Jan-Willem

Member since April 2014

#162 275 79 0

Every now and then, I like to learn about the world just by seeing it :)  But no big fan of long flights, so it's mostly done by road tripping.

Recent Visits
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    June 4, 2025
    Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
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    Oct. 3, 2024
    Atapuerca
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    Oct. 3, 2024
    Burgos Cathedral
Top 10 Missing
  1. Angkor 4.71
  2. Galapagos Islands 4.62
  3. Machu Picchu 4.62
  4. Petra 4.60
  5. Pyramids (Memphis) 4.50
  6. Rapa Nui 4.49
  7. Victoria Falls 4.48
  8. Yellowstone 4.48
  9. Tikal National Park 4.46
  10. Bagan 4.44
Completed Countries
  • No countries completed yet.

About Jan-Willem

Member since
April 2014
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#162
WHS
275
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79
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Reviews by Jan-Willem

Curtea de Arges Churches by Jan-Willem

Curtea de Arges Churches (On tentative list)

Curtea de Arges Churches

I guess most WHS travellers take interest in knowing a bit about the history of the sites they visit, and you can’t visit Romania, without understanding a little bit about …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 27/12/24
Cathedral of Gurk by Jan-Willem

Cathedral of Gurk (Removed from tentat…)

Cathedral of Gurk

We visited the Burg Hochosterwitz (also TWHS) and the Dom of Gurk by taking a little detour between Graz and the Hohe Tauern park. Gurk is a small town with …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 20/12/24
Atapuerca by Jan-Willem

Atapuerca (Inscribed)

Atapuerca

The last reviews date already from some years ago, so I thought: ‘why not add a new impression?’, because I was very lucky to have a different way to enjoy …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 15/11/24
Ancares - Somiedo by Jan-Willem

Ancares - Somiedo (On tentative list)

Ancares - Somiedo

I hesitated a bit before writing this contribution, because I do not have a lot to tell. And I’m only doing it, because there’s no other review for this TWHS, …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 05/11/24
Kuressaare Fortress by Jan-Willem

Kuressaare Fortress (On tentative list)

Kuressaare Fortress

Kuressaara Fortress (or Episcopal Castle) is a well-restored fortress outside the lovely town of Kuressaara. If I understand well, even though many restorations have taken place, the basic structure still …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 09/09/24
Eocene Marine Biodiversity of the Alpone Valley by Jan-Willem

Eocene Marine Biodiversity of… (On tentative list)

Eocene Marine Biodiversity of the Alpone Valley

Originally planned for 2020, you can guess why we had to postpone our road trip through Northern Italy to 2021. But that gave us the opportunity to add the new …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 05/08/24
Site of the Schöningen Spears by Jan-Willem

Site of the Schöningen Spears (On tentative list)

Site of the Schöningen Spears

A road trip from Holland to Berlin was already planned last weekend and that was a good opportunity to make a stop to view the Schöningen spears, as they just …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 01/05/24
Colonies of Benevolence by Els Slots

Colonies of Benevolence (Inscribed)

Colonies of Benevolence

I was in Frederiksoord just two weeks ago. It's certainly not very spectacular to see, but I found the story behind it very interesting. I may be a bit biased …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 05/08/21
Dacian Fortresses by Jan-Willem

Dacian Fortresses (Inscribed)

Dacian Fortresses

Visited Sarmizegetusa Regia and Piatra Rosie in 2016 during a 4-night stay in the Pensiunea Ulpia Traiana in Sarmizegetusa, which - as the name may already indicate, has the Roman …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 02/09/19
Mandu by Jan-Willem

Mandu (On tentative list)

Mandu

Visited this ghost city during a trip in December 1989. Nobody seemed to take care of the place back then. The area was open, and no fees needed to be …

Keep reading Jan-Willem 15/07/19
Rjukan / Notodden by Jan-Willem

Rjukan / Notodden (Inscribed)

Rjukan / Notodden

I visited this site in August 2015, together with a friend who lived in Norway then, and I haven't much to add to Els's review about the WHS itself.

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Keep reading Jan-Willem 06/05/19