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Since most of our clients ask us to cover a region, city or local event, this page can be seen as a list of accomplished photo assignments. Bold subjects are rather complete and often come with a tailored text (if not, ask). The others still consist of more then a few images. Regions with less photos are not mentioned, but you can still find them by doing a search.

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AFRICA

EGYPT
REGIONS
Egypt of the Nubians (MP/PS)
Southern Egypt
CULTURAL
Temple of Dendera (MP/PS)
Tombs of Luxor (MP/PS)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Cycling: By satelite photos along river Nile (from Luxor to Aswan and back) (MP/PS)

TUNISIA
REGIONS

Archive of the whole country, its people, features and architecture (PS)

CITIES
Sousse, Tunis (PS)

AMERICAS

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
ISLANDS

Saba (villages, coast, hiking, local people, cloud (Elfin) forest on Mt. Scenery)(MP)
St. Eustatius (Oranjestad, coast, local people, forts)(MP)
St. Maarten / St. Martin (carnival, beaches, Grand Case)(MP)

USA
REGIONS

Berkshires (western part of Massachusetts)(PS)
Colorado Plateau (PS/MP)
Massachusetts (PS)
Oregon (coast) (MP)

Oregon (Indians, prairies, Cascades Mountain Range) (MP)

Utah and Arizona: amazing landscapes of the Colorado Plateau (PS/MP)
NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES
Arches (PS)
Bryce (PS/MP)
Capitol Reef (PS/MP)
Grand Canyon (PS)
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (PS/MP)
Joshua Tree (PS)
Monument Valley (PS/MP)
Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness (PS/MP)
Yosemite/Kings Canyon (PS)
Zion
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: In search of The Wave (Paria Canyon, Buckskin Gulch, Coyote Buttes) (PS/MP)

STATES
Arizona
Oregon
Utah
CITIES
Boston, Las Vegas, San Fransisco (Golden Gate Bridge)
VILLAGES
Pacific City

ASIA & AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
REGIONS

Far North Queensland (PS)
Uluru (= Ayers Rock) (PS)

BURMA (MYANMAR) (MP)
REGIONS
Burma (the whole country)
Bagan Plain
Inle Lake
Irrawaddy river
Irrawaddy valley (between Bagan and Mandalay)
Sittang valley (north of Bago)
CULTURAL
Bagan Archaeological Zone
Faces of Myanmar
Marionettes, ancient frescoes
Royal cities around Mandalay: Amarapura & Inwa
Temples, monasteries and monks (= religion in Burma)

CITIES
Bago, Mandalay, Monywa, Yangon (Rangoon)
VILLAGES
Indein, Ma Au, Maing thauk, Kalaw, Pindaya,

CHINA
REGIONS

Guangdong and Guangxi (southern China) (MP)
CULTURAL
Ancient Chinese science (MP)
Ice sculptures at the new year festival of Harbin
(MP)
Miao mountain tribe - dragons, temples and shamans
(MP)
New Year in China (MP)

CITIES
Beijing (MP), Harbin: city of ice (MP), Hongkong (MP), Xi'an (MP)

INDIA

CITIES
Delhi, Lucknow (MP/PS)
STATES
Uttar pradesh,

NEPAL
REGIONS

Kathmandu Valley (MP/PS)
Terai (MP/PS)
CULTURAL
New Year festival in Bhaktapur and Thimi around 13th/14th of April (MP/PS)
Performance Art in Kathmandu Valley (MP/PS)
Rhododendron hills south of Annapurna
(MP/PS)
NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES
Annapurna Conservation Area (MP/PS)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Cycling: 800 km in central Nepal and the Terai (MP/PS)
Hiking: One week hike in the Annapurna Conservation Area (MP/PS)

CITIES
Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Nepalganj, Patan, Thimi (MP/PS)
VILLAGES
Changu Narayan, Daman, Deurali, Ghandrung, Ghorepani, Harisiddhi, Kirtipur, Lele, Manahari, Naubise, Sankhu, Tadapani, Tilesworgoan, Tirkhedhungga,

NORTH VIETNAM
REGIONS

Mountain regions of the northwest (MP)
CULTURAL
Mountain tribes: Black Dao, Red Dao, Black H'mong, Flower H'mong, White H'mong, Black Thái, White Thái (MP)

TURKEY
REGIONS

Cappadocia (MP)
Central Anatolia (MP)
Dalyan Delta (MP)
Eastern Anatolia (ancient cultures of) (MP)
Southeastern Anatolia (MP)
Southwestern Turkey: Marmaris and surroundings (MP)
Ihlara Canyon, Hasan Dag volcano and surroundings (MP)
Lake Van (and its art) (MP)
Tuz Gölü (salt lake) (MP)
CULTURAL
Ahlat (Seljuk cemetery) (MP)
Akdamar Island (MP)
Ancient city of Kaunos and the Dalyan Delta (MP)
Ancient cultures of Eastern Turkey (MP)
Arsameia (capitol of ancient Commagene kingdom) (MP)
Cave churches in Cappadocia (MP)
Hattusha (Hittite capitol) (MP)
The Hittites (MP)
Ishak Pasha palace (in eastern Turkey) (MP)
Nemrud Dag (antique mountain top sanctuary of Antiochus I with huge statues) (MP)
Roman (Byzantine) mosaics in Urfa (MP)

CITIES
Diyarbakir (MP), Istanbul (MP), Sanliurfa (MP), Urfa (MP)

YEMEN
REGIONS

The country, its people, features and architecture (MP)

CITIES
Sana'a (MP), Shibam (MP), Thilla (MP)

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
REGIONS

Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
Donau (Danube) (river from Passau to Bratislava + region)
Großglockner Hochalpenstraße, Felbertauerntunnel and surroundings (a round trip)
Herzen Jesu Sonntag (religious festival) in Tirol
Hohe Tauern
Mostviertel/Eisenwurzen/Eisenstraße (Niederösterreich)
Seefeld & Olympiaregion (Tirol) soft Winter activities
Wachau (wine region in Niederösterreich)
Western Kärnten (Carinthia) (active tourism)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Western Kärnten (several walks)

LÄNDER (Federal States)
Vorarlberg,
CITIES
Dornbirn, Krems, Linz, Salzburg, Tulln, Wien (Vienna)
VILLAGES
Dürnstein
, Engelhartszell, Hainburg, Klosterneuburg, Melk, Mitterkirchen, Oismühle, Petronell-Carnuntum, Rohrendorf, Schlögen, Schönbühel, Spitz, St. Florian, Stein am Donau, Weißenkirchen,

BELGIUM
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

Cycling: Voerstreek (Voerdistrict)

CITIES
Antwerpen (Antwerp), Brugge (Bruges), Brussel/Bruxelles (Brussels), Maaseik

CROATIA
REGIONS

Archive of the whole country (except Slavonia)
ISLANDS
Rab

CITIES
Dubrovnik, Zagreb

CZECH REPUBLIC
REGIONS

Bohemian Forest (Sumava)
Ceske Svycarsko (Bohemian Switzerland) = Labské pískovce (Elbe Sandstone Mountains)

CITIES
Praha (Prague)

FRANCE
REGIONS (and often stories)

