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    Pushkar (1118) Pushkar Camel Fair (Kartik Mela) - India
    Photo: Pushkar, Pushkar Camel Fair (Kartik Mela) - India

    1. Black-and-white portraits
    143 Photos

    Page updated the Friday, 15 December 2023

    Black and white photography can bring out emotions more strongly than color. It removes distractions from a portrait. Textures and contrast are stronger. …

    Map: Black-and-white portraits
    Map: Black-and-white portraits
    Wettolsheim (359) Château de Haut-Eguisheim (Three castles of Husseren-les-Châteaux)
    Photo: Wettolsheim, Château de Haut-Eguisheim (Three castles of Husseren-les-Châteaux)

    2. Wettolsheim
    19 Photos

    Page updated the Wednesday, 22 November 2023

    Wettolsheim is a wine-growing town located in the administrative district of Haut-Rhin, 5 km south-west of Colmar, between Wintzenheim and Eguisheim, and …

    Map: Wettolsheim
    Map: Wettolsheim
    Orchids (18) Brassia - Toscana
    Photo: Orchids, Brassia - Toscana

    3. Flowers
    7 Photos

    Page added the Monday, 21 February 2022

    Orchids, are diverse and widespread flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.

    Dolomites (1196) Seiser Alm - Sassolungo (3.181 m)
    Photo: Dolomites, Seiser Alm - Sassolungo (3.181 m)

    4. Dolomites
    48 Photos

    Page updated the Sunday, 17 October 2021

    The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They …

    Map: Dolomites
    Map: Dolomites
    Munich by night (24) Siegestor
    Photo: Munich by night, Siegestor

    5. Munich by night
    14 Photos

    Page updated the Monday, 4 October 2021

    Munich’s old town at night offers a very special atmosphere.

    Map: Munich by night
    Map: Munich by night
    Marta (14)
    Photo: Marta

    6. Marta (Lazio)
    9 Photos

    Page added the Sunday, 3 October 2021

    Marta is a comune in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 80 km northwest of Rome and about 20km northwest of Viterbo. Marta

    Map: Marta (Lazio)
    Map: Marta (Lazio)
    Altomonte (14) Santa Maria della Consolazione
    Photo: Altomonte, Santa Maria della Consolazione

    7. Altomonte
    8 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 17 August 2021

    Altomonte is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, in the region of Calabria. The city was first called Braal, then Bragalla, Bragallum, Antifluvius

    Map: Altomonte
    Map: Altomonte
    Castellana Caves (5)
    Photo: Castellana Caves

    8. Castellana Caves
    6 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 17 August 2021

    The Castellana Caves (Grotte di Castellana) are a karst cave system located in the municipality of Castellana Grotte, in the Metropolitan City of Bari, …

    Map: Castellana Caves
    Map: Castellana Caves
    Church village of Wamberg (56)
    Photo: Church village of Wamberg

    9. Church village of Wamberg
    12 Photos

    Page added the Wednesday, 7 July 2021

    The church village of Wamberg is part of the municipality of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) at 996 m. The place is on the north side of the Wamberg saddle

    Map: Church village of Wamberg
    Map: Church village of Wamberg
    Wilparting (534) Pilgrimage church
    Photo: Wilparting, Pilgrimage church

    10. Pilgrimage church Wilparting
    23 Photos

    Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

    The pilgrimage church of St. Marinus and Anian (Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting) is the Catholic village church of Wilparting, a district of the municipality …

    Map: Pilgrimage church Wilparting
    Map: Pilgrimage church Wilparting
    Kochelsee (5) Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten
    Photo: Kochelsee, Schlehdorf am Kochelsee - Herzogstand - Heimgarten

    11. Kochelsee
    15 Photos

    Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

    The Kochelsee (Lake Kochel) is located 70 km south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. It belongs to the communities Schlehdorf in the west and …

    Map: Kochelsee
    Map: Kochelsee
    Eibsee (172) Zugspitze
    Photo: Eibsee, Zugspitze

    12. Eibsee
    21 Photos

    Page updated the Friday, 4 June 2021

    The Eibsee is a lake 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen below (3.5 km north) of the Zugspitze (2,962 m) in the Wetterstein mountains in Bavaria. In …

    Map: Eibsee
    Map: Eibsee
    Ammersee (398) Inning am Ammersee
    Photo: Ammersee, Inning am Ammersee

    13. Ammersee
    42 Photos

    Page updated the Tuesday, 2 March 2021

    The Ammersee is after Chiemsee and Lake Starnberg the third largest lake in Bavaria (under the lakes, which lie exclusively in Bavaria) and reaching the …

    Map: Ammersee
    Map: Ammersee
    Summer in the city (Munich) (232)
    Photo: Summer in the city (Munich)

