The windmills of Kinderdijk are the most famous Dutch landscape on Earth, 19 beautifully preserved 18th-century windmills lined up along the canals of the Alblasserwaard polder near Rotterdam, forming a UNESCO World heritage site that is the single strongest image of the Netherlands in the global imagination. More than just a photo opportunity, Kinderdijk is […]
Categories: Netherlands, Sights
Slovak Karst National Park protects the largest karst landscape in Central Europe, a UNESCO World heritage area of limestone plateaus, deep gorges, and over 1,100 documented caves on the Slovak-Hungarian border, including several of Europe’s most extraordinary accessible show caves. This 346 km² park is the Slovak half of the transboundary Aggtelek Karst protected area […]
Categories: National Parks, Nature, Nature, Slovakia