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STOCK PHOTOS BY COUNTRY, REGION AND CITY
INTRODUCTION
This stocklist is about series of photos, not about features (stories). The pictures are organized by country, region and city.

At the end of the list you'll find a sub-section with national parks, nature reserves and UNESCO World Heritage Sites listed.

Most of our assignments stress a region, city or local event, therefore this page can be seen as a list of finished photo assignments as well. 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 that are covered by only a few pictures are not mentioned, but you still can find them by doing a search.

HOW THIS LIST WORKS
This list shows all images, not only the ones that are uploaded to our website. The uploaded regions and cities are linked.

The stock list grows with every new assignment. The number of links grows faster, with every uploaded series.

If you prefer finding photos not by region but by subject, please have a look at our three other stocklists: Travel/Leisure Subjects, General Subjects, and Flower & Garden Subjects.

Our originals are partly analog partly digital. We can, however, always deliver hi-res digital image files.



AFRICA

TUNISIA
CITIES
Sousse, Tunis
REGIONS
Stock of the whole country, its people, features and architecture

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
CITIES
Boston, Las Vegas, San Fransisco (just Golden Gate Bridge)
REGIONS
Berkshires (western part of Massachusetts)
Massachusetts
Oregon (coast) (MP)

Oregon (Cascades and Indians) (MP)

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

ASIA & AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
REGIONS
Far North Queensland
Uluru (= Ayers Rock

BURMA (MYANMAR)
CITIES
Bago (MP), Mandalay (MP), Yangon (Rangoon) (MP)
REGIONS
Burma (the whole country) (MP)
Bagan Plain (MP)
Inle Lake (MP)
Irrawaddy valley (between Bagan and Mandalay) (MP)
Sittang valley (north of Bago) (MP)
CULTURAL
Bagan Archaeological Zone (MP)
Faces of Burma (MP)
Marionettes, ancient frescoes (MP)
Royal cities around Mandalay (MP)
Temples, monasteries and monks (MP)

CHINA
CITIES
Beijing (MP), Harbin: city of ice (MP), Hongkong (MP), Xi'an (MP)
REGIONS
Guangdong and Guangxi (southern China) (MP)
CULTURAL
Ancient Chinese science (MP)
Ice sculptures at the new year festival of Harbin
(MP)
Miaou mountainpeople - dragons, temples and shamans
(MP)
New Year in China (MP)

NORTH VIETNAM
REGIONS
Mountain regions of the northwest (MP)
CULTURAL
Mountain tribes (MP)

TURKEY
REGIONS
Cappadocia (MP)
Central Anatolia (MP)
Ihlara Canyon, Hasan Dag volcano and surroundings (MP)
Tuz Gölü (salt lake) (MP)
CULTURAL
Cave churches in Cappadocia (MP)
The Hittites (MP)

YEMEN
CITIES
Sana (MP), Shibam (MP), Thilla (MP)
REGIONS
Stock of the country, its people, features and architecture (MP)

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
CITIES
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,
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)
Wachau (wine region in Niederösterreich)
Western Kärnten (Carinthia) (active tourism)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Western Kärnten (several walks)

BELGIUM
CITIES
Antwerpen (Antwerp), Brugge (Bruges), Brussel/Bruxelles (Brussels), Maaseik
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Cycling: Voerstreek (Voerdistrict)

CROATIA
CITIES
Dubrovnik, Zagreb
REGIONS
Stock concerning the whole country (except Slavonia)
ISLANDS
Rab

CZECHIA
CITIES
Praha (Prague)
REGIONS
Bohemian Forest (Sumava)
Ceske Svycarsko (Bohemian Switzerland) = Labské pískovce (Elbe Sandstone Mountains)

