I visited Nara as a full day trip from Kyoto in November 2024. I got first glimpse of the WHS already from the train as the train tracks pass through …
Tony H.
Member since March 2010
#271 197 47
I got interested of World Heritage Sites when I first learned about them as a teenager back in the early 2000's. For me it was funny that in my home country of Finland there was an old factory that was protected by the UNESCO and it made me more curious of what World Heritage Sites were about.
Nowadays I try to visit as many sites as I can during my travels but I don't plan my trips just around WHS collecting. But the WHS collecting has brought me to places I would have never visited otherwise, and even if those random sites aren't the most spectacular, the journey and experience to visit e.g. a tiny wooden Slovak church in a remote small village feels even more special.
My travels have so far concentrated on Europe and Asia, but hopefully in the future there will be more visits to the Americas and Africa.
My most impressive site: Great Pyramids of Giza, Old City of Jerusalem, Taj Mahal
Recent Visits
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20May 26, 2025Holasovice, Kutna Hora
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20March 25, 2025Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau, Works of Antoni Gaudí
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20Jan. 5, 2025Plantin-Moretus Museum, The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
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About Tony H.
- First name
- Tony
- Member since
- March 2010
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #271
- WHS
- 197
- Tentative Sites
- 47
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 43
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Vienna 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Ephesus 5.0
- Mountain Railways of India 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Nemrut Dag 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Ancient Nara 4.5
- Imperial Palace 4.5
- Riga 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Dolomites 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- L'viv 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Giant's Causeway 4.5
- Upper Svaneti 4.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.5
- Prambanan 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Hegra 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Nancy 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Rhaetian Railway 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Summer Palace 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Curonian Spit 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Gelati Monastery 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 4.0
- Beijing Central Axis 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Acropolis 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Mostar 3.5
- Old City of Acre 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Warsaw 3.5
- Borobudur 3.5
- Persian Garden 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.5
- Banska Stiavnica 3.5
- Boyana Church 3.5
- Vlkolinec 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Troy 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- Ohrid Region 3.0
- Nikko 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Bethlehem 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Anuradhapura 3.0
- Göbekli Tepe 3.0
- Golestan Palace 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Monastery of Geghard 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- My Son 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Hoi An 3.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Çatalhöyük 3.0
- Hattusha 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Selimiye Mosque 3.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Białowieża Forest 3.0
- Québec 3.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Drottningholm 2.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.5
- Mtskheta 2.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Statue of Liberty 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Kinderdijk 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
- Genbaku Dome 2.5
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Belem 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Bryggen 2.0
- Nesvizh 2.0
- Mir Castle 2.0
- Kandy 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.0
- Turaif Quarter 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Erbil Citadel 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Grand Canal 2.0
- Thessalonika 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Bali Subak system 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- The Persian Qanat 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Lower German Limes 1.5
- Schokland 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Persian Caravanserai 1.0
Tentative Sites
- St. Paul Church
- The Memorial of Chatam Sófer
- Aalto Works
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Lalish Temple
- Orheiul Vechi
- Ancient Kamakura
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road
- The Underground Water Structures in Gaziantep; Liv
- The Underground Wineries of Moldova
- Møns Klint
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Hejaz Railway
- Amalienborg and its district
- Mattanchery Palace
- Historic Town of Beypazarı
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Kosice
- Yıldız Palace Complex
- Srirangapatna
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Lake Tuz
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Tbilisi Historic District
- The historic urban site of Počitelj
- Haci Bayram District
- 198 30
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Reviews by Tony H.


Ancient Kyoto (Inscribed)
Ancient Kyoto
The amount of locations this WHS has might seem first very overwhelming. Which ones to visit when you have only limited time in Kyoto? Especially when considering how much other …
The State of the Pyrenees (Part of Nomination)
The State of the Pyrenees
I visited Andorra as a day trip from Barcelona in March 2025. The 7 hours I had in the country were enough to visit 2 of the locations of this …
Creation of the Co-Principali… (Part of Nomination)
Creation of the Co-Principality of Andorra
I visited Andorra as a day trip from Barcelona in March 2025. The 7 hours I had in the country were enough to visit 2 of the locations of this …

Itsukushima Shrine (Inscribed)
Itsukushima Shrine
I visited Itsukushima island as a day trip from Hiroshima in November 2024. Even on an average Friday morning the local train from Hiroshima to Miyajimaguchi's ferry port was packed …

Genbaku Dome (Inscribed)
Genbaku Dome
I visited Genbaku Dome in November 2024. Despite the sunny and warm weather, my mind wasn't sunny. A heavy feeling will land on you when you approach the ruins of …

Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)
Rietveld Schröderhuis
I was visiting Utrecht University back in 2010 and to get to the university from my accommodation I cycled past Rietveld Schröderhuis daily. Unfortunately I didn't have time to visit …

Beijing Central Axis (Inscribed)
Beijing Central Axis
Visited in June 2024 just before the site was added to the WH list. On this review I will focus on the parts of the axis that are not inscribed …

Lower German Limes (Inscribed)
Lower German Limes
I visited in April 2024 the DOMunder experience in Utrecht. Like previous reviewer has explained, you get to go under the Domplein square to explore with flashlights the ruins of …

Summer Palace (Inscribed)
Summer Palace
I visited the Summer Palace in June 2024. The palace is located at the outskirts of Beijing so going there by public transport takes some time. I took the subway …

Beemster Polder (Inscribed)
Beemster Polder
I visited the Beemster polder in April 2024 and April might be the best month to do it as you get to see the stereotypical tulip fields in full bloom …

Imperial Palace (Inscribed)
Imperial Palace
I visited the Forbidden City in June 2024. You need to buy the tickets for the palace beforehand online. I did it through the official site and had no problems …

Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
I visited in June 2024 the section of the Grand Canal that is located in central Beijing. The inscribed part there consists mostly of Houhai, Qianhai and Xihai lakes, collectively …

Mausoleum of the First Qin Em… (Inscribed)
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Visited in June 2024. As most visitors, we also visited only the Terracotta Army during our visit to Xi'an and skipped the actual mausoleum site. We arrived to the Terracotta …

Temple of Heaven (Inscribed)
Temple of Heaven
I made my first trip to China in June 2024 and Temple of Heaven got the honour of being my first World Heritage Site in China. And what a fantastic …

Eisinga Planetarium (Inscribed)
Eisinga Planetarium
Visited in April 2024. What a fun little site! That was my initial reaction after visiting the Eise Eisinga Planetarium. Sites like these make the World Heritage hunting worthwhile. I'm …

Colonies of Benevolence (Inscribed)
Colonies of Benevolence
I visited in April 2024 the town of Frederiksoord. I parked my car to the Museum de Proefkolonie which was going through renovations at the time but the museum and …

Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan… (Inscribed)
Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
Visited in June 2024. For such a grand serial site, the Silk Road, it's a shame that I only had time to visit one component of it in Xi'an: the …

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (Inscribed)
Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
The odd name of this WHS has always intrigued me so I was very happy to finally visit Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal in April 2024. The parking lot of the steam …

Schokland (Inscribed)
Schokland
Visited in April 2024. I arrived to the parking lot of the Schokland Museum on a drizzly and grey Thursday. As I expected there wasn't many other cars parked there …