Sal Island, part of Cape Verde’s Barlavento group, was discovered by the Portuguese in 1460 but remained uninhabited until the late 18th century due to extreme drought. The island’s salt …
Svein Elias
Member since August 2013
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I never travelled - until i was in my forties. Then I met Randi who had a wide experience with travelling. Since 2006 we have been travelling together, and since 2010 we have been "hunting" WHS'.
Through the last decade I've learnt to really appreciate the feeling of visiting new places, the curiosity and the excitement seeing different habits and cultures. Seeing nature's grand places with its unique animal life gives me great satisfaction. Historic places is another great experience, it makes you learn history along the way.
Seeing odd places which few people have visited before, preferably combined with the above, is the top of my list. Maybe it's kind of naive, but anyway...
My most impressive site: Machu Picchu, Galapagos, Komodo & Grand Canyon
Recent Visits
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10June 24, 2025Kenya Lake System
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10June 23, 2025Thimlich Ohinga
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10May 1, 2025Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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About Svein Elias
- First name
- Svein
- Member since
- August 2013
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #20
- WHS
- 717
- Tentative Sites
- 165
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 33
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Sangha Trinational 5.0
- Komodo National Park 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Dolomites 5.0
- Hegra 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Odzala-Kokoua 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Xochicalco 4.5
- Ancient Thebes 4.5
- Rome 4.5
- Victoria Falls 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Serengeti 4.5
- Wadi Rum 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Rila Monastery 4.5
- Nikko 4.5
- Plitvice Lakes 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Andrefana Dry Forests 4.5
- Baalbek 4.5
- Manu National Park 4.5
- Qadisha Valley 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Durmitor National Park 4.0
- Alto Douro 4.0
- Tikal National Park 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Tsodilo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Istanbul 4.0
- Aphrodisias 4.0
- Mount Etna 4.0
- Matobo Hills 4.0
- Gros Morne National Park 4.0
- Mana Pools 4.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 4.0
- Ellora Caves 4.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Villages with Fortified Churches 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Lake Malawi 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Wood Buffalo National Park 4.0
- Simien National Park 4.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Selous Game Reserve 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Ambohimanga 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Mistaken Point 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Humayun's Tomb 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 4.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Teotihuacan 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.0
- Nasca Lines 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Tubbataha Reefs 3.5
- Genoa 3.5
- Mahabalipuram 3.5
- Chola Temples 3.5
- El Pinacate 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Cuenca 3.5
- Hampi 3.5
- Granada 3.5
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.5
- Dholavira: A Harappan City 3.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5
- Chichen-Itza 3.5
- Rock Art of Alta 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Sighisoara 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Kotor 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 3.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.5
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Aachen Cathedral 3.5
- Mapungubwe 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- 'Uruq Bani Ma'arid 3.5
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Bamberg 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Seville 3.5
- Pitons of Reunion 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Selimiye Mosque 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Isole Eolie 3.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
- Jelling 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Loire Valley 3.5
- Camino Real 3.5
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 3.5
- Nubian Monuments 3.5
- L'Anse aux Meadows 3.5
- Garajonay 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- Teide National Park 3.5
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Cienfuegos 3.5
- Evora 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
- City of Luxembourg 3.5
- Palenque 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Calakmul 3.5
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.5
- Keoladeo National Park 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.5
- El Tajin 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Epidaurus 3.5
- Great Zimbabwe 3.5
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.5
- Kinabalu Park 3.5
- Paphos 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Fujisan 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Himeji-jo 3.5
- Zamość 3.5
- Zacatecas 3.5
- Khami Ruins 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Pont du Gard 3.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Yakushima 3.5
- Northern Martinique 3.5
- Plain of Jars 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Ancient Nara 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Horyu-ji Area 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Rock Islands 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Surtsey 3.5
- Villa d'Este 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Versailles 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Laponian Area 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Trier 3.5
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
- Tequila 3.5
- San Gimignano 3.5
- Old Havana 3.5
- Shiretoko 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Telc 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Skocjan Caves 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Rideau Canal 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Boyana Church 3.0
- Nessebar 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Chaco Culture 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Hoi An 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Lake District 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Visby 3.0
- Central Highlands 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Polonnaruva 3.0
- Sinharaja Forest 3.0
- Avila 3.0
- Caceres 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Cesky Krumlov 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Elvas 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Vegaøyan 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Paquimé 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Le Havre 3.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Longobards in Italy 3.0
- Lübeck 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Mazagan 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Messel Pit 3.0
- Modena 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0
- Nancy 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- Orange 3.0
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.0
- Pannonhalma 3.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.0
- Peking Man Site 3.0
- Pienza 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Puebla 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Ravenna 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Sintra 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.0
- Torun 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Valletta 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Verona 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Gulf of California 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.0
- Anjar 3.0
- Tyre 3.0
- Byblos 3.0
- Chavin 3.0
- The Prosecco Hills 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Caral-Supe 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Giant's Causeway 3.0
- Champagne 3.0
- Nesvizh 3.0
- Land of Frankincense 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Danube Delta 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- Chan Chan 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.0
- Thingvellir 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.0
- Risco Caido 3.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 3.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.0
- Causses and Cévennes 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 3.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 3.0
- Cape Floral Region 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Lyon 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Pattadakal 3.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.0
- Hiraizumi 3.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Genbaku Dome 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Talayotic Menorca 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.0
