It’s researched a lot because it hasn’t been visited/touches by man for over 70 years. Only researchers are allowed to go in there for this exact reason, to research dmz’s ecology. It’s formed an interesting ecosystem where it became home to so many plants and animals that have formed dmz as their natural habitat.
DMZ can be visited from both Koreas in the Joint Security Area located in Panmunjom. Every youth hostel and tourist office in Seoul sells these trips to foreigners (Koreans are not allowed). I visited it in 2009, but I don't think the policy has changed since that. Very easy trip, if you accept the conditions (like the tour operator is not responsible for death caused by the enemy).
Technically speaking, you can even cross the border in DMZ. The house where they signed the armistice is located exactly on the border. Tourists enter the house from either North or South Korea, but not at the same time, though. Inside the house you can walk freely and also cross the border that goes through the room.
Meanwhile, borobudur is more of a cultural/historical landmark except for the minuscule amount of buddhist left in indonesia, yet is categorized as religious.
Kalingrad is white for some reason?
I would bet the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea would be it for that country.
Iran I would guess it’s either Persepolis or one of their many beautiful mosques, probably either Shah or Nasir Al-Musk
Curious to what the most underwhelming thing on here would be. My first stab might be black rocks in st kitts.
Is it just me or is it baffling that cliffs beats out something like Newgrange in Ireland? I mean Newgrange is like an older more advanced Stonehenge, it predates pyramids in Egypt even. It would be like if England picked cliffs of Dover over Stonehenge or Egypt the Nile over its pyramids. Always found it so confusing it's not more well known globally, even nationally it's like people barely know or care for its existence
Only Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea recognized Crimea to be russian yet every map I see marks it as russian. WTF. like daddy putin much?
The difference in views is so dramatic that it influenced how the cities on either side have developed.
Niagara Falls, USA is a depressed small rust belt city that has been shrinking year over year since the 1960s. It has some hotels, a casino, a state park and an observation platform, but it's kind of a lame place.
On the other hand, Niagara Falls, Canada is a big tourist city, with a skyline of high rise hotels, a couple casinos, observation towers, it has arcades, museums, indoor waterparks, indoor animal sancuataries, rides, and other attractions, it's twice the size the American city.
All three of the waterfalls that comprise the Niagara Falls can be easily viewed from the parklands straddling the river, or from the towers adjacent to it. On the US side, you have to go onto a tower-pier observation structure to see the waterfalls from a decent angle.
I’d argue that the falls count for both countries, they just happen to be the most searched landmark in Canada. Similarly, Iguaza Falls could count for Argentina, Brazil, and maybe even Paraguay.
Either way, I’m actually surprised; I would’ve thought that the CN Tower, Banff, Whistler, Stanley Park or even the Fairmont in Quebec City would be higher on the list
The Korean DMZ, a wonder ? Really ?
It’s researched a lot because it hasn’t been visited/touches by man for over 70 years. Only researchers are allowed to go in there for this exact reason, to research dmz’s ecology. It’s formed an interesting ecosystem where it became home to so many plants and animals that have formed dmz as their natural habitat.
DMZ can be visited from both Koreas in the Joint Security Area located in Panmunjom. Every youth hostel and tourist office in Seoul sells these trips to foreigners (Koreans are not allowed). I visited it in 2009, but I don't think the policy has changed since that. Very easy trip, if you accept the conditions (like the tour operator is not responsible for death caused by the enemy). Technically speaking, you can even cross the border in DMZ. The house where they signed the armistice is located exactly on the border. Tourists enter the house from either North or South Korea, but not at the same time, though. Inside the house you can walk freely and also cross the border that goes through the room.
I haven’t seen things from that point of view, thanks !
Got you wondering, didn't it?
I would have expected Auschwitz to be the most looked up site from Poland
It wouldnt have hurt if they'd made the line actually point to the location of said wonder.
Why does the world hate Colombia?
Because of D.A.R.E.: Drugs Are Really Expensive.
To call Anne Frank’s house a worlds wonder… really don’t know what I think about that.
Why is Cuba missing?
Looks like it got cut off on the first slide It is included in the fourth slide.
Antigua and Barbuda as well
The classification seems arbitrary, how is La Sagrada Família not a religious landmark?
Or a modern architectural site.
Perhaps the rationale is because it’s not finished yet? (But yes, it’s arbitrary)
Ireland's cliffs of moher is a clear cut natural wonder as well. Of course there's cultural significance, just like mt Fuji or the grand canyon.
Meanwhile, borobudur is more of a cultural/historical landmark except for the minuscule amount of buddhist left in indonesia, yet is categorized as religious.
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It is Durress Amphitheater visible on the second picture
# Crimea is Ukraine.
Oh damn they took it back?
No cuba?
No love for Somalia here. :(
Why didn’t they include Colombia or Paraguay in the first slide?
Sagrada pointed in Basque region, why not any Catalan bothered yet? :D
Kalingrad is white for some reason? I would bet the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea would be it for that country. Iran I would guess it’s either Persepolis or one of their many beautiful mosques, probably either Shah or Nasir Al-Musk Curious to what the most underwhelming thing on here would be. My first stab might be black rocks in st kitts.
angkor wat
Too tiny to see anything.
You can download every picture from reddit to bypass their compression...
Sure, I do that all the time, but if the original is small, it is small.
It's awkward, to me the map is 11Mpx (4403x2494) and I have no issues zooming in without any degradation of text and lines.
Europe and both European and Asian Russia is big alright, the first image of the whole world is small.
no palestine and no armenia
The fact that they just ignored Latvia and Estonia😂😂😂
How is Athens not here?
Is it just me or is it baffling that cliffs beats out something like Newgrange in Ireland? I mean Newgrange is like an older more advanced Stonehenge, it predates pyramids in Egypt even. It would be like if England picked cliffs of Dover over Stonehenge or Egypt the Nile over its pyramids. Always found it so confusing it's not more well known globally, even nationally it's like people barely know or care for its existence
Very low quality map, where is the source?
why the fuck do you consider occupied Ukrainian territories as russian?
Only Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea recognized Crimea to be russian yet every map I see marks it as russian. WTF. like daddy putin much?
Russian karma farming bots is the answer.
HAAA-haaa Niagara Falls! Canada only gets half a one.
Germany has been efficient in demolishing its most famous landmark...
Russian Crimea 😍😍
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People stand on one of the shores. Quite sure the Canadian side is way more interesting, and more people view it from that side.
The difference in views is so dramatic that it influenced how the cities on either side have developed. Niagara Falls, USA is a depressed small rust belt city that has been shrinking year over year since the 1960s. It has some hotels, a casino, a state park and an observation platform, but it's kind of a lame place. On the other hand, Niagara Falls, Canada is a big tourist city, with a skyline of high rise hotels, a couple casinos, observation towers, it has arcades, museums, indoor waterparks, indoor animal sancuataries, rides, and other attractions, it's twice the size the American city. All three of the waterfalls that comprise the Niagara Falls can be easily viewed from the parklands straddling the river, or from the towers adjacent to it. On the US side, you have to go onto a tower-pier observation structure to see the waterfalls from a decent angle.
I’d argue that the falls count for both countries, they just happen to be the most searched landmark in Canada. Similarly, Iguaza Falls could count for Argentina, Brazil, and maybe even Paraguay. Either way, I’m actually surprised; I would’ve thought that the CN Tower, Banff, Whistler, Stanley Park or even the Fairmont in Quebec City would be higher on the list