Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

One of the deepest indoor swimming pools in the world.

Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

Forget the hearse ‘cause he’s forever immortalized in a Belgian city where AC/DC performed a secret gig that pushed them forward.

A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

The world's tallest boat lift stands as a massive piece of industrial tourism.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

This small commune with an even smaller name appears to have an unlikely amount of dead ancestors.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.

To the famous surrealist artist, liberty required two torches held high.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.