Annot - Wonderland of Petrified Sand (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, geological walk + village)
Ardèche (central part of département)
Auvergne (Monts du Cantal, Monts Dore, Chaîne des Puys)
Aveyron river and region
Beaufortain (Hauteluce, Beaufort, Arêches, Boudin, Roselend)
Bretagne (Finistère coast)
Calanques of Cassis and Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Camargue
Cantal (MP + PS)
Cap d'Ail (Côte d'Azur, cape walk)
Cap d'Antibes (Côte d'Azur, cape walk)
Cap Canaille + Calanque de Figuerolles + town of La Ciotat (Bouches-du-Rhône, cape walk)
Cap du Dramont (Estérel, cape walk)
Cap Ferrat (Côte d'Azur, cape walk)
Cap Martin (Côte d'Azur, cape walk)
Cap Roux + Pic du Cap Roux (Estérel, cape walk)
Capes of Ramatuelle (Cap Camarat, Cap Taillat, Cap Lardier, cape walk)
Cévennes + gorges (Tarn, etc.), causses, Mt. Lozère
Champagne - A feast for all senses
Charente-Maritime coast (MP + PS)
Chartreuse (mostly Hauts de Chartreuse)
Col de la Bonette Restefond (highest mountain road in the Alps)
Côte d'Azur (large archive, not yet online)
Diois (Die and surrounding lavender and sunflower fields and villages, southern Vercors) (MP + PS)
Dordogne river and valley (from source to Bergerac + département with the name Dordogne)
Drôme (MP + PS)
Écrins
Èze and surroundings (Côte d'Azur)
Faucigny (Les Gets and surroundings, Grand Massif, Vallée du Giffre, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval)
Finistère coast
(Bretagne)
Gorges de Saint Pierre + Colmars-les-Alpes
Gorges du Verdon
Haute-Maurienne (Bonneval-sur-Arc, Bessans, Lanslevillard, Termignon, Sardières, Bramans)
Hilltop villages of the Alpes-Maritimes (6: Sainte-Agnès, Saorge, Lucéram, Peillon, Roure, Roubion)
Loire river (from La Charité-sur-Loire to the estuary + castles + region + troglodytes)
Marais Poitevin (MP + PS)
Massif des Aravis (Grand Bornand, La Clusaz, Manigod and surroundings)
Massif des Bauges (including southern shore of Lac d'Annecy)
Mercantour + region Alpes Azur
Mont Blanc
Monts Jura (Haute Chaîne du Jura, Pays de Gex, Crêt de la Neige, Vallée de la Valserine)
Gardens of Normandy
Orange and surrounding Provence
Péone and its demoiselles (geological walk + village)
Presqu'Île de Giens (Var, cape walk)
Pyrenees (national park region)
Rhône river and valley (from Lyon to the coast)
Roure (Paul's home village + direct surroundings)
Route des Grandes Alpes (the oldest scenic drive of the French Alps)
Route du Mimosa (scenic drive during flowering period)
Tarentaise
Upper Valley of the Var
(autumn walks, Alpes-Maritimes)
Vallée d'Abondance (Abondance, Chapelle d'Abondance, Châtel and surroundings)
Vanoise (± 1/3 of the photos is not yet online)
Vercors (MP)
Vosges
(+ a bit of Alsace)
CULTURAL
Assault of the Castle of Les Baux-de-Provence
Castles of the Languedoc
(MP)
Cathars (MP)
Chapels in the southern French Alps
Medieval art in southwestern France
Orange and surrounding Provence
(and the town's connection to the Dutch royal family)
Rétif de la Bretonne (the life of ...) (MP)
Route Napoléon
(touristical route + memories of Napoleon)
Théoule + Pointe de l'Aiguille (Côte d'Azur, cape walk)
Troglodytes, Loire region (underground houses, even complete villages, church, castle, art, winecellars)
Versailles: the Gardens by night (Grands Eaux Nocturnes)
ISLANDS
Île d'Aix (Charente-Maritime) (MP + PS)
Ouessant (Bretagne)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Bouches-du-Rhône - Cap Canaille/Calanque de Figuerolles (coastal walk)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - 4 hikes above Menton (around Menton, Sainte-Agnès and Gorbio)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - Cap d'Ail (coastal walk)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - Cap d'Antibes (coastal walk)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - Cap Ferrat (coastal walk)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - Cap Martin (coastal walk)
Hiking: Côte d’Azur - Èze (coastal walk)
Hiking: Var - Cap du Dramont (Estérel, cape walk)
Hiking: Var - Cap Roux + Pic du Cap Roux (Estérel, cape walk)
Hiking: Var - Capes of Ramatuelle (Cap Camarat, Cap Taillat, Cap Lardier, cape walk)
Hiking: Chartreuse - 3 sangle hikes (sangle = ridge in vertical limestone wall, with path)
Hiking: Mercantour (Alpes-Maritimes) - 3 hikes around the Tinée valley
Hiking: Tanneron hills (Var) - 3 walks among flowering Mimosa

Hiking: river walks (= wet-feet-walks) in rivers Var (Gorges de Daluis), Bléone, Esteron and Bevera
Hiking & kayaking: coastal walks / kayak tours in Finistère, Bretagne
(in connection with legends)
Kayaking: Along the Charente-Maritime coast
(MP + PS)
Kayaking: River Loire
(châteaux and wine along Europe's last wild river) (MP + PS)
Kayaking: Following rivers Aveyron and Viaur
Kayaking: Marais Poitevin
(MP + PS)


REGIONS
Auvergne, Île-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes,
DEPARTMENTS (PROVINCES)
Ain, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Alsace, Ardèche, Aude, Aveyron, Basse-Normandie, Bouches-du-Rhône, Cantal, Charente-Maritime, Corrèze, Deux-Sèvres, Dordogne, Drôme, Finistère, Gard, Haute-Normandie, Haute-Saône, Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Hautes-Pyrenées, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Loir-et-Chèr, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Lorraine, Lozère, Lot, Maine-et-Loire, Marne, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Savoie, Tarn, Vaucluse, Vendée, Yvelines
CITIES
Angers, Aurillac, Avignon, Blois, Cannes, Charité-sur-Loire, Digne-les-Bains, Grasse, Grenoble, La Rochelle, Lyon, Menton, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Nantes, Nice, Niort, Orange, Sarlat, Sisteron, Versailles, Vienne
VILLAGES
, Albepierre-Bredons, Allanche, Annot, Avrieux, Bessans, Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise, Bidon, Bonneval-sur-Arc, Bramans, Cassaniouze, Castellar, Chastel-sur-Murat, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Chavot Courtcourt, Clans, Cramant, Cuis, Eze, Gigondas, Gorbio, Hautvillers, La Norma, La Roque-sur-Cèze, Ladinhac, Lapeyrugue, Lavigerie, Le Claux, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Les Baux-de-Provence, Mandailles-Saint-Julien, Lanslevillard, Moussages, Murat (Cantal), Mutigny, Oger, Polminhac, Pont-Saint-Esprit, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Roure (Paul's home village + direct surroundings), Sablet, Sacy, Saint Bonnet de Salers, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Saint Paul de Salers, Saint Remèze, Saint Simon (Cantal), Sainte-Agnès, Salers, Sardières, Séguret, Sérignan-du-Comtat, Sermiers, Termignon, Tournemire (Cantal), Vaison-la-Romaine, Val-d'Isère, Venanson, Verzenay, Verzy, Villarodin-Bourget, Ville-Domange, Virargues,

GERMANY
REGIONS

Around Dresden (Saxonia) (Meißen > Dresden > Elbsandsteingebirge > Bautzen > Zittau)
Bodensee (Lake Constance)
Coast and islands of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (photographed in winter and March, not in summer)
Elbsandsteingebirge (Elbe Sandstone Mountains) / Sächsische Schweiz (Saxonian Switzerland)
Hanse-towns of eastern Germany
Harz (eastern part)
Mecklenburger lakedistrict
Müritz
(lake + region)
Schaalsee (lake + region) (MP)
Valley of river Saale
CULTURAL
Baroque architecture in eastern Germany
Gothic brickstone-architecture in northeastern Germany
Martin Luther
Parks and castles in eastern Germany
Religious art and architecture in eastern Germany
Thüringen (Thuringia) - Land of Goethe, Luther and Bach
Medieval Thuringia

Historical cities of Thüringen (Thuringia) and Sachsen (Saxonia)
Classical Weimar - everything breathes Goethe
ISLANDS
Fischland-Darß-Zingst
Hiddensee
Mainau
Rügen
Usedom
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Cycling: the Thuringian Chain-of-Towns Cycle Trail (Radfernweg Thüringer Städtekette)
Hiking: Sächsische Schweiz (Saxonian Switzerland) = Elbsandsteingebirge (Elbe sandstone mountains)

