The cathedral didn't look very impressive from the outside and I wondered why it was a WHS, until I stepped inside. The dome is incredible and the golden detailed painting …
Joyce Van Soest
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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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40March 8, 2025Island of Gorée, Kunta Kinteh Island, Saloum Delta, Stone Circles of Senegambia
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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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30Nov. 1, 2024Beijing Central Axis, Phu Phrabat, Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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World Heritage Sites
- Ngorongoro 5.0
- Baalbek 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.5
- Palmyra 4.5
- Hollókö 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Arequipa 4.5
- Nikko 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 4.0
- Old Havana 4.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 4.0
- Anuradhapura 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- University of Coimbra 4.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 4.0
- Glacier parks 4.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- South China Karst 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Tierradentro 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Salamanca 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Santo Domingo 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 4.0
- Fujisan 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.5
- Red Fort 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- Sighisoara 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.5
- City of Bath 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Tchogha Zanbil 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Shushtar 3.5
- Rhaetian Railway 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.5
- Medina of Tunis 3.5
- Pirin National Park 3.5
- Nasca Lines 3.5
- Dong Phayayen 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Cartagena 3.5
- Mammoth Cave 3.5
- Damascus 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Phu Phrabat 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Olympic National Park 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Al Ain 3.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.5
- Jeju 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Caral-Supe 3.5
- Central Highlands 3.5
- Chan Chan 3.5
- Naples 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
- 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 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
- Elvas 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
- Kenya Lake System 2.5
- Vall de Boi 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.5
- Monastery of Horezu 2.5
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.5
- Takht-e Soleyman 2.5
- Torun 2.5
- Qadisha Valley 2.5
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Lake Baikal 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Churches of Moldavia 2.5
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.5
- Gyeongju 2.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 2.5
- Butrint 2.5
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 2.5
- Litomysl Castle 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Garajonay 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Mountain Railways of India 2.5
- Trang An 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Anjar 2.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 2.5
- Persian Garden 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 2.5
- Ferrara 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Mystras 2.5
- Manu National Park 2.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.5
- Bosra 2.5
- Atapuerca 2.5
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 2.5
- The Persian Qanat 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Malbork Castle 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.0
- Nessebar 2.0
- Susa 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Novodevichy Convent 2.0
- Pasargadae 2.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 2.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 2.0
- Baroque Churches 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Schokland 2.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 2.0
- Pannonhalma 2.0
- Soltaniyeh 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Churches of Peace 2.0
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 2.0
- Ban Chiang 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Fagus Factory 2.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 2.0
- Białowieża Forest 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Persian Caravanserai 2.0
- Hortobágy 2.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 2.0
- Lake Malawi 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 2.0
- Le Havre 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.5
- Mazagan 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Madara Rider 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.5
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 1.5
- Bisotun 1.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 1.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 1.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 1.5
- Namhansanseong 1.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1.5
- Tower of Hercules 1.0
- Dacian Fortresses 1.0
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Mount Kenya 0.5
- Danube Limes 0.5
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Reviews by Joyce van Soest


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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …