Site visited April 2015. Although I could see only a fraction of this spectacular national park it was still a memorable visit. It is without a doubt one of the …
Juha Sjoeblom
Member since May 2012
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I have been interested in world heritage from year 2008 and I have visited sites since then whenever possible. I usually travel 3-5 times a year. My main areas of interest are Northern Africa, Middle East, Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia.
I'm an independent traveller and when travelling, I want to use public transport as much as possible. Since the sites are not always easy to reach, I’m curious how other travellers have got to them.
I’ll write reviews when I supposedly have some fresh point of view or when the site has only very few reviews. I also tell my overall feelings about the site and how I have travelled to it.
My most impressive site: Medina of Fez, Lalibela
Recent Visits
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40Sept. 16, 2024Çatalhöyük, Gordion, Safranbolu, Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia
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02Jan. 1, 2024Visit nominated site: Aalto Works, Central Park
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01Jan. 1, 2020Trakai Historical National Park
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About Juha Sjoeblom
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #289
- WHS
- 192
- Tentative Sites
- 38
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 29
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 5.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Simien National Park 5.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Bukhara 5.0
- Lalibela 5.0
- Samarkand 5.0
- Persepolis 4.5
- Medina of Fez 4.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.5
- Grand Canal 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Itchan Kala 4.5
- Baalbek 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Chavin 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 4.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Byblos 4.0
- Tyre 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Caral-Supe 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Trier 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Pergamon 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- Longmen Grottoes 4.0
- M'Zab Valley 4.0
- Wudang Mountains 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Djémila 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Timgad 4.0
- Çatalhöyük 4.0
- Aphrodisias 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Persian Garden 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.5
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Haghpat and Sanahin 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
- Statue of Liberty 3.5
- Dengfeng 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Drottningholm 3.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Monastery of Geghard 3.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Ohrid Region 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Bauhaus Sites 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Burgos Cathedral 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Urnes Stave Church 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Studenica Monastery 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Mtskheta 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Delos 3.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.0
- Meknes 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Carthage 3.0
- Anjar 3.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Medina of Essaouira 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Tauric Chersonese 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Stecci 3.0
- Tipasa 2.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 2.5
- Yin Xu 2.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.5
- Kasbah of Algiers 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Atapuerca 2.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Jelling 2.5
- Rjukan / Notodden 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Sulaiman-Too 2.5
- Curonian Spit 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- Sheki 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Birka and Hovgarden 2.5
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.5
- Shakhrisyabz 2.5
- Riga 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Stari Grad Plain 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- Zollverein 2.0
- Golestan Palace 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Mir Castle 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Tiya 1.5
- Nesvizh 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Bagçesaray Palace of the Crimean Khans
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Tbilisi Historic District
- The historical surroundings of Crimean Khans' capi
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Haci Bayram District
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Reviews by Juha Sjoeblom


Tiya (Inscribed)
Tiya
Site visited April 2015. The small and puzzling site of Tiya left me with mixed feelings. For me it was the first taste of Ethiopia and as such it was …

Cultural Landscape of Canyon … (On tentative list)
Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk
Site visited July 2013. Kamyanets-Podilsky was a pleasant surprise. This site really deserves to be inscribed. It is not to be missed if you travel in Western Ukraine.
Kamyanets-Podilsky is …

Tauric Chersonese (Inscribed)
Tauric Chersonese
Site visited June 2013. I visited this site when Crimea was still under Ukrainian rule. It has been inscribed just a few days earlier.
Chersonese or Chersonesus is an ancient …

Kasbah of Algiers (Inscribed)
Kasbah of Algiers
Site visited January 2014. I’ve always been intrigued by the Kasbah of Algiers so I looked forward to visit it. I wanted to see if it lives up to its …

M'Zab Valley (Inscribed)
M'Zab Valley
Site visited December 2013. My visit to M'Zab Valley WHS could be categorized ’nearly missed’ due to the riots that took place in Ghardaïa that time. But I consider it …

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasa… (Inscribed)
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
Site visited April 2014. The grandiose Timurid era mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is the highlight of Kazakhstan and also one of the highlights in Central Asia.
I flew from …

Sulaiman-Too (Inscribed)
Sulaiman-Too
Site visited April 2014. Osh was the last stop on my tour in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In Osh I wanted to see what the Sulaiman-Too or Sulayman Mountain is all …

Stecci (Inscribed)
Stecci
Site visited July 2016. I visited two newly inscribed stećci sites in Serbia, Mramorje – Rastište and Mramorje – Perućac. Both sites are quite near each other in the vicinity …