LÄNDER (Federal States)
Baden-Württemberg, Bayern (Bavaria), Brandenburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen (Saxony), Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Thüringen (Thuringia)
BEZIRKE (Administrative Regions, only in Bayern/Bavaria)
Schwaben (Swabia)
LANDKREISE (Rural Districts)
Bodenseekreis, Burgenlandkreis, Erzgebirgskreis, Ilm-Kreis, Landkreis Bautzen, Landkreis Görlitz, Landkreis Harz, Landkreis Konstanz, Landkreis Lindau (Bodensee), Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim, Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz, Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Landkreis Meißen, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark, Landkreis Stendal, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Landkreis Weimarer Land, Landkreis Wittenberg, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Wetteraukreis,
CITIES
Altenburg, Arnstadt, Bautzen, Berlin, Butzbach, Chemnitz, Cottbus, Dresden, Eisenach, Erfurt, Frankfurt an der Oder, Freiberg, Freyburg (Unstrut), Gera, Görlitz, Gotha, Jena, Konstanz, Leipzig, Lindau, Marburg, Meissen, Merseburg, Mühlhausen, Naumburg, Quedlinburg, Passau, Pirna, Potsdam, Rostock, Schwerin, Stralsund, Tangermünde, Weimar, Wernigerode, Wittenberg, Worms, Zittau, Zwickau
MUNICIPALITIES (mostly rural) and VILLAGES
, Anneberg-Buchholz, Bad Kösen, Bergen (Rügen), Burgk, Dornburg-Camburg, Großsedlitz, Großwelka, Havelberg, Heidenau, Kapellendorf, Ludwigslust, Meersburg, Moritzburg, Neustrelitz, Obercunnersdorf, Oberharz am Brocken, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Oybin, Reichenau (Konstanz), Rheinsberg, Sassnitz, Stendal, Stolberg, Südharz, Überlingen, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel, Unstruttal, Wasserburg (Bodensee), Werder (Havel), Wiesenburg/Mark, Wittstock, Zarrentin am Schaalsee,

GREAT BRITAIN
REGIONS

Exmoor
Lake District
Outer Hebrides
Peak District
Scottish westcoast
Snowdonia
(North-Wales)
Ulster: coast (Northern Ireland)
Wester Ross (Scotland)
CULTURAL
Abbeys in northern England (MP)
Callanish Stone Circle (MP)
Early industrial canals in the Midlands (MP)
Industrial Revolution
(following in the footsteps of the ...) (MP)
ISLANDS
Barra (MP)
Berneray (MP)
Great Bernera (MP)
Harris (MP)
Iona (the holy Scottish island)
Lewis
(MP)
Mull
North Uist (MP)
Skye
South Uist (MP)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Southern Upland Way (Scotland) (MP)

CITIES
Durham (MP), London (the Docklands) (MP), Glasgow, York (MP)
VILLAGES
Bangor, Beddgelert, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Harlech, Llandudno, Minffordd, Portmeiron,

HUNGARY
REGIONS

Hortobágy (pusta)

CITIES
Eder, Sopron

IRELAND
REGIONS

Coast of Donegal and north Ulster (MP)

ITALY
REGIONS (in a touristical sense)

Abruzzi
Alpi Marittimi (around Mt. Argentera)
Carnival in Venezia (Venice)
Dolomiti (Dolomites)(Grande Strada delle Dolomiti + walks)
Dolomiti Bellunesi
Gran Paradiso/Valle d'Aosta
Italian Riviera

Lago Maggiore
Lago d'Orta
Liguria
Obervintschgau/Val Venosta
Umbria: in the footsteps of Saint Francis from Assisi to Gubbio
CULTURAL
Chimney Sweeps Festival (in Valle Vigezzo, Piemonte)
Giardini Hanbury (Hanbury Gardens at coast near French border)
San Francesco (Saint Francis) in Umbria
CITIES
Novara
Pavia
Venice by kayak
Venice in winter
Vigevano
ISLANDS
Lago d'Orta: Isola di San Giulio, peninsula Orta
Lago Maggiore: Isola Bella, Isola Madre, Isola dei Pescatori
Venetian Lagoon:
Venezia (Venice), Isola di Burano, Isola di Murano, Isola di Torcello
VALLEYS
, Valle Vigezzo, Valsesia,
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Alpi Marittimi, 5 hikes around the Argentera
Hiking: Alta Via No. 1 - The Giants' Trail (Alpine long distance path, Aosta region, between Matterhorn and Mt. Blanc)
Hiking: Sentiero Francescano (the path of Saint Francis) from Assisi to Gubbio
Kayaking: Venezia (Venice) and its Lagoon

