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Massa Marittima Mural

Massa Marittima, Italy

Massa Marittima Mural

Does this strange mural depict witches battling beneath a penis tree?

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Siena, Italy

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

Il Porcelino

Florence, Italy

Il Porcellino

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

L’importuno di Michelangelo

Florence, Italy

L’importuno di Michelangelo

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore

Florence, Italy

The Bull of Santa Maria del Fiore

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Futuro House No. 001

Espoo, Finland

Futuro House No. 001

Visit Finnish architect Matti Suuronen's first UFO-shaped home.

Carpet cleaning near Mattolaituri.

Helsinki, Finland

Mattolaituri

This restaurant combines two Finnish traditions in one place: warm-weather relaxation and outdoor carpet-cleaning.

TramPub (SpåraKOFF)

Helsinki, Finland

TramPub (SpåraKOFF)

The stone in question.

Helsinki, Finland

The Fire Captain's Stone

Moved after its owner's death, this granite seat left the house with a haunting on its hands.

The pub's old entrance with Heineken logo.

Leiden, Netherlands

Café De Vergulde Kruik (The Gilded Jar Café)

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

Einstein Equation.

Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden’s Wall Formulae

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

Museum Boerhaave

Leiden, Netherlands

Museum Boerhaave

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.

Vrouwekerk

Leiden, Netherlands

Vrouwekerk

Only a few walls remain of the last church the Pilgrims used before they sailed to North America.

De Brandgrens (The Blaze Boundary)

Rotterdam, Netherlands

De Brandgrens (The Blaze Boundary)

These lights mark the area of Rotterdam that was bombed and burned in 1940.

The Giant of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Giant Of Rotterdam

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Brussels, Belgium

‘Don Quixote and Sancho Panza’

A largely overlooked statue that may commemorate the first publication of 'Don Quixote' outside of Spain.

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

Brussels, Belgium

Neuhaus Chocolate Shop

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

The Black Tower.

Brussels, Belgium

Black Tower

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

The plaque.

Brussels, Belgium

Birthplace of Audrey Hepburn

One of Hollywood's most iconic actresses was born in an upscale Brussels neighborhood in 1929.

Parc de Bruxelles, or "Brussels Park".

Brussels, Belgium

Commemoration of Peter the Great's Vomit

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Zinneke Pis

Brussels, Belgium

Zinneke Pis

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

The plaque.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Chet Baker Memorial Relief

In 1988, jazz legend Chet Baker fell to his death from a window of this hotel facing Amsterdam Centraal.

Major Bosshardt.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Major Bosshardt Monument

A statue commemorating 'the greatest inhabitant of Amsterdam of all time.'

In ‘t Aepjen

Amsterdam, Netherlands

In’t Aepjen

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

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