- Le Morne 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Phu Phrabat 3.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.0
- Konso 3.0
- Rock Art in the Hail Region 3.0
- Turaif Quarter 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Gordion 3.0
- Çatalhöyük 3.0
- Baroque Churches 3.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.0
- Western Ghats 2.5
- El Escurial 2.5
- Gedeo Cultural landscape 2.5
- Dong Phayayen 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Alcala de Henares 2.5
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 2.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.5
- Ban Chiang 2.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.5
- Vilnius 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Studley Royal Park 2.5
- Rabat 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Volubilis 2.5
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.5
- Tiya 2.5
- Southern Öland 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 2.5
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 2.5
- Bellinzone 2.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.5
- Dacian Fortresses 2.5
- Kii Mountain Range 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Las Medulas 2.5
- Cahokia Mounds 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.5
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.5
- Burgos Cathedral 2.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
- Monastery of Horezu 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5
- Okinoshima Island 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 2.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.5
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Semmering Railway 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Fagus Factory 2.5
- Studenica Monastery 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Schönbrunn 2.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.5
- Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Agrigento 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Holasovice 2.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.5
- Białowieża Forest 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Donana National Park 2.5
- Trang An 2.5
- Kuldiga 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Al Ain 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
- Modernist Kaunas 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Thang Long 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Albi 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.5
- Mount Athos 2.5
- Kerkuane 2.5
- Carthage 2.5
- Bourges Cathedral 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5
- Vézère Valley 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Bordeaux 2.5
- Saint-Emilion 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Medina of Tunis 2.5
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.5
- Beijing Central Axis 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Reichenau 2.5
- Kondoa 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Bali Subak system 2.5
- Ahmadabad 2.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.5
- Fossil Hominid Sites 2.5
- Vredefort Dome 2.5
- Lima 2.5
- Safranbolu 2.5
- Aflaj irrigation system 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Mount Hamiguitan 2.5
- Umm Al-Jimāl 2.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Quseir Amra 2.5
- Um er-Rasas 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Corfu 2.5
- Palmeral of Elche 2.5
- Luang Prabang 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 2.5
- Monticello 2.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Hortobágy 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Mir Castle 2.0
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Cidade Velha 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Corvey 2.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Bahla Fort 2.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 2.0
- Flemish Béguinages 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 2.0
- Rhaetian Railway 2.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 2.0
- Ibiza 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Classical Weimar 2.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 2.0
- Historic Cairo 2.0
- Taos Pueblo 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Banska Stiavnica 2.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 2.0
- Chongoni Rock Art 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Madara Rider 2.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 2.0
- As-Salt 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.0
- Medina Azahara 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Melka Kunture and Balchit 2.0
- Meknes 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Atapuerca 2.0
- Karlskrona 2.0
- Lower Valley of the Omo 2.0
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 2.0
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Himā Cultural area 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Vigan 2.0
- Speyer Cathedral 2.0
- Stari Grad Plain 2.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Tlacotalpan 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- University of Coimbra 2.0
- Van Nellefabriek 2.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Vézelay 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Medina of Tétouan 2.0
- Canterbury 2.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.0
- Medina of Essaouira 2.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.0
- Mammoth Cave 2.0
- Kandy 2.0
- Mafra 2.0
- Campeche 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
- Miguasha National Park 1.5
- Djerba 1.5
- Kernavė 1.5
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 1.5
- The Flow Country 1.5
- Beemster Polder 1.5
- Provins 1.5
- Qalhat 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Aquileia 1.5
- Pearling 1.5
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 1.5
- New Lanark 1.5
- Saltaire 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Forth Bridge 1.5
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5
- Ivrea 1.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5
- Sammallahdenmäki 1.5
- Schokland 1.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 1.5
- Crespi d'Adda 1.5
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 1.5
- Al-Ahsa Oasis 1.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- Dacian Limes 1.0
- Zollverein 1.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 1.0
- Stećci 1.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 1.0
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Blenheim Palace 0.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 0.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
- Völklingen Ironworks 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities
- Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Bar
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Großglockner High Alpine Road
- Etosha Pan
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Thingvellir National Park
- The town of Melnik and the Rozhen Monastery
- Welwitschia Plains
- Volterra
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Rocks of Belogradchik
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski)
- Lake Titicaca
- Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva
- SS. Boris and Gleb (Kalozha) Church in the city of
- Polatsk
- Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries)
- The Lofoten islands
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National
- The Turf House Tradition
- Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Nature Res
- Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago
- The Murge of Altamura
- City of Trujillo
- Chobe Linyanti System
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag
- Habitat troglodytique et le monde des ksour du Sud
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie (Tunisia)
- Sbeïtla
- Pont sur la gorge du Salgina
- Ngwenya Mines
- Jozani - Chwaka Bay
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Fishriver Canyon
- Historical city of Izamal
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Lake Tana Island Monasteries and the Adjacent Wetl
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Plovdiv
- City of Motovun
- Las Pozas, Xilitla
- Okavango Delta
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
- Makgadikgadi Pans Landscape
- Sarajevo
- Negotinske Pivnice
- Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Khor Dubai
- Djerdap National Park
- Oasis de Gabes
- The Central Slave and Ivory Trade Route
- Cetinje Historic Core
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi
- Central Park
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- Amalienborg and its district
- Primošten Vineyards
- Karstic caves in prehistoric Apulia
- Edifices for Worship of Fortress Type in Belarus,
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- White Sands National Monument
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Chott El Jerid
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus
- Leuven
- The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce
- Mining Historical Heritage
- Trowulan - Former Capital City of Majapahit Kingdo
- Abraj Al-Kuwait
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi
- Médina de Sfax
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Grand Trunk Road sites
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Reviews by Svein Elias

