This is another in Norway's collection of slightly oddball World Heritage Sites. It reminded us both of the Copper Mining Town at Falun in Sweden, just across the border (though …
Joel On The Road
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One of the few token Australians. Back to work after six years of full-time travelling, eagerly anticipating the day we can continue the journey!
I don't sound like Crocodile Hunter, even though he was my friend's uncle's neighbour.
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- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Abbey of St Gall
- Acropolis
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Agra Fort
- Agrigento
- Ahmadabad
- Ajanta Caves
- Albi
- Alcala de Henares
- Altamira Cave
- Alto Douro
- Amiens Cathedral
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Thebes
- Angkor
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Anuradhapura
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
- Aquileia
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Aranjuez
- Archaeological Site of Aigai
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Archaeological site of Philippi
- Arequipa
- Arles
- Assisi
- Asturian Monuments
- Atapuerca
- Atlantic Forest South-East
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Australian Convict Sites
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Avignon
- Avila
- Ayutthaya
- Baekje Historic Areas
- Bagan
- Bali Subak system
- Bamberg
- Ban Chiang
- Banska Stiavnica
- Bardejov Town
- Baroque Churches
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Bellinzone
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Białowieża Forest
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Bordeaux
- Borobudur
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Bourges Cathedral
- Boyana Church
- Brasilia
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
- Burgos Cathedral
- Burgundy
- Caceres
- Calakmul
- Camino Real
- Campeche
- Canal du Midi
- Canterbury
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Castel del Monte
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Causses and Cévennes
- Caves and Ice Age Art
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla
- Centennial Hall
- Central Highlands
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Cerrado Protected Areas
- Cesky Krumlov
- Chaco Culture
- Champagne
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Chichen-Itza
- Chola Temples
- Churches of Moldavia
- Churches of Peace
- Church of Atlántida
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Classical Weimar
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Congonhas
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- Cordoba
- Corfu
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Corvey
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Cuenca
- Curonian Spit
- Cuzco
- Dacian Fortresses
- Danube Delta
- Danube Limes
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
- Delos
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Diamantina
- Dolomites
- Donana National Park
- Dong Phayayen
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Edinburgh
- Elephanta Caves
- El Escurial
- El Fuerte de Samaipata
- Ellora Caves
- El Tajin
- Elvas
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Epidaurus
- ESMA Site Museum
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Everglades
- Evora
- Fagus Factory
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Fanjingshan
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Ferrara
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fontainebleau
- Forth Bridge
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
- Fraser Island
- Fray Bentos
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Fujisan
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Galapagos Islands
- Gammelstad
- Garajonay
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Gaya Tumuli
- Genbaku Dome
- Genoa
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
- Giant's Causeway
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Goias
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Granada
- Grand Canal
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Graz
- Great Barrier Reef
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Great Wall
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Guanajuato
- Guimarães
- Gunung Mulu
- Gwynedd Castles
- Gyeongju
- Haeinsa Temple
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Heritage of Mercury
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Himeji-jo
- Hiraizumi
- Historic Cairo
- Hoi An
- Holasovice
- Hollókö
- Holy Trinity Column
- Hortobágy
- Horyu-ji Area
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Huangshan
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Ibiza
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Imperial Palace
- Imperial Tombs
- Independence Hall
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Isole Eolie
- Istanbul
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Ivrea
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Jantar Mantar
- Jelling
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Kakadu National Park
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Kandy
- Karlskrona
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kernavė
- Kew Gardens
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kilimanjaro National Park
- Kinabalu Park
- Kinderdijk
- Kraków
- Kronborg Castle
- Kutna Hora
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Lake District
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Laponian Area
- Las Medulas
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Le Havre
- Lenggong Valley
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site
- Lima
- Litomysl Castle
- Loire Valley
- Longobards in Italy
- Lord Howe Island
- Luang Prabang
- Lübeck
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- Lushan National Park
- Luther Memorials
- Lyon
- Machu Picchu
- Madara Rider
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Mahabalipuram
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes
- Major Town Houses
- Malbork Castle
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Margravial Opera House
- Maritime Greenwich
- Matera
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Melaka and George Town
- Mérida
- Mesa Verde
- Messel Pit
- Meteora
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Modena
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Monastery of Horezu