FRANCE
CITIES
Angers, Avignon, Blois, Cannes, Digne-les-Bains, Grasse, Grenoble, Lyon, Menton, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Nantes, Nice, Sarlat, Sisteron, Vienne
VILLAGES
Castellar, Eze, Gorbio, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Roure (Paul's home village + direct surroundings), Sainte Agnès
DEPARTMENTS (PROVINCES)
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes
REGIONS
Ardèche (central part of province)
Auvergne (Monts du Cantal, Monts Dore, Chaîne des Puys)
Aveyron river and region
Beaufortain (Hauteluce, Beaufort, Arêches, Boudin, Roselend)
Bretagne (Finistère coast)
Camargue
Cantal (MP + PS)
Cévennes + gorges (Tarn, etc.), causses, Mt. Lozère
Chartreuse (mostly Hauts de Chartreuse)
Col de la Bonette Restefond (highest pass in the Alps)
Côte d'Azur (with hinterland)
Diois (Die and surrounding lavender and sunflower fields and villages, southern Vercors)
Dordogne river and valley (from source to Bergerac + province with name Dordogne)
Écrins
Faucigny (Les Gets and surroundings, Grand Massif, Vallée du Giffre, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval)
Finistère coast
(Bretagne)
Gorges du Verdon
Haute-Maurienne (regions of l'Écot, Bonneval, Bessans, Lanslevillard, Termignon, Sardières, Bramans)
Loire river (from Blois to estuary + castles + region)
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)
Parks and gardens in Normandy
Pyrenees (national park region)
Rhône river and valley (from Lyon to coast)
Roure (Paul's home village + direct surroundings)
Vallée d'Abondance (Abondance, Chapelle d'Abondance, Châtel and surroundings)
Vanoise
Vercors (MP)
Vosges
(+ a bit of Alsace)
CULTURAL
Castles of the Languedoc (MP)
Cathars (MP)
Medieval art in southwestern France
Rétif de la Bretonne (the life of ...)
(MP)
Route Napoléon (touristical route + memories of Napoleon)
Troglodytes, Loire region (underground villages, church, castle, art, winecellars)
ISLANDS
Ouessant (Bretagne)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Côte d’Azur (Alpes Maritimes), 4 hikes above Menton
Hiking: Mercantour (Alpes Maritimes), 3 hikes around the Tinée valley
Hiking: river walks (with wet feet) in Bléone, Var (Daluis), Esteron and Bevera
Hiking & kayaking: coastal walks / kayak tours in Finistère, Bretagne
(all in connection with legends)
Kayaking: Following river Aveyron and the Viaur

GERMANY
CITIES
Bautzen, Berlin, Chemnitz, Cottbus, Dresden, Eisenach, Erfurt, Frankfurt an der Oder, Freiberg, Freyburg, Görlitz, Leipzig, Lindau, Marburg, Meissen, Merseburg, Mühlhausen, Naumburg, Quedlinburg, Passau, Potsdam, Rostock, Schwerin, Stralsund, Tangermünde, Weimar, Wernigerode, Wittenberg, Worms, Zittau, Zwickau
VILLAGES
Bad Kösen, Bergen (Rügen), Branitz, Burgk, Dornburg, Großkochberg, Großsedlitz, Großwelka, Kapellendorf, Kleinwelka, Ludwigslust, Moritzburg, Neustrelitz, Obercunnersdorf, Oybin, Pillnitz, Pirna, Ranis, Rheinsberg, Sassnitz, Stolberg, Wittstock, Wörlitz,
REGIONS
Around Dresden (Saxonia) (Meißen > Dresden > Elbsandsteingebirge > Bautzen > Zittau)
Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
Coast and islands of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (photographed in winter and March, not in summer)
Elbsandsteingebirge (Elbe Sandstone Mountains) / Sächsische Schweiz (Saxonian Switzerland)
Federal state Brandenburg
Federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Federal state Sachsen (Saxony)
Federal state Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
Federal state Thüringen (Thuringia)
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
Historical cities of Sachsen (Saxonia) and Thüringen (Thuringia)
Thüringen (Thuringia) - country of Goethe, Luther and Bach
ISLANDS
Fischland-Darß-Zingst
Hiddensee
Mainau
Rügen
Usedom
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Sächsische Schweiz (Saxonian Switzerland) = Elbsandsteingebirge (Elbe sandstone mountains)

