Here we present the most exciting destinations on earth. The world is bigger than you think! Humans` explorations of earth leads to the most amazing adventures. Neither words, photograps nor films do the world`s places justice - they must been seen, heard and touched.
History cames litterary to light where Jesus walked. By following footprints from the Bible story to the mountain Mount Precipice in Isreal, a magic sunset set. Some believe this was the site where the rejection of Jesus happened.
The video clip from Auschwitz is a reconstruction staged by Russian military. Here you can watch children in Auschwitz get liberated in January 1945. The filming was conducted one or two days after the liberation. Most of the children were twins who were used by Dr. Joseph Mengele for his experiments.
Featuring footage(extremely disturbing) was used to indict the Nazis during the Nuremburg trials. This shocking documentary records the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp which was set up by German occupant on the Polish territory near Krakow in Oswiecim, and changed by Hitler into “Auschwitz”.
Take a trip on the wild side. Cross the Arctic Circle, which is located circa 8km north of the town in Rovaniemi, and meet the beardie-weirdie Santa Claus in Santa Park, saying ho, ho, ho, ho. This place is the official residence of Santa Claus. Here he greets visitors. The adventure park is Finland`s answer to Disneyland in Florida. Both adults and children can have fun here, especially in the wintertime. But Rovaniemi has a lot more to offer than Santa Claus.
On Thursday 27 January in 2011, the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, under the patronage of the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, will hold the 66th ceremonies of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz Concentration Camp by the Red Army.
Rovaniemi is the gateway to Lapland and is a popular destination both in Summer and in December when thousands of tourists come to visit the home of Santa Claus even though it's still thousand of kilometres from here to the North Pole.
Santa Claus Office is the place to go in Christmas time. It`s located in Santa Claus Village in Rovanimei, Lapland, in Finland. There come thousands of visitors from all over the world to meet Santa Claus on every day of the year, and of course especially in Christmas where presents show up. Rovaniemi is the place where the Christmas fairytale becomes true.
The Santa Claus Village has a unique meeting place where hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world come to meet Santa Claus on every day of the year. You can enjoy reindeer sledging, snowmobile for children, sliding on snowracers, eating delicious smoked salmon and of course meet the Santa Claus himself. Rovaniemi is the place where the fairytale becomes true.
How could the driver control the two lead dogs who were desperate for love? In the front of all dogs these two made the situation a little bit confusing for a time, but the driver in the tour operator Huskypoint knew fortunately how to control them. And then the sledge started in full speed.
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In the region of Moss, Norway, there are 83 registered archaeological heritages before 1537. These are automatically protected and subject to Cultural Heritage by the curator in Østfold County. Stone Age settlements, burial mounds from the Bronze Age, caves and rock carvings, traces from the Viking age.
Near Gjerrebogen in Moss, Norway, beneath an overhanging rock wall called "Heller", I could observe the only Stone Age settlement to have been found on the mainland part of Moss. It`s from the latter half of the Late Stone Age.
Behind the big white house we could observe the ruins of the Vaerne Monestary, Værne kloster, Rygge, Moss, in Norway. The monastery is located in a big green garden with tall oak trees and beautiful avenues. In November previous year it was reported a sensational archeological discovery on the site near the mentioned ruins: a stone building, about fifty meters long, was found underground. It lies west of the main building on Vaerne. Is it really a Knights Hospitaller monastery that has been found there?
First and foremost my aim for the tour in April 2002 was to explore Stonehenge outside London. I also visited the beautiful Georgian City of Bath and admired some of the most amazing architectural sights in Europe, including Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent, the Circus, Assembly Rooms and the Pulteney Bridge. The most amazing of all in the City of Bath was exploring the Roman Baths, built around thermal springs, which have been supplying water for over 2,000 years.
First and foremost my aim for the tour was visiting Stonehenge outside London. I also visited the beautiful Georgian City of Bath and admire some of the most amazing architectural sights in Europe, including Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent, the Circus, Assembly Rooms and the famous Pulteney Bridge. The most amazing of all in Bath was exploring the Roman Baths, built around thermal springs, which have been supplying water for over 2,000 years.