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


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