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Louis-Philippe Loncke

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026

🌍 20 expeditions 👉 14 World Firsts 🌍 🏅European Adventurer of the year 2016 🏆 2012 London Olympics Torchbearer 🏆 🐵 Jane Goodall ambassador and Knight 🎬2 Films, more coming, 2 YouTube shows Follow ▶ @MeetExplorers ▶ @LouPhiTest M.Sc. Eng. Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian adventurer, explorer and filmmaker. He is a Life Fellow of The Explorers Club (FI '10) and the only Belgian in the Société des Explorateurs Français. He is a specialist in unsupported treks mostly in deserts with 14 world firsts among his 20 expeditions. He has visited over 55 countries and done expeditions in countries like remote corners of Australia, Peru, Bolivia and Iceland. He is an outdoor guinea pig for a French scientist in her program Decision taking under stress in extreme environment. He is the founder of the Expedition Database. He holds a Master in Electromechanical engineering and a post-Master in Industrial management in IT. He is nicknamed "The Mad Belgian" in Australia after being the first person to cross the length of the Simpson Desert and Tasmania in winter. He enjoys geek stuff as well as climbing a remarkable mountain each year or a kayak/packraft trip. He is based in Brussels 🚩.
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Hekla with Reflection

Iceland

Hekla

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

How's it going?

Seydisfjordur, Iceland

'How's It Going?' Phone Booth

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Silfra

Thingvellir, Iceland

Silfra

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Paris, France

Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier

Architect Le Corbusier built his friend a cubist house to match his impressive collection of cubist art.

Statue of Liberty at Pont du Grenelle

Paris, France

Statue of Liberty at Pont de Grenelle

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Musee de la Magie

Paris, France

Musee de la Magie

A museum of magic with a Sadist past.

Clément Ader's Avion III

Paris, France

Musée des Arts et Métiers

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Paris Point Zero

Paris, France

Paris Point Zero

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The torch in its new location at the Statue of Liberty Museum.

New York, New York

Statue of Liberty's Original Torch

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Solvay Hut

Zermatt, Switzerland

Solvay Hut

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

Geneva Skateboard Musuem

Vernier, Switzerland

Geneva Skateboard Musuem

One of the world's largest skateboard collections is on display inside a historical mansion.

Miquel Barceló’s ceiling at the UN headquarters in Geneva.

Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Ceiling

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

Saut de Brot

Boudry, Switzerland

Saut de Brot

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Lac Souterrain de Saint-Léonard

Saint-Léonard, Switzerland

Lac Souterrain de Saint-Léonard

The largest underground lake in Europe.

Hotel Belvédère.

Obergoms VS, Switzerland

Hotel Belvédère

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

CERN

Meyrin, Switzerland

CERN

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

Icehotel

Kiruna, Sweden

Icehotel

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Queen Victoria Bridge

Madrid, Spain

Queen Victoria Bridge

This modernist bridge highlights the bear as a symbol of Madrid.

Carabanchel 24

Madrid, Spain

Carabanchel 24

Nicknamed the "Spirit of Paul Klee," this colorful apartment building features an array of multicolored panels.

Vendors at the model train market

Barcelona, Spain

Model Train Market at Estació de França

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

Sarcophagus

Barcelona, Spain

Museu Egipci de Barcelona (Egyptian Museum of Barcelona)

A beautiful little museum hidden away in the heart of Barcelona holds a treasure trove of Ancient Egyptian artifacts

European Museum of Modern Art

Barcelona, Spain

European Museum of Modern Art

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.

The Volvo Ocean Race Museum.

Alicante, Spain

Volvo Ocean Race Museum

This interactive museum highlights the history and philosophy of one of the world's most difficult sailing races.

Mount Teide

Tenerife, Spain

Mount Teide

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

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