Salines de Pedra de Lume (On tentative list)
Salines de Pedra de Lume

Turaif Quarter (Inscribed)
Turaif Quarter
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Northern Martinique (Inscribed)
Northern Martinique
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Tomioka Silk Mill (Inscribed)
Tomioka Silk Mill
It’s satisfying being positively surprised by a site, like we did on one of this lesser-known sub site of Tomioka Silk Mill!
According to our Japan quest of July …

Shiretoko (Inscribed)
Shiretoko
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Shirakami-Sanchi (Inscribed)
Shirakami-Sanchi
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Mana Pools (Inscribed)
Mana Pools
Zimbabwe has been on our radar since we started visiting sub-Sahara Africa some years ago. Late September '23 we realized the trip.
Our trip was a road trip starting …

Jomon Prehistoric Sites (Inscribed)
Jomon Prehistoric Sites
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As our first goal …

Amami-Oshima Island (Inscribed)
Amami-Oshima Island
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By rental car the toll road highway …

Richtersveld (Inscribed)
Richtersveld
This site defines why I’m in this “game”! Totally remote and so different from my home environment! It’s the feeling of being on another planet! It’s just awesome!
Richtersveld …

Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (Inscribed)
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains world heritage site is in the northeast corner of South Africa bordering northwest Eswatini. There are several reserves in the area and the world heritage site is …

Mapungubwe (Inscribed)
Mapungubwe
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Serengeti (Inscribed)
Serengeti
The plain of Serengeti has been a myth to me since childhood. I loved watching these wild and dangerous animals on TV. Now it was my turn to explore it …

Selous Game Reserve (Inscribed)
Selous Game Reserve
Continuing our southern roundtrip in the south, our guide took us from Kilwa Masoko to Kibiti (about 180 km) on the B2 road before turning west. On the map it …

Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and S… (Inscribed)
Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara
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Les Mausolées Royaux de Numid… (On tentative list)
Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie (Tunisia)
On our April tour of Tunisia, we wanted to visit several TWHS’, but there wasn’t time in our schedule to visit them all. Thus, we had to choose between the …

Sbeïtla (On tentative list)
Sbeïtla
Sbeïtla is located slightly south of the center of northern Tunisia, as the countries map visually divides in two by the vast salt pan of Chott el Jerid. It’s on …

Habitat troglodytique et le m… (On tentative list)
Habitat troglodytique et le monde des ksour du Sud
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Djerba (Inscribed)
Djerba
On our Tunisia journey this April, we visited the island of Djerba. Visiting all the country’s WHS’ we wanted to add on a visit the only site which will supposedly …

Karstic caves in prehistoric … (On tentative list)
Karstic caves in prehistoric Apulia
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