- Monte San Giorgio
- Monticello
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Moravian Church Settlements
- Morelia
- Mountain Railways of India
- Mount Athos
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Mount Etna
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Muskauer Park
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- My Son
- Mystras
- Namhansanseong
- Nancy
- Naples
- Nasca Lines
- Naumburg Cathedral
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Neolithic Orkney
- Nessebar
- New Lanark
- Ngorongoro
- Nice
- Nikko
- Ningaloo Coast
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Nubian Monuments
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Okinoshima Island
- Old City of Berne
- Old Rauma
- Old Town of Galle
- Olympia
- Oporto
- Orange
- Ouro Preto
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Palenque
- Palmeral of Elche
- Pampulha
- Panamá
- Pannonhalma
- Paraty and Ilha Grande
- Par force hunting landscape
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- Peking Man Site
- Petäjävesi Old Church
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pienza
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Pirin National Park
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Plečnik's Ljubljana
- Poblet Monastery
- Polonnaruva
- Pompei
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Pont du Gard
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potosi
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Prambanan
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Provins
- Puebla
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Purnululu National Park
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
- Quedlinburg
- Querétaro
- Quito
- Qutb Minar
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Rani-ki-Vav
- Ravenna
- Red Fort
- Redwood
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Reims
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhaetian Railway
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rila Monastery
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rjukan / Notodden
- Rock Art of Alta
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Rome
- Røros
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Saint-Emilion
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Salamanca
- Saltaire
- Salzburg
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Sanchi
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- San Gimignano
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- San Miguel de Allende
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Santiago de Compostela
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Segovia
- Semmering Railway
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies
- Serengeti
- Seville
- Shark Bay
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Sian Ka'an
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- Siena
- Sighisoara
- Sigiriya
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Sinharaja Forest
- Sintra
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
- Skocjan Caves
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Southern Öland
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Speyer Cathedral
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Split
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Statue of Liberty
- Stevns Klint
- Stoclet House
- Stonehenge
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Strasbourg
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Studley Royal Park
- Sucre
- Sukhothai
- Summer Palace
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Sydney Opera House
- Syracuse
- Taj Mahal
- Tallinn
- Taos Pueblo
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Tarraco
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
- Teide National Park
- Telc
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Temple of Heaven
- Teotihuacan
- Tequila
- Te Wahipounamu
- Thang Long
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- The Four Lifts
- The Porticoes of Bologna
- Thessalonika
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Tiwanaku
- Tlacotalpan
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Toledo
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Tongariro National Park
- Torun
- Tower of Hercules
- Tower of London
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Trang An
- Trebic
- Trier
- Trogir
- Tugendhat Villa
- Tusi Sites
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Uluru
- University of Coimbra
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Urbino
- Urnes Stave Church
- Uxmal
- Val di Noto
- Val d'Orcia
- Vall de Boi
- Valletta
- Valongo Wharf
- Van Nellefabriek
- Vatican City
- Vat Phou
- Vegaøyan
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Verona
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- Vienna
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Vilnius
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Vlkolinec
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Wadden Sea
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Western Ghats
- West Lake
- Westminster
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Wulingyuan
- Würzburg Residence
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Xochicalco
- Yogyakarta
- Yosemite National Park
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Zacatecas
- Zamość
- Zollverein
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Top 10 Missing
- Petra 4.61
- Rapa Nui 4.49
- Yellowstone 4.48
- Victoria Falls 4.47
- Tikal National Park 4.46
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.42
- Persepolis 4.37
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.37
- Samarkand 4.36
- Los Glaciares 4.35
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About Joel On The Road
- First name
- Joel on the
- Member since
- August 2017
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #35
- WHS
- 629
- Tentative Sites
- 49
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 52
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Purnululu National Park 5.0
- Lord Howe Island 5.0
- Kakadu National Park 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 5.0
- Ningaloo Coast 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 4.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Rock Art of Alta 4.0
- Mount Etna 4.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 4.0
- Willandra Lakes 4.0
- Lagoons of New Caledonia 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.5
