Orange sunset over Lake Geneva in Switzerland
Sunset over Lake Geneva – Switzerland
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Nam Khan River – Luang Prabang – Laos
Nam Khan River in Luang Prabang, Laos
View over Split – Croatia
View over the Croatian city of Split, located in Dalmatia, on the shore of the Adriatic Sea. This photo shows the city center with the Riva promenade and the bell tower of the Cathedral of St. Duje, next to Diocletian's Palace, built by the Roman emperor Diocletian in the fourth century AD. In 1979, the historic city center of Split was included in the UNESCO world heritage list.
Windmill at Kinderdijk – Netherlands
The windmills at Kinderdijk, close to Rotterdam, are one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Netherlands. The group of 19 windmills was built around 1740 to drain the water from the polder (low-lying land) and constitutes the largest group of windmills in the Netherlands. All of the windmills are still in operating condition and inhabited, except for one which is open to visitors. The mill network at Kinderdijk-Elshout is a UNESCO world heritage site since 1997.
Lund Cathedral – Lund – Sweden
The cathedral of Lund in Southern Sweden is an important Lutheran cathedral dating back to the 12th century. Construction began around 1080 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1145, making it the first church in Scandinavia to have an archbishop. One of the most important features of the cathedral is its astronomical clock, the Horologium mirabile Lundense, dating from around 1424, that still plays twice a day. The cathedral's crypt is famous for its many pillars, one of which is embraced by the statue of a man. According to legend, it is Finn the Giant, who built the cathedral and turned to stone.
