Leiden, Netherlands
Burcht van Leiden
This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.
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Leiden, Netherlands
This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.
Leiden, Netherlands
Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.
Leiden, Netherlands
The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.
Leiden, Netherlands
A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
Leiden, Netherlands
A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.
Wrocław, Poland
This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.
Wrocław, Poland
A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.
Sveti Stefan, Montenegro
This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.
Belgrade, Serbia
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.