Having lived in the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies, I have been hiking through the Rocky Mountains a lot. It is a great place and there's so much …
Joyce Van Soest
Netherlands \ Member since December 2005
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My most impressive site: Decani Monastery, Kosovo (it is not only a beautiful monastery, but going to the monastry protected by armed soldiers is an experience by itself)
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80Dec. 2, 2024Amami-Oshima Island, Fujisan, Genbaku Dome, Gusuku of Ryukyu, Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region …
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About Joyce van Soest
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World Heritage Sites
- Baalbek 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Himeji-jo 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Ngorongoro 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 5.0
- Palmyra 4.5
- Arequipa 4.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Hollókö 4.5
- South China Karst 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Santo Domingo 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Salamanca 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Nikko 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Tierradentro 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Fujisan 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 4.0
- University of Coimbra 4.0
- Anuradhapura 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Old Havana 4.0
- Glacier parks 4.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 4.0
- Al Ain 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.5
- Nasca Lines 3.5
- Cartagena 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Mammoth Cave 3.5
- Damascus 3.5
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 3.5
- Pirin National Park 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.5
- Chan Chan 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 3.5
- Sighisoara 3.5
- Phu Phrabat 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Tchogha Zanbil 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Red Fort 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Caral-Supe 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Shushtar 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- City of Bath 3.5
- Olympic National Park 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Central Highlands 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Rhaetian Railway 3.5
- Jeju 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.5
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.5
- Medina of Tunis 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Elvas 3.0
- Desembarco del Granma National Park 3.0
- Aleppo 3.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.0
- Vigan 3.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.0
- Angra do Heroismo 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.0
- Komodo National Park 3.0
- Namib Sand Sea 3.0
- Mount Taishan 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Sinharaja Forest 3.0
- Viñales Valley 3.0
- Dengfeng 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Tyre 3.0
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 3.0
- Chavin 3.0
- Delos 3.0
- Ohrid Region 3.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Tiwanaku 3.0
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.0
- Huangshan 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Cape Floral Region 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Las Medulas 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.0
- Selimiye Mosque 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Kairouan 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- My Son 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Genbaku Dome 3.0
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 3.0
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Cuenca 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Bourges Cathedral 3.0
- Crespi d'Adda 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- The Four Lifts 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Bellinzone 3.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 3.0
- Holasovice 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.5
- Vall de Boi 2.5
- Atapuerca 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- The Persian Qanat 2.5
- Lake Baikal 2.5
- Qadisha Valley 2.5
- Takht-e Soleyman 2.5
- Trang An 2.5
- Gyeongju 2.5
- Butrint 2.5
- Churches of Moldavia 2.5
- Manu National Park 2.5
- Litomysl Castle 2.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 2.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.5
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 2.5
- Kenya Lake System 2.5
- Anjar 2.5
- Malbork Castle 2.5
- Persian Garden 2.5
- Garajonay 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Mountain Railways of India 2.5
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 2.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.5
- Mystras 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Ferrara 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Torun 2.5
- Bosra 2.5
- Monastery of Horezu 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Novodevichy Convent 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Pasargadae 2.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Susa 2.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Schokland 2.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 2.0
- Baroque Churches 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Pannonhalma 2.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 2.0
- Soltaniyeh 2.0
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Churches of Peace 2.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Ban Chiang 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Fagus Factory 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 2.0
- Białowieża Forest 2.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 2.0
- Le Havre 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Persian Caravanserai 2.0
- Hortobágy 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.0
- Lake Malawi 2.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Nessebar 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 1.5
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.5
- Madara Rider 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Mazagan 1.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.5
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 1.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 1.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 1.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Namhansanseong 1.5
- Bisotun 1.5
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Dacian Fortresses 1.0
- Tower of Hercules 1.0
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.0
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Mount Kenya 0.5
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Reviews by Joyce van Soest

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Inscribed)
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

City of Luxembourg (Inscribed)
City of Luxembourg
The view from the old city wall is beautiful and you can easily spent some time hanging around there. When you get up early and go to the city wall …

Bryggen (Inscribed)
Bryggen
When visiting the city of Bergen it is hard not to see Bryggen: the small area of old wooden houses. I first walked by and took a quick peek, but …

West Norwegian Fjords (Inscribed)
West Norwegian Fjords
In April I visited Norway and since I didn't have a lot of time and most of the tourist sites were still closed, I did the Norway In A Nutshell …

Works of Antoni Gaudí (Inscribed)
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Ah, beautiful Barcelona! I have fond memories of my visit to the Catalan city and whenever I think of Barcelona I think of the buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Whether …

Old City of Berne (Inscribed)
Old City of Berne
Bern is a nice city. It is not so big so you can easily visit the touristy attractions by foot. There's lots of odd-looking colorful small fountains in the city, …

Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Inscribed)
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
This glacierfield is the largest one in the European Alps and quite impressive. You can take a special train up to the Jungfrau and you have to change trains twice …

Olympic National Park (Inscribed)
Olympic National Park
We visited Olympic National Park for a weekend once, and it's a beautiful piece of nature. We drove up to a campsite where we pitched up our tent, and after …

Dinosaur Provincial Park (Inscribed)
Dinosaur Provincial Park
I had seen pictures of the park before, and I really tried visiting the site. Lots of people only visit the town of Drumheller for it's well done Dinosaur museum …

Kinderdijk (Inscribed)
Kinderdijk
Whenever I have foreign friends visiting me, I take them to Kinderdijk. If you want to see windmills, this is the place to be! You can have a nice stoll …

Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)
Rietveld Schröderhuis
A few years ago I visited the Rietveld Schroderhuis, and even though it's quite expensive to visit, I am glad I did it. At the tour they gave (you are …