REGIONE (administrative entities)
Liguria, Lombardia, Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta,
PROVINCES (administrative entities) and METROPOLITAN CITIES (administrative entities)
Milano, Novara, Pavia, Varese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola,
CITIES (> 20.000 inhabitants)
Aosta, Assisi, Belluno, Novara, Pavia, Venezia (Venice), Verbania, Vigevano,
MUNICIPALITIES (mostly rural) and VILLAGES
Alto Verbano, Angera, Arona, Baveno, Belgirate, Bellinzago Novarese, Bereguardo, Cannero, Cannobio, Cerano, Certosa di Pavia, Cuggiono, Intra, Laveno-Mombello, Leggiuno, Luino, Malesco, Meina, Morimondo, Motta Visconti, Oggebbio, Pallanza, Piancavallo (Piemonte), Pombia, Robecca sul Naviglio, Robecchetto con Induno, Santa Maria Maggiore, Stresa, Torre d'Isola, Torri (Liguria), Valeggio, Villette, Vizzola Ticino,

NETHERLANDS
REGIONS
Betuwe (PS)
Friesland: Eleven Cities Tour by E-Bike (MP)
Friesland and Drenthe (northern provinces) in winter (PS/MP)
Groningen: scenic drive in the Westerkwartier region (MP)
Around Gooi, Vecht and the peat lakes (PS)
IJmuiden, city of fish (fishing, fishermen, sport fishing at Northsea, auction, restaurants, surroundings)
Maas (Meuse) valley from Mook to Sittard (MP) and on to Maastricht (PS)
Norgerholt (Drenthe) - primeval forest in the making (PS)
CULTURAL
Architecture: large stock of Dutch modern housing, incl. Amsterdam old port (MP)
Architecture: colourful modern Kattenbroek quarter in Amersfoort
(MP)
Monumental trees (MP)
Romans in the Netherlands (MP)
Small ferries in the Netherlands
(MP)
Steam train from Hoorn to Medemblik (MP)
Young Mozart in the Netherlands
(MP)
ISLANDS
Schiermonnikoog
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Cycling: Eleven Cities Tour of Friesland by E-Bike (MP)
Cycling: Gooi- and Vechtstreek
Cycling: Salland
Cycling: Hondsrug in wintertime (province of Drenthe)
Cycling: Trip along the edge of the dunes in Noord-Holland
Cycling: Winter in Friesland
Hiking: Nostalgic walks with help of vintage guidebooks

CITIES
Amsterdam (MP), Leiden, Den Haag (MP), IJmuiden, Nijmegen (MP), Rotterdam

PROVINCES (administrative entities)
, Friesland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Holland, Utrecht, Zuid-Holland,
CITIES (> 20.000 inhabitants)
Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Bolsward, Den Haag, Dokkum, Harlingen, Leeuwarden, Rotterdam, Sneek, Workum,
MUNICIPALITIES (mostly rural) and VILLAGES
Balk, Bernheze, De Fryske Marren, Dinther, Eijsden-Margraten, Hindeloopen, Noardeast-Fryslân, Oudemirnum, Sloten, Súdwest-Fryslân, Tytsjerksteradiel, Waadhoeke, Weidum, Witmarsum, Wijns, IJlst,

NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM
REGIONS

Baarle-Nassau-Hertog, 2 countries, 1 village
Euregion Maastricht (Maas valley, Jeker valley, South Limburg, Voer district)
Valley of the Maas (Meuse) in Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg

NORWAY
REGIONS

Jotunheimen
Suldal, Ryfylke, Hjelmeland (southwestern fjordcountry)
ISLANDS
Lofoten
Vesterålen


CITIES
Bergen, Stavanger

POLAND
REGIONS

Mazury (Masuria, Masurian lakedistrict)
Small stock of southern Poland (MP)
CULTURAL
Castles between Krakòw and Czestochowa (MP)
Religion in Poland (MP)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Kayaking: Following river Krutynia through the Masurian lakedistrict

