Site visited July 2013. I stopped by Chernivtsi for two days on my way from Lviv to Moldova. I didn't know what to expect about this off the beaten track …
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
- #281
- WHS
- 192
- Tentative Sites
- 38
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 28
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Istanbul 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Samarkand 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Simien National Park 5.0
- Lalibela 5.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 5.0
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 5.0
- Bukhara 5.0
- Acropolis 4.5
- Medina of Fez 4.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.5
- Itchan Kala 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Baalbek 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Grand Canal 4.5
- Çatalhöyük 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Caral-Supe 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Pergamon 4.0
- Longmen Grottoes 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- M'Zab Valley 4.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 4.0
- Djémila 4.0
- Aphrodisias 4.0
- Timgad 4.0
- Byblos 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Wudang Mountains 4.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 4.0
- Chavin 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Trier 4.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Tyre 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Dengfeng 3.5
- Persian Garden 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Haghpat and Sanahin 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Statue of Liberty 3.5
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.5
- Trogir 3.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Syracuse 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Tauric Chersonese 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Stećci 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Burgos Cathedral 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Carthage 3.0
- Studenica Monastery 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Delos 3.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 3.0
- Drottningholm 3.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Urnes Stave Church 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Medina of Essaouira 3.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Meknes 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Monastery of Geghard 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Ohrid Region 3.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.0
- Mtskheta 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Anjar 3.0
- Bauhaus Sites 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Jelling 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Tipasa 2.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 2.5
- Rjukan / Notodden 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Sheki 2.5
- Shakhrisyabz 2.5
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 2.5
- Riga 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Sulaiman-Too 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- Atapuerca 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Curonian Spit 2.5
- Kasbah of Algiers 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Yin Xu 2.5
- Birka and Hovgarden 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Zollverein 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Stari Grad Plain 2.0
- Um er-Rasas 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Golestan Palace 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Tiya 1.5
- Mir Castle 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

Residence of Bukovinian & Dal… (Inscribed)
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans

Stari Ras and Sopocani (Inscribed)
Stari Ras and Sopocani
Site visited July 2016. Stari Ras and Sopoćani is generally least known and visited among the six Yugoslavian sites which were inscribed in 1979. Although the name makes you think …

Djémila (Inscribed)
Djémila
Site visited December 2013. The Arabic name of the ancient Roman city of Cuicul is Djémila which means ”beautiful”. The site really matches its newer name because it is probably …

The historical surroundings o… (On tentative list)
The historical surroundings of Crimean Khans' capi
I visited this site during my tour of Ukraine on July 2013. The former capital of Crimean Khanate with its diverse cultural sites and great sceneries made a good impression …

Timgad (Inscribed)
Timgad
Site visited December 2013. Timgad is the largest and arguably the best of the Roman archaeological sites of Algeria. I think it is also one of top three Roman sites …

Pasargadae (Inscribed)
Pasargadae
Site visited December 2015. Although this first capital of Achaemenid Empire may feel dull and empty compared to Persepolis, it is still an interesting place to visit.
Getting to …

Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e R… (On tentative list)
Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
Site visited December 2015. This compact site is easy to dismiss only as a usual side trip from nearby Persepolis. The monumental necropolis of Persian kings with numerous rock reliefs …

Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (On tentative list)
Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
Site visited January 2016. Armenian monastery of St. Amenaprkich or ’Vank Cathedral’ is the latest architectural sight of Isfahan added to the tentative list and yet again an Armenian heritage …

Pergamon (Inscribed)
Pergamon
To be such a late inscription Pergamon is an impressive, diverse and large site. And hordes of tourists haven’t yet discovered it which makes it enjoyable site to visit. Compared …

Qadisha Valley (Inscribed)
Qadisha Valley
Site visited March 2019. Qadisha Valley was the site that I looked forward the most in Lebanon after Baalbek. And it didn’t disappoint my expectations. During my hike I visited …

Qhapaq Ñan (Inscribed)
Qhapaq Ñan
Site visited April 2018. I visited five inscribed sites of the Peruvian section of the Andean road network.
This WHS all about roads and archaeological sites associated with them. …

Caral-Supe (Inscribed)
Caral-Supe
Site visited April 2018. For me getting to the World Heritage Site of Caral turned out to be agony and race against time but in the end it won over …

Chavin (Inscribed)
Chavin
Site visited April 2018. After some more touristy sites in Peru, visiting Chavín was a pure pleasure: no crowds, souvenir sellers, touts and high entrance fees – just greenery, fresh …

Rjukan / Notodden (Inscribed)
Rjukan / Notodden
Site visited April 2017. Rjukan – Notodden industrial heritage site is located in the beautiful Norwegian landscape. Sometimes I found the landscapes more interesting than the industrial values. This site …

Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
Site visited April 2017. I visited four inscribed sites of this WHS, three granaries and one proper stretch of the actual canal.
At first, when I planned my trip to …

Wudang Mountains (Inscribed)
Wudang Mountains
Site visited April 2017. Wudang Mountains was one of the biggest highlights of my first trip to China which covered eight World Heritage Sites. This site offered vast area of …

Dengfeng (Inscribed)
Dengfeng
Site visited April 2017. The historic monuments of the city of Dengfeng was a pleasant experience. There were absolutely the smallest amount of visitors among the sites that I have …

Sheki (Inscribed)
Sheki
Site visited October 2014. While the majority of tourists in Azerbaijan may not go outside the area of Baku, Sheki is an excellent reason to go there. It is a …

Masjed-e Jâme' (Inscribed)
Masjed-e Jâme'
Site visited January 2016. The great city of Isfahan is full of marvellous sights. Imam Square and the famous bridges are usually in the center of attention. Congregational mosque Masjed-e …

Simien National Park (Inscribed)
Simien National Park
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 …