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Groningen, Netherlands

World's Largest Christmas Bauble

Every winter, this former planetarium is transformed into a massive, brightly-lit Christmas ornament.
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Arnhem, Netherlands

Groene Bedstee

A set of beech hedges planted in the 19th century forms a tunnel that takes on a different appearance in every season.
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Utrecht, Netherlands

The UFO of Inktpot

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.
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Formerum, Netherlands

Wrakkenmuseum

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.
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Uden, Netherlands

Strawberry Drive-In

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Evoluon

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.
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Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden's Floating Christmas Market

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
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Lisse, Netherlands

Keukenhof Gardens

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
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Haarlem, Netherlands

Bloemen Route

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
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Zaandam, Netherlands

Hotel Inntel Zaandam

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
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Giethoorn, Netherlands

Giethoorn

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Added by ectoman3
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Café Papeneiland

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat)

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
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Movatn, Norway

Dornier Do 17M-1 Crash Site

The remains of a German plane still sit in the Norwegian wood where it crashed in 1942.
Added by HansMartin
Tromsø, Norway

Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.
Added by AlexMadeira
Stokke, Norway

Sti For Øye

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.
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Odda, Norway

Trolltunga

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
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Kvam, Norway

Steinsdalsfossen Waterfall

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Added by Alpha
Røst, Norway

Lofoten Islands

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.
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Klaipėda, Lithuania

Juodasis Vaiduoklis (The Black Ghost)

A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
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Tarsdorf, Austria

Fucking, Austria

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.
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Tal, Austria

Green Lake

Each year melting snow turns these Austrian hiking trails into scuba zones.
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