CITIES
Czestochowa (MP), Gdansk, Krakòw (MP), Nowy Targ (MP), Tarnów (MP)

PORTUGAL
REGIONS

Northern Portugal including Braga

CITIES
Braga

ROMANIA
REGIONS

Rural Romania (MP)
CULTURAL
Monasteries and Churches of Moldavia, covered with frescoes (Arbore, Humor, Moldovita, Neamt, Sucevita, Voronet)

CITIES
Sibiu, Sighisoara
VILLAGES
Arbore, Berbesti, Bicaz-Chei, Biertan, Bogdan Voda, Botiza, Bradesti, Breb, Gura Humorului, Harnicesti, Hoteni, Ieud, Ighisu Vechi, Manastirea Humorului, Manastirea Neamt, Mara, Miercurea Sibiului, Sacalaseni, Sapînta, Sîrbi, Strîmtura, Sucevita, Valeni, Vama, Vatra Moldovitei, Valea Strîmba, Voronet, Zlagna,

RUSSIA
REGIONS

The Golden Ring (historical cities and monasteries northeast of Moscow) (MP)

CITIES
Aleksandrov, Borisoglebsk, Kostroma, Moscow (Red Square and direct surroundings), Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov-Veliky, Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Tutayev, Uglich, Vladimir, Yaroslavl, Yuryev Polskoi (MP)
VILLAGES
Babajevo, Bogolyubovo, Gustomesowo, Ishna, Istra, Kibol, Nikitino, Petrovskoje, Roshtdestveno, Slobodka, Ves,
SLOVENIA
REGIONS

Compact stock of slides concerning the whole country
Slovenian Alps
Slovenian coast
Triglav (national park + region)

CITIES
Ljubljana

SLOVAKIA
REGIONS

Mini-archive Slovakia
Slovakia: Vysoké Tatry (High Tatras)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Vysoké Tatry (High Tatras)

SPAIN
REGIONS

Andalucia
Ordesa/Monte Perdido (in Pyrenees)
Picos de Europa
CULTURAL
Castles of northern Spain (MP)
Moorish Spain
Mudéjar architecture in Spain
ISLANDS
Fuerteventura (Canary Island)
La Gomera (Canary Island)
Gran Canaria (Canary Island)
El Hierro (Canary Island)
Lanzarote (Canary Island)
La Palma (Canary Island)
Tenerife (Canary Island, interior only)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Galicia (GR 94 from Vigo to Santiago)

REGIONS
Aragón, Castile-La Mancha (Sp: Castilla-La Mancha), Castile and León (Sp: Castilla y León), Navarre (Sp: Navarra),
PROVINCES
Ávila, Burgos, Guadalajara, Huesca, Navarra, Palencia, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Valladolid, Zaragoza,
CITIES
Ávila
, Calatayud, Córdoba, Granada, Santa Cruz (La Palma), Segovia, Sevilla, Teruel
VILLAGES
Albarracín, Ampudia, Berlanga de Duero, Campillo de Dueñas, Caracena, Coca, Frías, Gormaz, Guijosa, Jadraque, Loarre, Medina del Campo, Mironcillo, Molina de Aragon, Mombeltrán, Montealegre de Campos, Olite, Peñafiel, Peñaranda de Duero, Peracense, Quicena, Riba de Santiuste, Sádaba, Siguenza, Turégano, Villafuerte, Vozmediano,

SWEDEN
REGIONS

(Lapland): Padjelanta (national park)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: the Padjelanta trail

SWITZERLAND
REGIONS

Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
Furka, Gotthard, Susten and Grimsel passes and surroundings
Jungfrau Region (wonders of nature in Berner Oberland)
Lago Maggiore (+ surrounding Ticino)
Swiss national park (+ region)
Unterengadin/Val Müstair/Samnaun
CULTURAL
Carnival in Basel (Basler Fasnacht)
ISLANDS
Isole Brissago
VALLEYS
Valle Maggia, Valle Verzasca

CANTONS
Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino
CITIES
Bellinzona, Locarno, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen,
MUNICIPALITIES (mostly rural) and VILLAGES
Arbon, Ascona, Aurigeno, Berlingen, Brissago, Corippo, Diessenhofen, Heiden, Gambarogno, Indemini, Maggia, Lavertezzo, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Ponte Brolla, Salenstein, Steckborn, Stein am Rhein, Vira,


