Dort werden uns der Vulkan Prihnuagigur sowie die Massenwanderung der Blauwale bei Husavik vorgestellt. Those places are far to exotic, no kid could go there without its parents and not many parents have the money to go there.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 600 of the most curious and unusual destinations around the globe. There are two pages talking about mummies and two talking about interesting burial practices (side of a cliff? Me gustan las guías de viajes, pero las que no son convencionales y van más allá de cualquier Lonely Planet.

After all the work the author did to find such great locations, I would have thought the illustrations would have been more life-like. In addition, the second edition includes a full-colour gatefold Atlas Obscura road trip map, with a dream itinerary. Any place my husband alone cannot drive to in a day is a place we are likely to talk ourselves out of visiting. And just as compelling is the way the book is structured—hopscotching from country to country not by location but by type of attraction.

At times achingly poetic descriptions of watching sunsets rise over distant forests, or lowering yourself into the centre of the earth, sits alongside thoughtful questions to ponder alongside scientific facts and details.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The goal is to expose a side of the world that is normally invisible to both tourists and locals alike. Cada local e cada curiosidade traz um pouco do lado desconhecido do nosso mundo, e nos lembra de que ainda existem muitas experiências fantásticas e mágicas esperando por aí (e o design do livro também é lindíssimo, contribuindo para o prazer da leitura). Your mileage (heh) may vary, but I'd be willing to bet that, if you have any interest at all in the quirkier aspects of the physical world, you'll find many things within these pages that fascinate you too. On one page there’s a Thai monk standing in saffron serenity in a village temple built of brown and green beer bottles; on another a bust of Vladimir Lenin, erected in 1958 by Soviet scientists who made it to Antarctica’s “Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.

The only other minor gripes I have with this book is that the information for some of the entries is incorrect. To see some fantastic images of a few of the places listed check out this blog of a journey around the EU (a sort of farewell before we left). The journey takes us from Iceland to Venezuela via Antarctica, Japan, Russia, Africa, Australia, China and all over Europe. Wonderfully done, with neat little sections on the individual site and directions and pictures, this is a world traveler's dream.But proceed with caution: Its almost impossible not to turn to the next entry, and the next, and the next. Travel through Budapest, Moscow, Tokyo, and more with the turn of the page and showcase all the curiosities this world holds. Die Kids Edition ist klasse, es werden interessante Orte vorgestellt, die Fakten werden für Kinder verständlich erklärt und die Illustrationen sind super. I'd much rather go watch the bums roll each other on Carnaby Street (affectionately known as "Cannabis Street" to us teenagers and, which has become way more commercialized now than when I was a kid hanging out there in the mid-'80s) than step foot in Madame Tussauds (I even had to cheat to see how to spell that). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.