Aksel's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Aksel

Travelled & worked in 5 continents. Drove by 4x4 from UlanBataar Mongolia back home to The Netherlands, via Pamir Highway and Turkmenistan. Also explored a dozen African countries overland.

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Places visited in Yazd, Iran

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Places visited in Botswana

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Places edited in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Orkney, Scotland

Brough of Birsay

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

wmorden

Added by wmorden

Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France

Pont de Gau Ornithological Park

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

marieg

Added by marieg

Aigues-Mortes, France

Salin Aigues-Mortes

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

SamM

Salses-le-Château, France

Château de Salses

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

luispachon007

Added by luispachon007

Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain

Tres Xemeneies (Three Chimneys)

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

HarrisonB

Added by HarrisonB

Cape Town, South Africa

The Most Southwestern Point of Africa

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Mid Clyth, Scotland

Hill O' Many Stanes

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Alt Duwisib, Namibia

Duwisib Castle

A German “baron” built this castle for his wife, but their romance was short-lived.

Aksel

Arnhem, Netherlands

Nederlands Openluchtmuseum

This large open-air museum showcases the ordinary lives of the people of the Netherlands and pre-industrial crafts and practices.

Added by dczippy

Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Netherlands

Laagste Punt van Nederland (Lowest Point in the Netherlands)

A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Schokland, Netherlands

Schokland

The struggle of a small Dutch island against the sea.

Added by curiositynl

Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, Netherlands

Veenmuseum

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

Added by pauljonkerhoffren

The Hague, Netherlands

Het Rariteiten Kabinet

Strange secondhand shop showcasing taxidermy and oddies

Maastricht, Netherlands

St. Pietersberg Caves

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

serflac

Added by serflac

Valkenburg, Netherlands

Kasteelruine Fluweelengrot

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

Rubezahl

Added by Rubezahl

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Normaal Amsterdams Peil (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum)

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Waag

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Added by stevekorver

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Homomonument

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Gnojna Góra (Dung Hill Lookout Point)

Catch a scenic view of Warsaw's Old Town from the top of a centuries-old dumping ground.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Tchorek Plaques

These plaques found across Warsaw commemorate the sites where executions or battles took place during the German occupation.

katielou106

Added by katielou106

Warsaw Uprising Monument

A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Warsaw Gasworks Museum

Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.

Added by dominikvifian

Karlovy Vary, Czechia

Karl Marx Monument

A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

lostlara

Added by lostlara