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Central Highlands 3.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Phu Phrabat 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Levuka 3.0
- Røros 2.5
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.5
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 2.5
- Yin Xu 2.5
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Vegaøyan 2.0
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Rjukan / Notodden 1.5
- Djerba 1.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 1.0
Tentative Sites
- 41 3
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Reviews by Joel on the Road
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Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße (Nominated)
Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße
I'm a little surprised there isn't already a review of this site, as it's slated for inclusion in 2019 and also one of the most visited locations in Austria. The …
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Joel on t… 18/08/18
San Cristobal de La Laguna (Inscribed)
San Cristobal de La Laguna
This was our first World Heritage site on the Canary Islands, and proved to be quite interesting. It was one of Spain's first overseas colonies, and the city's layout was …
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Joel on t… 17/08/18
Tower of Hercules (Inscribed)
Tower of Hercules
Probably our shortest World Heritage site visit so far, even shorter than the plague column in Olomouc! The tower itself is very impressive, though most of what you can see …
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Joel on t… 17/08/18
Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc (Inscribed)
Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
This was a fantastic site visit for us. It's home to the famous Chauvet Cave, only discovered in 1994 and home to paintings dating back almost 30,000 years. It's amazing …
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Joel on t… 17/08/18
Mount Etna (Inscribed)
Mount Etna
It's hard to even know where to start with a colossal site like Mount Etna. We decided to base ourselves in the town of Trecastagni, and as luck would have …
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Joel on t… 10/08/18
Vegaøyan (Inscribed)
Vegaøyan
This was quite a tricky site to visit, as it's a fair way off the usual Norwegian tourist itinerary. We spent two nights in a small campground in Salhus, halfway …
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Joel on t… 09/08/18
Burgundy (Inscribed)
Burgundy
This was a difficult site to truly appreciate. I think it's quite difficult to really grasp the subtleties and nuances behind the Appellation of Controlled Origin moniker without tasting lots …
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Joel on t… 03/08/18
Arab-Norman Palermo (Inscribed)
Arab-Norman Palermo
Palermo is a fascinating place. Despite being the capital of Sicily, it was the last major city we visited on the island and for the first time in months it …
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Joel on t… 03/08/18
Royal Palace at Caserta (Inscribed)
Royal Palace at Caserta
It's not as big as I expected! That's probably your first thought when you see it on the walk over from the train station. It's further away than you think, …
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Joel on t… 03/08/18
Isole Eolie (Inscribed)
Isole Eolie
Unfortunately this was a disappointing visit for us. We had booked two nights in Milazzo on the Sicilian mainland to use as a base for visiting the Islands, but on …
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Joel on t… 03/08/18
Ivrea (Inscribed)
Ivrea
My wife and I visited Ivrea in January 2018 on a sunny winter's afternoon. It's an easy one hour train ride from Turin's two main stations, and trains leave about …
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Joel on t… 13/01/18
Verona (Inscribed)
Verona
My wife and I visited Verona in early September 2017. We had a fantastic day here, walking around and exploring in the late summer sunshine.
The UNESCO entry for this …
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Joel on t… 16/10/17
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and L… (Inscribed)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
My wife and I visited two of the Sacri Monti in September 2017. Staying near Lake Como, we decided to visit first Varese and secondly Ossuccio. Unfortunately we found the …
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Joel on t… 07/10/17
Bellinzone (Inscribed)
Bellinzone
My wife and I visited Bellinzona as a day trip from Lake Como in September 2017. We visited the uppermost castle first, enjoying the views up and down the valley. …
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Joel on t… 07/10/17
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Inscribed)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
My wife and I visited Jungfrau in August 2017. We managed to luck out with our visit, with super clear skies and reasonable temperatures both in the valley and up …
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Joel on t… 22/09/17
Strasbourg (Inscribed)
Strasbourg
My wife and I stayed for a week in Strasbourg in August 2017. It's an extremely beautiful city, not too touristy, much more affordable than other French cities (especially Paris), …
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Joel on t… 15/09/17
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spie… (Inscribed)
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
My wife and I visited Spiennes in August 2017. Contrary to the experience of other reviewers, we showed up randomly and managed to grab a free spot on the tour! …
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Joel on t… 08/09/17
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tourn… (Inscribed)
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
My wife and I visited here in August 2017. The cathedral is currently undergoing heavy renovation, both inside and out. I would estimate something like half of the exterior is …
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Joel on t… 07/09/17
The Four Lifts (Inscribed)
The Four Lifts
My wife and I visited the canal lifts in August 2017, and used a rental car to drive between the four location from our base in the town of Mons …
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Joel on t… 04/09/17
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