Sights & hidden gems
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Castles, lakes, ruins and hidden corners – researched, backed by sources and on a map that shows you what is close by.
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Kunětice Mountain Castle
Kunětice Mountain Castle stands on the highest hill of the plain outside Pardubice. Once the fortress of a Hussite leader and burned down in…
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Alberca de Los Espinos
In the crater of an inactive volcano in Michoacán lies a lake up to 29 metres deep that changes colour with the seasons: brownish…
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Danube-Auen National Park
Between Vienna and the Slovak border, the Danube still flows freely through one of the largest largely intact floodplain landscapes in Central Europe. The…
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Wellspring Church
A nave like a folded tent: in Englewood near Denver, 22 prestressed concrete half-arches form the church, with stained-glass windows in between that were…
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Sedlitzer See
Where the Sedlitz opencast mine once extracted lignite, the largest lake of the Lusatian Lake District now lies. Swimming has been allowed since April…
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Hainer See
South of Leipzig, Hainer See fills the pit of a lignite mine that two villages had to make way for. Today its shores offer…
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