt), Petra (Jordan), Venice (Italy), Taj Mahal (India), Ellora Caves (India)
My proposal for a new site:
Recent Visits
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2550Nov. 1, 2016Aachen Cathedral, Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch, Acropolis, Aggtelek and Slovak Karst, Agra Fort ...
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2550Nov. 1, 2016
- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Acropolis
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Agra Fort
- Ajanta Caves
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Thebes
- Aquileia
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arles
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Avignon
- Avila
- Bamberg
- Banska Stiavnica
- Bardejov Town
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Białowieża Forest
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bourges Cathedral
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Butrint
- Canterbury
- Carthage
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Centennial Hall
- Cesky Krumlov
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Churches of Peace
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Classical Weimar
- Cologne Cathedral
- Corfu
- Curonian Spit
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
- Delos
- Dougga/Thugga
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Edinburgh
- Elephanta Caves
- El Escurial
- Ellora Caves
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Epidaurus
- Fagus Factory
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Ferrara
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Gammelstad
- Garajonay
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Giant's Causeway
- Gobustan Rock Art
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Graz
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Historic Cairo
- Holy Trinity Column
- Humayun's Tomb
- Ichkeul National Park
- Independence Hall
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Istanbul
- Jelling
- Kairouan
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Karlskrona
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kerkuane
- Kernavė
- Kew Gardens
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Kinderdijk
- Kizhi Pogost
- Kraków
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Kronborg Castle
- Kutna Hora
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
- Land of Frankincense
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Litomysl Castle
- Lübeck
- Luther Memorials
- L'viv
- Lyon
- Major Town Houses
- Malbork Castle
- Maritime Greenwich
- Masada
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Medina of Sousse
- Medina of Tunis
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Messel Pit
- Meteora
- Mir Castle
- Modena
- Mount Athos
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Muskauer Park
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Mystras
- Nancy
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Neolithic Orkney
- Nesvizh
- New Lanark
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Novgorod
- Nubian Monuments
- Old City of Acre
- Old City of Berne
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Old Rauma
- Olympia
- Orange
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Pannonhalma
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Petra
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Pompei
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Quedlinburg
- Quseir Amra
- Qutb Minar
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Ravenna
- Red Fort
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Reims
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhodes
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Rome
- Røros
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Saint Catherine Area
- Saltaire
- Salzburg
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Sanchi
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- San Gimignano
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Segovia
- Semmering Railway
- Siena
- Sintra
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Solovetsky Islands
- Southern Öland
- Speyer Cathedral
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Split
- Statue of Liberty
- Stoclet House
- Stonehenge and Avebury
- St. Petersburg
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Strasbourg
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Studley Royal Park
- Taj Mahal
- Tallinn
- Teide National Park
- Telc
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- The Four Lifts
- Thessalonika
- Thingvellir
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Torun
- Tower of London
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Trebic
- Trier
- Trinity Sergius Lavra
- Trogir
- Tugendhat Villa
- Um er-Rasas
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Urbino
- Urnes Stave Church
- Valletta
- Vatican City
- Vegaøyan
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Versailles
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Vienna
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Vilnius
- Visby
- Vlkolinec
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Wadi Rum
- Walled City of Baku
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Westminster
- West Norwegian Fjords
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Würzburg Residence
- Zamość
- Zollverein
Top 10 Missing
- Angkor 4.72
- Machu Picchu 4.63
- Galapagos Islands 4.60
- Yellowstone 4.49
- Rapa Nui 4.49
- Victoria Falls 4.48
- Tikal National Park 4.47
- Great Wall 4.46
- Bagan 4.44
- Ancient Kyoto 4.44
Completed Countries
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Albania
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Belarus
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Belgium
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China
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Croatia
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Czechia
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Denmark
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Egypt
