Oslo, Norway
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Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.
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Oslo, Norway
Oslo's historic toboggan run has been letting thrill seekers slide from train stop to train stop for over a century.
Oslo, Norway
One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
Longyearbyen, Norway
In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Grafenau, Germany
Inside this unique festival hall, a slide leads guests down to a subterranean watering hole.
Amöneburg, Germany
Amöneburg is a town perched on top of a basalt mountain in the middle of an ancient meteor crater.
Königswinter, Germany
A ruined castle stands atop a hill surrounded by dragon lore.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Munich, Germany
A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
Dresden, Germany
To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.
Hamelin, Germany
The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.
Passau, Germany
Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
Garching bei München, Germany
Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.
Stuttgart, Germany
This old wooden funicular railway leads to a cemetery in the forest.
Kalkar, Germany
An amusement park on the grounds of an unused nuclear power plant, with a swing ride inside the cooling tower.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
The stones of this formerly witch-obsessed castle were used to build a church.
Darmstadt, Germany
Crop circles inspired this whimsical garden in Germany.
Bingen, Germany
The many—66 to be exact—faces of the German forest.
Rangsdorf, Germany
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.