GREAT BRITAIN
CITIES
Durham (MP), London (the Docklands) (MP), Glasgow, York (MP)
VILLAGES
Bangor, Beddgelert, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Harlech, Llandudno, Minffordd, Portmeiron,
REGIONS
Exmoor
Lake District
Peak District
Scottish westcoast
Snowdonia
(North-Wales)
Ulster: coast (MP)
Wester Ross (Scotland)
CULTURAL
Abbeys in northern England (MP)
Early industrial canals in the Midlands
(MP)
Industrial Revolution
(following in the footsteps of the ...) (MP)
ISLANDS
Iona (the holy Scottish island)
Mull
Skye

HUNGARY
CITIES
Sopron
REGIONS
Hortobágy (pusta)

IRELAND
REGIONS
Coast of Donegal and north Ulster (MP)

ITALY
CITIES
Assisi, Belluno, Venezia (Venice)
VILLAGES
Torri (Liguria)
REGIONE (administrative entities)
Liguria
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
ISLANDS
Lago d'Orta (Isola di San Giulio, peninsula Orta)
Lago Maggiore (Isola Bella, Isola Madre, Isola dei Pescatori)
Venezia (Venice) (+ Lido and Burano)
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Hiking: Alpi Marittimi, 5 hikes around the Argentera
Hiking: Sentiero Francescano (the path of Saint Francis) from Assisi to Gubbio
Kayaking: Venezia (Venice) and its Lagoon

NETHERLANDS
CITIES
Amsterdam (MP), Leiden, Den Haag (MP), IJmuiden, Nijmegen (MP), Rotterdam
REGIONS
Betuwe
Friesland with snow
Around Gooi, Vecht and the peat lakes
Around IJmuiden, city of fish (fishing, fishermen, sportfishing at Northsea, auction, restaurants, etc.)
Maas (Meuse) valley from Mook to Sittard (MP) and on to Maastricht
Norgerholt (Drenthe) - primeval forest in the making
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: 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

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
CITIES
Bergen, Stavanger
REGIONS
Jotunheimen
Suldal, Ryfylke, Hjelmeland (southwestern fjordcountry)
ISLANDS
Lofoten
Vesterålen

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

PORTUGAL
CITIES
Braga
REGIONS
Northern Portugal including Braga

ROMANIA
REGIONS
Rural Romania (MP)
CULTURAL
Monasteries of Moldavia, covered with frescoes (MP)

RUSSIA
CITIES
Moscow (Red Square and direct surroundings)(MP)
REGIONS
The Golden Ring (historical cities and monasteries northeast of Moscow, with Aleksandrov, Yurev-Polskoy, Vladimir, Bogolyubovo, Suzdal, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Tutaev, Uglich, Borisoglebsky, Rostov-Veliky, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Sergiev Posad)(MP)

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

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

SPAIN
CITIES
Córdoba, Granada, Santa Cruz (La Palma), Sevilla
REGIONS
Andalucia
Moorish Spain
Ordesa/Monte Perdido (in Pyrenees)
Picos de Europa
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)

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

NATIONAL PARKS & other nature reserves from touristical point of view

Australia
Uluru (= Ayers Rock) 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 de Chartreuse nature reserve
Massif des Bauges regional park
Mercantour national park
Parc des Volcans (regional park of the volcanos in Auvergne)
Pyrénées national park
Vanoise national park
Verdon regional park

Germany
Hochharz national park
Jasmund national park (island Rügen)
Müritz national park
Sächsische Schweiz national park (Saxonian Switzerland)
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

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)

Capitol Reef national park
Grand Canyon national park
Joshua Tree national park
Monument Valley national monument
Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Area
Yosemite/Kings Canyon national parks
Zion national park
Turkey
Göreme national park

USA
Arches national park
Bryce national park

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Austria
Wachau

Germany
Reichenau island

Switzerland
Bellinzona castles

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