Juha Sjoeblom

Member since May 2012

#281 192 38 7

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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    Sept. 16, 2024
    Çatalhöyük, Gordion, Safranbolu, Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia
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    2
    Jan. 1, 2024
    Visit nominated site: Aalto Works, Central Park
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    1
    Jan. 1, 2020
    Trakai Historical National Park

About Juha Sjoeblom

Member since
May 2012
Country of Origin
None
Visits
Rank
#281
WHS
192
Tentative Sites
38
Website Participation
Reviews
28
Ratings

Ratings

World Heritage Sites
Tentative Sites
190 14
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Reviews by Juha Sjoeblom

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Tiya by Juha Sjoeblom

Tiya (Inscribed)

Tiya

Site visited April 2015. The small and puzzling site of Tiya left me with mixed feelings. For me it was the first taste of Ethiopia and as such it was …

Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk by Juha Sjoeblom

Cultural Landscape of Canyon … (On tentative list)

Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk

Site visited July 2013. Kamyanets-Podilsky was a pleasant surprise. This site really deserves to be inscribed. It is not to be missed if you travel in Western Ukraine.

Kamyanets-Podilsky is …

Tauric Chersonese by Juha Sjoeblom

Tauric Chersonese (Inscribed)

Tauric Chersonese

Site visited June 2013. I visited this site when Crimea was still under Ukrainian rule. It has been inscribed just a few days earlier.

Chersonese or Chersonesus is an ancient …

Kasbah of Algiers by Juha Sjoeblom

Kasbah of Algiers (Inscribed)

Kasbah of Algiers

Site visited January 2014. I’ve always been intrigued by the Kasbah of Algiers so I looked forward to visit it. I wanted to see if it lives up to its …

M'Zab Valley by Juha Sjoeblom

M'Zab Valley (Inscribed)

M'Zab Valley

Site visited December 2013. My visit to M'Zab Valley WHS could be categorized ’nearly missed’ due to the riots that took place in Ghardaïa that time. But I consider it …

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi by Juha Sjoeblom

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasa… (Inscribed)

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

Site visited April 2014. The grandiose Timurid era mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is the highlight of Kazakhstan and also one of the highlights in Central Asia.

I flew from …

Sulaiman-Too by Juha Sjoeblom

Sulaiman-Too (Inscribed)

Sulaiman-Too

Site visited April 2014. Osh was the last stop on my tour in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. In Osh I wanted to see what the Sulaiman-Too or Sulayman Mountain is all …

Stećci  by Juha Sjoeblom

Stećci (Inscribed)

Stećci

Site visited July 2016. I visited two newly inscribed stećci sites in Serbia, Mramorje – Rastište and Mramorje – Perućac. Both sites are quite near each other in the vicinity …

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