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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GermanyCologne Cathedral Speyer Cathedral Würzburg Residence Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust Hildesheim Cathedral and Church Lübeck Pilgrimage Church of Wies Bamberg Bauhaus Sites Classical Weimar Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Luther Memorials Maulbronn Monastery Messel Pit Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Potsdam Quedlinburg Rammelsberg and Goslar Reichenau Wartburg Castle Völklingen Ironworks Stralsund and Wismar Upper Middle Rhine Valley Zollverein Muskauer Park Town Hall and Roland, Bremen Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Regensburg Fagus Factory Aachen Cathedral Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Trier
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Greece
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Holy See
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Hungary
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Iceland
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India
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Jordan
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Moldova
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Oman
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Poland
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Portugal
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Russia
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Slovakia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Tunisia
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Turkiye
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Ukraine
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Reviews by Christer Sundberg
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Agra Fort (Inscribed)
Agra Fort
The Agra Fort - the second of the city of Agra’s main tourist attractions – was founded in 1565 and is a virtual copy of the Red Fort in Delhi. …
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01/05/05
Khajuraho Group of Monuments (Inscribed)
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
It is useful to know that the small Indian country side village of Khajuraho actually is - believe it or not - equipped with a full fledged international airport and …
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01/05/05
Qutb Minar (Inscribed)
Qutb Minar
Having muscled through the traffic of central Dehli to the southern suburbs, I found myself at the Qtub Minar, the 73 meter high minaret and one of the true landmarks …
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01/05/05
Ajanta Caves (Inscribed)
Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves, situated 105 km north of Aurangabad, dates back to 200 AD to 650 BC, predating both the Ellora and Elephanta Caves. The Ajanta Caves was, similar to …
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01/05/05
Taj Mahal (Inscribed)
Taj Mahal
At first light of dawn, when a cool breeze fills the air and the morning sun shines on the palace, Taj Mahal is at its height of beauty. Set against …
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01/05/05
Ellora Caves (Inscribed)
Ellora Caves
The Ellora caves reflects the three faiths of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism between 350 AD and to 700 AD. There are 34 temples but only 12 of them are belongs …
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01/05/05
Red Fort (Inscribed)
Red Fort
Lal Qila – The Red Fort – with its mighty red walls that extends for over 2 km is for sure the most important and majestic of all sights in …
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01/05/05
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (Inscribed)
Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
An hour’s drive, south of Bhopal in the Vindhyan Mountains are the 600 rock shelters of Bhimbetka. It’s a peaceful and beautiful area and the natural rock formations – massive …
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01/05/05
Sanchi (Inscribed)
Sanchi
North of Bhopal, on a small hilltop is some of the oldest and most interesting Buddhist sites in India – the monuments of Sanchi. History tells that when emperor Ashoka …
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01/05/05
Centennial Hall (Inscribed)
Centennial Hall
Sometimes you ask yourself what can really become a World Heritage Site? I certainly asked myself this question when I first laid my eyes on the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw …
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01/05/05
Hallstatt-Dachstein (Inscribed)
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Arriving Hallstatt in Salzkammergut by train is a small adventure in itself. It must be one of the few, if not the only town in the world, which has its …
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01/05/05
Litomysl Castle (Inscribed)
Litomysl Castle
The name Litomyšl goes back to the year 981 when a hill fort was first mentioned in a Bohemian Chronicle. Today’s Litomyšl is a friendly little Czech town just waiting …
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01/05/05
Churches of Peace (Inscribed)
Churches of Peace
It wasn’t easy to get to Swidnica but with some assistance from a few Polish bus companies I eventually found the small town at the foot of the Sudeten Mountains. …
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01/05/05
Tugendhat Villa (Inscribed)
Tugendhat Villa
Over the years the World Heritage List have taken me to a number of brilliant architectural sites - from the Bauhaus sites in Dessau and Weimar, the Rietveld Schröderhuis in …
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01/05/05
Holy Trinity Column (Inscribed)
Holy Trinity Column
Right in the middle of the town hall square stands the 35 meter high Holy Trinity Column, erected in honour of faith, God and gratitude for the ending of the …
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01/05/05
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