etiennebara's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

etiennebara

Just another person trying to explore the World.

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Places visited in Longyearbyen, Norway

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Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Ōzora-chō, Japan

Shibazakura Park

Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.

Erin Everywhere

Added by Erin Everywhere

Glasgow, Scotland

Respiro del Diavolo

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

Anne Ewbank

Added by Anne Ewbank

Viggianello, Italy

Italus

The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.

Sarah Laskow

Added by Sarah Laskow

Highland, Scotland

CairnGorm Mountain Railway

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

Added by jimclarkenewyork

Brännaberget, Sweden

Brännaberget Folkpark

This abandoned Swedish folkpark offers an amazing view over the town of Överkalix.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Grantsville, Utah

Iosepa Ghost Town

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Meg

New York, New York

Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Andres Schiffino

Added by Andres Schiffino

Neustadt am Kulm, Germany

Rauher Kulm

A tiny basalt mountain with an observation tower overlooking the beautiful Bavarian countryside.

funlaughlove84

Added by funlaughlove84

Gloucestershire, England

Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Villar del Pozo, Spain

Ciudad Real Central Airport

An abandoned airport in the middle of nowhere.

amboy

Aldeyjarfoss

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

Added by swj4115 ec275d2c

The Passages Shipwreck

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

Added by BearGiraffe

Montmartre Funicular

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Budapest, Hungary

Zero Kilometer Stone

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

Captn Kirk

Added by Captn Kirk

Cantil, California

Saltdale

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Meg

Enbekshikazakh District, Kazakhstan

Issyk Lake

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

taotaoholmes

Added by taotaoholmes

Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan

Charyn Canyon

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

taotaoholmes

Added by taotaoholmes

Ak-Su, Kyrgyzstan

Merzbacher Lake

Glacial lake that mysteriously empties itself every year.

Added by Tawsam

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek Circus

This retro, UFO-like structure is a remnant of the Soviet-era circus.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Mengwi, Indonesia

Ogoh-Ogoh Museum

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

reece

Seattle, Washington

The Arctic Club

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Highland, Scotland

Cairngorm Reindeer Centre

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.