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Belgium 🇧🇪, bike path Fietsen Door Het Water
Fietsen Door Het Water literally means "cycling on water". This bike route runs through the pond De Vigers, along the trench below the water level.
This produces a very curious feeling, because the cyclist's eyes are at the same level with the surface of the water. And if there are waterfowl on the water, the impressions become even more strange. The three-meter-wide bike path was opened in 2016. If you don't have your own bike, you can rent one for 10 €.
China 🇨🇳, Pingyao City
Pingyao is a city in China with preserved medieval buildings and the remaining intact city wall, the capital of Shanxi Province. The location of the city on the banks of the Yellow River allowed it to become one of the most important shopping centers in the region. Pingyao is a wonderful city, it's worth visiting to get an idea of what traditional Chinese cities looked like in the past.
If you come to Pingyao from the north, you will see from the best side the jagged city wall 6.4 km long and 10 m high, the original building of 1370, - at that time, residents were afraid of Mongol raids, just expelled from China.
Iceland 🇮🇸, Studlagil Canyon
Studlagil Canyon is a mountainous area with basalt deposits in the form of pillars. These perfectly smooth columns of basalt, carved by centuries—old streams of river waters - fascinate, while leaving many questions.
Norwegian Prima is the first of six Prima class liners from Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL).
The liner is designed for 3215 guests. With a length of 294 meters, the liner weighs about 142,000 tons, the multi-deck design made it possible to accommodate a lot of entertainment and other facilities.
This is the only ship that has a full-fledged race track, located on two levels with 14 turns. The total length is 420 meters, up to 14 pilots can participate in the race at the same time, they can accelerate to a speed of 50 km / h.
Bahrain🇧🇭, Manama, Bahrain World Trade Center
The Bahrain World Trade Center is a business card of a small but very rich oil state. The 240-meter (787-foot) complex of double towers is located in Manama.
The skyscraper looks very technologically advanced thanks to the blades of three wind turbines mounted on bridges connecting the two towers.
Three wind turbines, with a capacity of 225 kW each, are directed towards the sea, from where the wind blows most often. But even if the wind blows from the other side, for example from the side, or the wind is very weak, the generators will still rotate and generate electricity. The two towers form an air tunnel between them, where the wind increases and creates the necessary pressure on the generator blades. Generators generate about 1 GWh per year, or 15% of the total energy needed by the building.
Norway 🇳🇴
Cleaning a three-meter layer of snow in Norway
UAE 🇦🇪
A view of futuristic Dubai. Many call it the city of the future.
Egypt🇪🇬, The Valley of the Kings in Luxor
The Valley of the Kings in Luxor is an archaeological site of world significance located in Egypt. It was here that the famous tomb of Tutankhamun was found with thousands of priceless artifacts.
In the Valley of the Kings there are dozens more tombs of the pharaohs who ruled Egypt in the II millennium BC. The underground catacombs are decorated with amazing frescoes and mysterious inscriptions.
Unfortunately, almost all the graves have been robbed for centuries, and the rich burial inventory has long disappeared. But the wall paintings have been perfectly preserved, and the sculptural bas-reliefs are intact. These works leave vivid impressions.
Russia🇷🇺, Kamchatka
Powerful and beautiful Koryak volcano
China🇨🇳, Macau, Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino
The Grand Lisboa Macau Hotel-Casino, a grandiose skyscraper with 58 floors and a height of 260 m, dominates the horizon and serves as a magnificent landmark for tourists wandering through the streets of the city, similar to one another.
Its name refers to the 400-year historical period when the region on the coast of the South China Sea was a colony of Portugal.
Grand Lisboa, with its 15 restaurants and 24-hour entertainment, has earned a reputation as one of the best casino hotels in Asia.
Indonesia 🇮🇩, Bali
An unusual villa made of an old airplane on a 150-meter cliff with a gorgeous view of the ocean
Brazil 🇧🇷
Pedra da Gavea is a flat rock located in the Tijuca National Park at an altitude of almost 850 m. It is recognized as the highest coastal monolith in the world, therefore it attracts tourists who want to look at the ocean from a bird's-eye view and take impressive pictures.
UAE🇦🇪, Dubai, Atlantis Hotel
Atlantis is a five—star hotel built on an artificial island (one of the three Palm Islands – the largest man-made islands in the world, visible even from space). The resort can be reached via an underwater tunnel with a six-lane highway.
The Atlantis Hotel has one of the largest man-made ecosystems in the world, represented in a huge aquarium maze by 65 thousand marine life (among them dolphins and a 15-meter tiger shark).
In the ornate lobby of the hotel you can see a wonderful installation of colored glass. Several fine restaurants, 1539 of the most expensive comfortable rooms complete this picture.
Spain 🇪🇸, Linares Palace
The Linares Palace, known in the early years as the Murga Palace, is a building in the Spanish city of Madrid, located between the Paseo de Recoletos and the Calle de Alcala, opening with its main facade the Plaza de Cibeles.
