Curiosities in Europe

A total of 168 curiosities is found.

The Little Mermaid

Kopenhagen, Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about her, Disney produced the movie, and Copenhagen maintains a statue in her honour. The Little Mermaid continues to be the most popular tourist attraction in Denmark and one of the most photographed...

Culzean Castle

Maybole, Scotland

With its dramatic clifftop setting, Robert Adam architecture, fascinating history and beautiful surroundings, it's easy to see why Culzean Castle is one of Scotland’s most popular visitor attractions. Surrounded by Culzean Country Park, an...

Hôtel National des Invalides

Paris, France

Des Invalides in France enjoy a great reputation, not only because the building, restaurant, hotel and museum is an extension of the Eiffel Tower. In Des Invalides, the war museum is housed. Single tickets (including audio) are available for 8...

Royal Palace

Oslo, Norway

The Royal Palace is situated on a rise, the Bellevue, at one end of Oslo’s main thoroughfare, Karl Johans gate. The Royal Palace is one of the country’s most important buildings, and a concrete symbol of the course of Norwegian history since...

Palacio Real

Madrid, Spain

Palacio Real (Royal Palace) is the former royal residence that houses a fantastic collection of paintings (Velázquez, Caravaggio and Goya), sculptures, furniture, tapestries, glassware, gold and silverware, medals, porcelain and musical...

Paleis Het Loo

Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

In the heart of the Netherlands, on the outskirts of Apeldoorn, is the 300 year old Palace Het Loo. Since 1984, this former royal palace after a thorough restoration open to the public. The sumptuously decorated rooms reflect three centuries of...

Les Rochers Sculptés

Saint Malo, France

The Sculptured Rocks (in French: Les Rochers sculptés the Rotheneuf) are a relatively unknown attraction in France. It is a remarkably large area, close to the sea. The rocks are human figures, carved as realistic as fairytale. This gives an...

Palais Royal

Paris, France

Palais-Royal is a former royal palace and garden in Paris. Today, the Ministry of Culture and the French Council of State is housed in the palace.

Het Vasa Museum

Stockholm, Sweden

The Vasa is the world's only surviving ship from the 17th century. More than 95 percent of the ship has been preserved, and decorated with hundreds of carved images Vasa is a unique art treasure, and one of the main tourist attractions in the...

Klooster van Gelati

Kutaisi, Georgia

The Gelati Monastery or Monastery of the Virgin at Gelati is a monastery near the city of Kutaisi in western Georgia. The Eastern Orthodox monastery was built by the King of Georgia David the Builder (1089-1125) in 1106. The Gelati was one of...

Berkelpoort

Valkenburg, The Netherlands

The Berkel Gate in Valkenburg is situated in the Western part of the city wall and is about 600 years old. The gate gave access to the city and was well guarded by watchmen. This was necessary because there were many enemy attacks. The name...

Grunewaldturm

Berlin, Germany

The Grunewald Tower on the Havel offers a wonderful view over the Havel idyllic landscape. The building of red brick from 1897, build for the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Emperor Wilhelm I by the municipality of Teltow. The monumental...

Old royal naval college

London, England

The Old Royal Naval College grew up on the site of the Tudor Palace in Greenwich, where Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born. William and Mary commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design the present buildings in 1695 to house naval pensioners, and...

Royal botanic gardens

London, England

Kew Gardens is a world heritage site located in 121 hectares of stunning vistas and 6 magnificent glasshouses set in a beautiful landscape beside the river Thames between Richmond and Kew in south-west London. This once royal residence represents...

Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand

Berlin, Germany

Die Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand im sogenannten Bendlerblock im südlichen »Tiergarten erinnert an den Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus. Zentrum der Gedenkstätte ist der Ehrenhof, in dem die Widerstandskämpfer am 20. Juli 1944...

Gedenkstätte Plötzensee

Berlin, Germany

The Plötzensee Memorial Center commemorating the victims of National Socialism is a site of quiet remembrance. From 1933 to 1945, nearly three thousand people unjustly sentenced to death by the National Socialist judiciary were executed here....

Klooster Descalzas Reales

Madrid, Spain

The Monastery of the Descalzas Reales ( translated : Royal Barefoot Nuns ) is the most complete 16th - century building in Madrid and accommodates up to this day a monastic community . It was originally built as a palace for Alonso Gutierrez ,...

St. Laurence

Hilmarton, England

The Church of St. Laurence in the parish town Hilmarton, England, is a beautiful church in the British countryside, but is best known for possessing a rare first edition of the King James Bible of 1611.

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