On Passports
WHS displayed on national passports
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Abbey of St Gall | On Swiss passport version 2003, on page 24 | |
| Alto Douro | Portuguese passport | |
| Angra do Heroismo | Portuguese passport | |
| Bagerhat | Bangladesh passport (Shat Gombuj mosque) | |
| Belem | Portuguese passport (Belém Tower) | |
| Belfries | "Inside of Passport version 2008 shows town halls of capitals" | |
| Bellinzone | On Swiss passport version 2003, on page 28 | |
| Blenheim Palace | For anti counterfeiting reasons UK Passports contain pages overprinted with pictures of Blenheim Palace: Fountain in Gardens (Pages 5 + 28) | |
| Brugge | The Belgian passport has pictures of the city halls of the provinces' capital cities, including Bruges. | |
| Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur | Bangladesh passport | |
| China Danxia | Chinese passport: Guangdong -> Danxia | |
| Classical Gardens of Suzhou | Chinese passport: Jiangsu -> Suzhou Gardens | |
| Coa Valley and Siega Verde | Coa Valley on Portuguese passport | |
| Convent of Christ in Tomar | Portuguese passport | |
| Dorset and East Devon Coast | For anti counterfeiting reasons UK Passports contain pages overprinted with pictures of the Dorset Coast (Durdle Door) (Pages 17 + 43) | |
| Elvas | Portuguese passport | |
| Evora | Portuguese passport | |
| Fujisan | Japan's new passport - to be released in 2020 - will have artists impressions of the 36 views of Mt. Fuji. | |
| Giant's Causeway | For anti counterfeiting reasons UK Passports contain pages overprinted with pictures of Giants Causeway (Pages 15 + 42) | |
| Grand Place, Brussels | The Belgian passport has pictures of the city halls of the provinces' capital cities, including Brussels | |
| Great Wall | The Great Wall brightens up from the Chinese passport when seen under ultraviolet rays. The wall is also represented on the Hebei page (Shanhai Pass), in the Special Middle Section 2-pager and on the reverse of the hard cover. | |
| Guimarães | Portuguese passport | |
| Huangshan | Chinese passport: Anhui -> Huangshan | |
| Hwaseong Fortress | Inside of passport (last page, right side) shows Hwaseong Fortress. Interestingly the fortress covers the passport security device. | |
| Imperial Palace | Chinese passport: Beijing -> Forbidden City | |
| Independence Hall | Liberty Bell and Independence Hall on pages 8 and 9 of the US passport | |
| Jelling | Page two in the Danish passport displays the ancient Christ figure in red from the carved Jelling rune stone raised by Viking king Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century. | |
| Laurisilva of Madeira | Portuguese passport | |
| Longmen Grottoes | Chinese passport: Henan -> Longmen Grottos | |
| Maritime Greenwich | Royal Observatory at Maritime Greenwich | |
| Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | Chinese passport: Shaanxi -> Terracotta Warriors | |
| Mogao Caves | Chinese passport: Gansu -> Dunhuang | |
| Monastery of Alcobaça | Portuguese passport | |
| Monastery of Batalha | Portuguese passport | |
| Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan | Chinese passport: Sichuan -> Dujiangyan | |
| Mount Taishan | Chinese passport: Shandong -> Taishan | |
| Mount Wuyi | Chinese passport: Fujian -> Wuyishan | |
| Old City of Berne | On Swiss passport version 2003, on page 9 | |
| Oporto | Portuguese passport | |
| Potala Palace | Chinese passport: Tibet -> Potala Palace | |
| Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River | Philippine Passport | |
| Qadisha Valley | Cedar Tree | |
| Québec | Pages 24+25 of the Canadian passport have a photo of Quebec City | |
| Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | On Philippine passport | |
| Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | Inside of passport (right side) shows Dabotap, one of two famous stone pagodas in Bulguksa Temple. | |
| Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | Chinese passport: Xinjiang -> Silk Road | |
| Sintra | Portuguese passport | |
| South China Karst | Chinese passport: Yunan -> Shilin Stone Forest | |
| Statue of Liberty | On page 26 of the US passport | |
| Temple of Heaven | Chinese passport: Extra page Temple of Heaven | |
| The Sundarbans | Bangladesh passport | |
| University of Coimbra | Portuguese passport | |
| Vigan | Philippine Passport | |
| West Lake | Chinese passport: Zhejiang -> West Lake | |
| West Norwegian Fjords | Norway's passport features a design impression of Geirangerfjord. | |
| Westminster | Houses of Parliament at Westminster in 2015 passport | |
| Wulingyuan | Chinese passport: Hunan -> Zhangjiajie |
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