It occupies the territory of the former Molinos de Plata and Posito Real de Madrid, a large grain warehouse designed to solve possible supply problems in the city. It was closed and unused for almost a century, but after painstaking restoration, it was reopened in 1992 as the House of America/Casa de América.
In 1992, in honor of the anniversary of the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus and the European cultural capital of Madrid, the Palacio de Linares was reopened after repairs carried out by architect Carlos Puente Fernandez as the House of America, the center of cultural exchange between Spain and America.
Germany 🇩🇪
Beautiful mountain lake Eibsee in the middle of the Bavarian Alps
USA 🇺🇸, Alaska
The purest river flowing right through the glacier
Germany 🇩🇪, Silvenstein reservoir
The huge Silvenstein reservoir (Sylvensteinsee) was artificially created near the border with Austria in the period from 1954 to 1959. It was located in the delta of the Izar River and was originally intended to provide electricity to local residents. For this purpose, a dam with a height of 44 meters and a dam with a length of about 180 meters was created here.
The reservoir lies in the middle of high mountains and is surrounded by dense forest, so the views here are very picturesque. It is especially good to observe the surrounding beauty while driving over the bridge connecting the two shores of the lake.
Italy🇮🇹, Rome, Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums are a whole museum complex that preserves the masterpieces of the great masters of the past, works of the ancient era, ancient manuscripts, religious and secular collections.
Here is one of the largest collections of works of art, which has been collected for centuries by Roman pontiffs. Museums occupy the fifth place among the most visited museums in the world and the first place in Italy.
The exhibits are kept framed by stunning palace interiors, which in themselves are considered a valuable attraction.
China 🇨🇳
Very green residential complex QIWI City Forest Garden in Chengdu
The intestinal microflora of pandas is better adapted to the digestion of meat, and not bamboo at all.
Scientists believe that once pandas, which originated from predatory bears, for some reason stopped eating meat food.
Thailand 🇹🇭, White Temple
Wat Rong Khun (Wat Rong Khun) is a white Buddhist temple located near the city of Chiang Rai in Thailand. The author of the project of this unusual temple was Thai artist and designer Chalermchai Kositpipat (Chalermchai Kositpipat).
Wat Rong Khun very handsome: it glows brightly in the sun, resembling the Snow Queen's castle or a fabulous sugar house. Many travelers coming to Thailand specially go to the north of the country to see this sparkling snow-white miracle.
Fiji 🇫🇯
A paradise place on the island of Laukala
India 🇮🇳
Kalavantin Durg Peak with a height of 685 m is located in the mountains of Maharashtra. There are exactly 700 steps cut into the solid rock, stretching upwards almost vertically, leading to its top.
The steps are incredibly dangerous, especially if it rains. They are too smooth, as if polished, so slipping on them and sliding down is a couple of trifles.
Despite this, a stream of those who want to test themselves and climb tends to the peak.
USA 🇺🇸, Hawaii
Fantastic mountaintop views on the island of Oahu
Italy 🇮🇹
Italian holidays at the luxurious Belmont Hotel Caruso, located in the building of an ancient palace of the XI century.
South Africa 🇿🇦, Hovik Waterfall
The 111-meter-high Hovik Waterfall was discovered by Europeans in 1800, but back in the 50s of the last century it was difficult to get here. And this was explained not only by the impassability of the jungle, a curse hangs over the lake and the waterfall itself.
It is believed that a giant snake lives in the waters of the lake, attacking people from time to time. Legend has it that Inkanyamba, a monstrous creature with the body of a snake and a head the size of a horse, is hiding in the pool. The beast is believed to be most feared in the summer, when its fury sends storms and hurricanes throughout the region.
What is true here and what is fantasy is hard to say, but one thing is for sure – the place is mystical in its beauty.
Canada 🇨🇦
Such an ice "mushroom" grew on a tree in the polar states of Canada ❄️
Mexico🇲🇽, Yucatan Peninsula
A cenote is a natural pit or funnel formed as a result of the collapse of limestone rock that exposes groundwater.
The author of the video does not disclose the exact location of this cenote in order to avoid the influx of tourists and not to destroy the privacy of this wonderful place.
Philippines 🇵🇭, El Nido
Spectacular view of the azure Lagoons of Palawan Island
USA 🇺🇸, Anthony Chapel in Arkansas
Maurice Jennings, an outstanding architect from Arkansas, based on his 25 years of experience working with world-renowned design partner Faye Jones, created a truly impressive chapel.
The chapel is a vivid example of "organic architecture" that reveals the properties of natural materials and wonderfully fits into the surrounding landscape thanks to its unique design.
On sunny days, 425 windows let in so much light that additional lighting is not needed, although the presence of lamps is provided.
A special feature of the chapel is its non-confessional nature. Anyone, regardless of religious beliefs, can enter here.