NATIONAL PARKS & other protected areas
from a traveller's and not a naturist's point of view
Australia
Uluru - Kata Tjuta national park

Austria
Donau-Auen national park
Hohe Tauern national park

Czechia
Ceske Svycarsko (Bohemian Switzerland) national park
Sumava national park (in Bohemian Forest)

France
Brière regional park (Loire estuary)
Camargue regional park
Cévennes national park
Écrins national park
Haut-Jura regional park
Haute Chaîne du Jura nature reserve
Haute-Provence geological nature reserve
Hauts Plateaux du Vercors nature reserve

Hauts de Chartreuse nature reserve
Massif des Bauges regional park
Mercantour national park
Monts d'Ardèche regional park
Volcans d'Auvergne regional park (with emphasis on the southern part)
Pyrénées national park
Vanoise national park
(northern part )(southern part: core area + buffer zone /
core area only)
Vercors regional park
Verdon regional park

Germany
Hochharz national park
Jasmund national park (island Rügen)
Müritz national park
Sächsische Schweiz national park (Saxonian Switzerland)
Schaalsee Biosphärenreservat (biosphere reserve)
Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft national park (coast + islands Fischland-Darß-Zingst, Hiddensee, Rügen)

Great Britain
Exmoor national park
Lake District national park
Peak District national park
Snowdonia national park
(North-Wales)
Wester Ross (Scotland)

Hungary
Hortobágy national park(pusta)

Italy
Abruzzi national park
Alpi Marittimi nature reserve
Dolomiti Bellunesi national park
Gran Paradiso national park
Ticino natural park (Piedmonte)
Ticino valley park
(Lombardia)

Nepal
Annapurna Conservation Area (famous for its Rhododendron forests)

Netherlands
Norgerholt (Drenthe) - primeval forest in the making
Schiermonnikoog national park (island)

Norway
Jotunheimen national park

Poland
Mazurski Krajobrazowy landscape park (Masuria)

Portugal
Peneda-Gerês national park

Slovenia
Triglav national park

Slovakia
Vysoké Tatry national park (High Tatras)

Spain
Caldera de Taburiente national park (La Palma Canary Island)
Ordesa/Monte Perdido national park (Pyrenees)
Sierra Nevada natural park
Teide national park (Tenerife Canary Island)
Timanfaya national park (Lanzarote Canary Island)

Sweden
Padjelanta national park (Lapland)

Switzerland
Swiss national park (in Engadin)

Turkey
Göreme national park

USA
Arches national park
Bryce national park
Buckskin Gulch
Capitol Reef national park
Capitol Reef national park
Coyote Buttes
Grand Canyon national park
Joshua Tree national park
Monument Valley national monument
Paria Canyon
Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area
Yosemite/Kings Canyon national parks
Zion national park

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Australia
Uluru - Kata Tjuta national park

Austria
Wachau

France
Palace and Park of Versailles

Germany
Castles and parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Classical Weimar
Garden realm of Dessau-Wörlitz
Historical centre of Quedlinburg
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
Primeval beech forests of Germany
Reichenau island
Schaalsee biosphere reserve
Stralsund and Wismar historical centres
Wartburg castle

Nepal
Kathmandu Valley (parts of historical centres of Kathmandu and Pagan, town centre Bhaktapur, temple complexes of Swayambhu, Buddanath, Pasputanath and Changu Narayan)

Romania
Churches of Moldavia
Historic centre of Sighisoara
Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania

Russia
Sergiev Posad (churches and monasteries)
Suzdal (complex of monasteries)
Vladimir (churches and monasteries)
Yaroslavl
(churches and monasteries)

Spain
Ávila (city with town walls)
Segovia (old town)

Switzerland
Bellinzona castles

Turkey
Göreme national park
Hattusha (Hittite capital)
Nemrud Dag (ancient tomb-sanctuary on mountain top)

Yemen
Sana'a (old city of decorated tower houses)
Shibam (old walled city of mud brick tower houses)

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