September 25, 2010
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Hoge Veluwe National Park is the Netherlands’ largest and most diverse protected area — a stunning 5,400-hectare mosaic of heathland, shifting sand dunes, and ancient woodland in the province of Gelderland that contains one of the world’s great art collections inside the park: the Kröller-Müller Museum, home to the second-largest collection of Van Gogh paintings […]
Tags: art-and-architecture, conservation-area, continuous-nature, dune-areas, gelderland, heathland, heathlands, hoge-veluwe-national-park, last-ice-age, nationaal-park-de-hoge-veluwe, national-park, nature, nature-art, nature-reserves, netherlands, peat-bogs, plants-and-animals, private-hands, sand-dune, sculpture-garden, sint-hubertus, terminal-moraine
Categories: Nature, Netherlands
July 29, 2010
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Glen Coe – a narrow valley with towering mountains on either side | Scotland, UK Updated: January 7, 2020 | By Claire | More In the Scotland Highlands, you will find the popular Glen Coe. Many people insist that the coe is perhaps one of the most beautiful locations in the entire country. The area […]
Tags: beautiful-places, ben-nevis, boulders, cauldron, committee-area, countless-visitors, county-of-argyll, giant-glacier, glen-coe, glencoe, grandeur, highlands-of-scotland, kilometers, landscape, last-ice-age, main-entrance, main-settlement, meall, moor, national-scenic-area, nature, northwesterly-direction, places-in-scotland, precipitous-mountains, river-coe, rock-climbers, rock-face, scotland, scotland-highlands, scotland-united, silurian-period, staircase, super-volcano, towering-mountains, united-kingdom, waterfalls
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 23, 2010
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Pen y Fan – the highest peak in South Wales, United Kingdom Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More The 886 meter tall Pen y Fan can be found within the borders of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Running from east to west, the summit is parts of a small ridge that starts […]
Tags: brecon-beacons, brecon-beacons-national-park, britain-south, coal-miner, corn, devonian-era, dunford, endurance-test, erosion, fan-dance, food-rations, gentle-ridge, highest-peak, last-ice-age, memorial-obelisk, merthyr-tydfil, military-recruits, military-training, missing-child, mountain, mountain-slopes, national-trust, nature, nine-days, pen-y-fan, rhondda, rigorous-test, sandstone, sea-level, selection-processes, snowdonia, snowdonia-mountain-range, south-wales, subsidiary, summit, talybont-reservoir, twin-summits, united-kingdom, wales-uk, work-parties
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
June 3, 2010
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Ritten Earth Pillars – natural pyramids in Italy Updated: December 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of the sleepy little village of Ritten which is located in the South Tyrol region of Italy, you will find some of the most amazing, naturally occurring pillars that can be dated back to more than […]
Tags: alps, boulders, centuries, countless-tourists, earth-pyramids, enchantment, glacial-erosion, glacier, italy, laltopiano, laltopiano-del-renon, last-ice-age, le-piramidi-di-terra-del-renon, legends, nature, pillar, pillars, region-of-italy, remnants, ritten, ritten-earth-pillars, rocks, similar-sites, south-tirol, south-tyrol, tyrol-region, weathering-processes
Categories: Italy, Nature
May 27, 2010
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Lake Königssee – a must see place in Berchtesgaden National Park | Germany Updated: February 27, 2020 | By Claire | More Located in the southeastern portion of Germany, where you will find the nation’s border with Austria, you will also find the majestic Lake Königssee. For the most part, the lake is situated within […]
Tags: ascents, berchtesgaden-national-park, cannon, deepest-lake, flugelhorn, future-generations, germany, glacial-erosion, hiking-trails, konigsee, lake, last-ice-age, majestic-lake, mountain-climbers, nature, northern-europe, parkland, rock-faces, safety-reasons, seven-times, sheer-rock, southeastern-portion, trumpet, watzmann-mountains
Categories: Germany, Nature
May 23, 2010
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Liechtenstein Gorge – one of the most beautiful gorges in Alpine region | Austria Updated: March 1, 2020 | By Claire | More When it comes to the Alps, there are countless gorges that can be found throughout the entire mountain range. However many people consider one of the most beautiful and of course the […]
Tags: 10-million, admission-fees, alpine-mountains, alpine-region, altitudes, austria, austrian-alps, breathtaking-beauty, bridges, centuries, countless-gorges, glaciers, gruber, heather, hundreds-of-years, last-ice-age, liechtenstein, liechtenstein-gorge, map, narrow-gorge, narrow-slit, natural-beauty, natural-phenomenon, nature, prince-of-liechtenstein, salzburg, sea-level, sturdy-boots, walkways, warm-clothes, wildwater, world-today
Categories: Austria, Nature
