Sweden in north Europe and Luxembourg in west Europe are two new countries that have managed to get one of their regions designated as a Unesco Global Geopark. Since 2004, Unesco has annually evaluated a number of regions around the world … Read the Story
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Here are the destinations in Europe registered as Unesco World Heritage Sites in 2021
If you think you have seen it all because finding new exciting travel destinations in Europe feels challenging, Unesco comes to the rescue. The long list of World Heritage sites (1154) was appended with 34 new destinations in 2021. 00 … Read the Story
7 out of 8 Unesco Geoparks designated in 2021 are in Europe
Unesco has designated eight new geoparks in 2021 in an unconventional manner. The pandemic has restricted international travel, making research trips to proposed new sites difficult or impossible. Unesco decided to select the 2021 geoparks … Read the Story
European destinations nominated World Heritage Sites by Unesco in 2019
Unesco nominates destinations in all parts of the world as World Heritage Sites annually. Only the destinations that have outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria can be listed as … Read the Story
Get ideas for your Europe travel plan from World Heritage Sites themes
I have been pretty happy each time I have accidentally, or on purpose, visited a Unesco World Heritage Site. The places Unesco has chosen truly are special places worth visiting. The problem for an ordinary tourist is that today, the World … Read the Story
Valencia hosts the biggest spring carnival in Spain: Fallas fiesta
Fallas carnival in Valencia, Spain, is considered such an important tradition that it has become a Unesco World Heritage event (Intangible Cultural Heritage). Party-goers, however, don’t have time to think about Unesco because there are so many happenings in the ancient … Read the Story
The Network of Creative Cities got new members, also cities with strong heritage in literature
Unesco, a United Nations organization, has an appealing initiative: Creative City. The organization wants to promote cooperation among cities that have introduced sustainable development as a key element into their strategies. In addition, if the city is supporting creative initiatives, it … Read the Story
Fun and rewarding World Book Day 2017 experiences around the globe
World Book Day 2017 is celebrated on Sunday 23rd April in thousands of locations across the globe. Also known as the World Book and Copyright Day, the purpose is the share the joy of reading (and why not writing, too) with … Read the Story
Five new Unesco World Heritage sites located in Europe
If a destination has been granted the honor of being included in the Unesco World Heritage List, it usually means that the site worth visiting and exploring. Recently, we were traveling in central Spain, and on a chilly morning we arrived … Read the Story
Barcelona, Spain selected as the city of literature 2016 by Unesco
Each year Unesco, a United Nations organization that focuses on development of education, science and culture, nominates a number of cities for different fields of culture that constitute the Creative Cities Network. For instance, film, music, media arts, gastronomy, design, crafts … Read the Story