Places ronni315 Wants to Go

A 1:20 scale piece of the Netherlands commissioned by a queen lets visitors take a stroll as giants.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

This unique bridge physically lifts a piece of the road into the air to let boats pass by.

“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

Devious political maneuvering and four ancient, working telescopes are central to the world's second-oldest observatory.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

Two gravestones clasp hands over the religious divide.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

A true Valhalla for cactus and succulent lovers.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

A miniature city, once ruled by the Queen of the Netherlands.

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.