jvdschuerentelenetbe's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

jvdschuerentelenetbe

"The world is my country, music is my religion". I try to visit as many countries as I can, and also as much places that are World Heritage or on Atlas Obscura.

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Tosari, Indonesia

Gunung Bromo

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Rantepao, Indonesia

Londa Burial Caves

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

Vicki Louise

Added by Vicki Louise

Ronggur Nihuta, Indonesia

The Toba Caldera

Site of the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years, one which may have nearly wiped out humanity altogether.

Dylan

Kuta Selatan, Indonesia

Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Kecamatan Prambanan, Indonesia

Prambanan

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Rantepao, Indonesia

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Added by mbison

Magelang, Indonesia

Borobudur

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Added by tonka922

Kuta Selatan, Indonesia

Luhur Uluwatu Temple

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Added by Kerelin

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Padar Island

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Pericles Rosa

Added by Pericles Rosa

East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Komodo National Park

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Added by pozz4123

Magelang, Indonesia

Gereja Ayam

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

Added by tokyogoreroller

Abang, Indonesia

Pura Lempuyang Luhur

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

siewch

Added by siewch

Kediri, Indonesia

Tanah Lot

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Antwerp, Belgium

Hand of Druon Antigoon

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Antwerp, Belgium

Nello and Patrasche

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Antwerp, Belgium

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Most prolific publishing house in the 1600s open to the public.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Musée Hergé (Hergé Museum)

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

JamazingClayton

Added by JamazingClayton

Roubaix, France

La Piscine

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.

Allison

Added by Allison

The Head of St. John the Baptist at Amiens Cathedral

The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Jules Verne's Tomb

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Amiens Cathedral Labyrinth

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Porte de Paris

This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.

Sablais

Added by Sablais

'The Minotaur'

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

LaTortueNoire

Added by LaTortueNoire

Vascœuil, France

Dali's Statue of Liberty

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

SamM