Svitlana Orlynska's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Svitlana Orlynska

Ukrainian living in Vienna. Traveled to 50+ countries: both "must see" destinations and "off the beaten track".

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Places visited in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Places visited in Innsbruck, Austria

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Places visited in Ein Gedi, Israel

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Places visited in Vinnytsia, Ukraine

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The Hague, Netherlands

World Peace Flame Pathway

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

The Hague, Netherlands

Capsule Hotel

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

Kergin

Added by Kergin

The Hague, Netherlands

Museum de Gevangenpoort (The Prison Gate Museum)

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

The Hague, Netherlands

Madurodam

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

Added by curiositynl

The Hague, Netherlands

Celestial Vault

Hidden within a Netherlands crater is a stone bed that lets those who lie in it see the sky as a curved surface.

Statue Le Rhinoceros

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

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

Added by jimclarkenewyork

145 Rue Lafayette

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

EVA

Notre Dame du Travail Church

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Added by steenbergenm

Lines of Cremains at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Le Musée du Fumeur

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Added by Joseph Alexiou

Musée Marmottan Monet

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Added by K Brown

Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Saint-Ouen, France

La Chope des Puces: Temple of Gypsy Jazz

An iconic and eccentric bar for "Manouche" Jazz music keeps expanding its space—and its influence.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Musée de la Contrefaçon

An odd museum dedicated to French fakes.

Added by mbison

Cimetière du Calvaire

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

tomak

Musée de la Prefecture de Police

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

InvisibleParis

Added by InvisibleParis

Jardin d'Acclimatation

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

hcw2rp

Added by hcw2rp

Musée Edith Piaf

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

Added by Ashawnta

Cimetiere de Picpus

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Musée National de la Marine

Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Allison

Added by Allison

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature)

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Etched Mirror Salons of Laperouse Restaurant

Where the high court feasted, frolicked, and high courtesans put their royal lovers' diamonds to the test.

Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

Delphine

Added by Delphine