Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to see as much of Anuradhapura as I would've liked. I only had a few hours there as I was passing through and decided …
Michael Turtle
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Reviews by Michael Turtle


Speyer Cathedral (Inscribed)
Speyer Cathedral
The main part of the building is free for visitors but it’s worth paying the admission fee to see the Imperial Hall above the main entrance with its large artwork …

Wartburg Castle (Inscribed)
Wartburg Castle
Although you can get up to the castle and see the outside of it for free, it’s only possible to go inside with regular guided tours. Inside the castle, the …

Classical Weimar (Inscribed)
Classical Weimar
Weimar is a pretty town (and also has an element of a second WHS - Bauhaus - which makes it doubly as interesting).
There are quite a few places within …

Muskauer Park (Inscribed)
Muskauer Park
Muskauer Park straddles the border of Germany and Poland with large parts of the garden in both countries. It’s a testament to cross-country cooperation that there is a smooth synergy …

Völklingen Ironworks (Inscribed)
Völklingen Ironworks
What a wonderful site to just wander around and explore. It's enormous and feels almost like its been abandoned, the way much of it has just been left the way …

Potsdam (Inscribed)
Potsdam
More than two million people a year visit Potsdam but, luckily, there’s enough to see that it doesn’t feel too crowded. The whole area is about 500 hectares large and …

Zollverein (Inscribed)
Zollverein
I absolutely loved this site - but I'm always a fan of the industrial heritage. It's been preserved really well (although I did prefer Volklingen for its aesthetics, I have …

Bamberg (Inscribed)
Bamberg
It is easy to explore Bamberg by foot and, if you start at the train station and head towards the cathedral, you will pass through each of the different sections. …

Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Inscribed)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The best way to really see this WHS is to travel along the river (although I did see a few people cycling the roads along the bank - also a …

Rammelsberg and Goslar (Inscribed)
Rammelsberg and Goslar
An awesome site - really interesting and quite unique. I don't know how famous it is, but I'm surprised there aren't more visitors.
While it may be a ‘museum’ these …

Lübeck (Inscribed)
Lübeck
I was a bit surprised that Lubeck wasn't included as a single site with Wismar and Stralsund - there are a lot of similarities and such a common history. But, …

Corvey (Inscribed)
Corvey
The site was add to the World Heritage List in 2014 while I was in Germany, doing a trip to see all of the WHS's, so it was good timing …

Berlin Modernism Housing Esta… (Inscribed)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
This is a slightly odd WHS - a bunch of apartment buildings, you ask? But they are actually surprisingly interesting. I quite enjoy sites that are still living parts of …

Luther Memorials (Inscribed)
Luther Memorials
This is one of those WHS's where the reason for inscription is actually more about something that is hard to physicalise... so they just create a reason to use some …

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
You could easily spend days looking through the museums here on the island in Berlin - and I wish that I could have. Instead, I only had one day to …

Quedlinburg (Inscribed)
Quedlinburg
I didn't really have any expectations for Quedlinburg and so was extremely impressed when I finally saw the place. The old town has been preserved so well and the whole …

Würzburg Residence (Inscribed)
Würzburg Residence
What is so incredible about this site is to think that it was all basically destroyed in the Second World War and then painstakingly restored to exactly how it was …

Cologne Cathedral (Inscribed)
Cologne Cathedral
This is a stunning site - not just for the scale but for all the detail inside.
One of the first things that hits you about Cologne Cathedral is its …

Volubilis (Inscribed)
Volubilis
Considering how far they are from Rome, these ancient Roman ruins are really impressive and it must have been quite a grand outpost they had here in Morocco. As the …