    14. Summer in the city (Munich)
    20 Photos

    Page added the Friday, 14 August 2020

    Despite Corona and the cancellation of the Oktoberfest, the Bavarian capital has launched the “Summer in the city” campaign (Sommer in der Stadt). Rides …

    Map: Summer in the city (Munich)
    Map: Summer in the city (Munich)
    Flakstadpollen (Lofoten) (43) Norway
    Photo: Flakstadpollen (Lofoten), Norway

    15. Black-and-white landscapes
    78 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 4 July 2020

    Color is wonderful, but there’s something truly spectacular about black and white landscapes. Black and white is an expressive and timeless way of capturing …

    Map: Black-and-white landscapes
    Map: Black-and-white landscapes
    Nymphenburg Palace (1084) Munich - Germany
    Photo: Nymphenburg Palace, Munich - Germany

    16. Infrared landscapes
    15 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 4 July 2020

    Infrared photography makes a world visible that is normally hidden from the human eye. Infrared photography refers to the photographing of subjects in the …

    Map: Infrared landscapes
    Map: Infrared landscapes
    Hopfensee (1)
    Photo: Hopfensee

    17. Hopfensee
    2 Photos

    Page added the Sunday, 16 February 2020

    The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 km long lake with a circumference of 6.8 km north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavarian Swabia, Bavaria. With …

    Map: Hopfensee
    Map: Hopfensee
    Zugspitze (777)
    Photo: Zugspitze

    18. Zugspitze
    34 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 18 January 2020

    The Zugspitze with 2,962 m is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and at the same time Germany’s highest mountain. The Zugspitze massif is located …

    Map: Zugspitze
    Map: Zugspitze
    Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee) (322)
    Photo: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)

    19. Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
    27 Photos

    Page updated the Monday, 14 October 2019

    The Geroldsee, also called Wagenbrüchsee, is a bog lake near Krün, a few kilometers from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It has an area of 10.6 hectares, a maximum …

    Map: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
    Map: Geroldsee (Wagenbrüchsee)
    Farmhouse museum Amerang (461)
    Photo: Farmhouse museum Amerang

    20. Farmhouse museum Amerang
    50 Photos

    Page added the Wednesday, 25 September 2019

    The farmhouse museum Amerang is an open-air museum and is located in the Upper Bavarian foothills of the Amerang region in Chiemgau. It is affiliated to …

    Map: Farmhouse museum Amerang
    Map: Farmhouse museum Amerang
    Open-air museum Glentleiten (1170)
    Photo: Open-air museum Glentleiten

    21. Open-air museum Glentleiten
    110 Photos

    Page added the Monday, 2 September 2019

    The open-air museum Glentleiten is the museum of the district Upper Bavaria for the rural life, living and economics of past centuries. It is located above …

    Map: Open-air museum Glentleiten
    Map: Open-air museum Glentleiten
    Plansee (Tyrol) (26)
    Photo: Plansee (Tyrol)

    22. Plansee (Tyrol)
    7 Photos

    Page added the Monday, 1 April 2019

    The Plansee is located in the district of Reutte, Tyrol, Austria within the Ammergau Alps. With almost 3 km², it is the second largest natural lake in …

    Map: Plansee (Tyrol)
    Map: Plansee (Tyrol)
    Flakstadpollen (Lofoten) (43)
    Photo: Flakstadpollen (Lofoten)

    23. Flakstadpollen
    6 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Flakstadpollen is a bay north of Flakstadøya, in the municipality of Flakstad, Nordland, which stretches for 3 km to the southwest from the inlet between …

    Map: Flakstadpollen
    Map: Flakstadpollen
    Kilan Beach (Lofoten) (41)
    Photo: Kilan Beach (Lofoten)

    24. Kilan
    6 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Kilan is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Kilan is part of the municipality of Flakstad.

    Map: Kilan
    Map: Kilan
    Nusfjord (Lofoten) (425)
    Photo: Nusfjord (Lofoten)

    25. Nusfjord
    15 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Nusfjord is a fishing village on Flakstadøy, one of the main islands of the Lofoten archipelago. The village belongs to Flakstad commune in Fylke, Norway

    Map: Nusfjord
    Map: Nusfjord
    Vareid Beach (Lofoten) (505)
    Photo: Vareid Beach (Lofoten)

    26. Vareid
    12 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Vareid is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Vareid is part of the municipality of Flakstad.

    Map: Vareid
    Map: Vareid
    Aurora Borealis (Lofoten) (53)
    Photo: Aurora Borealis (Lofoten)

    27. Aurora Borealis (Lofoten)
    6 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Norway is an area normally associated with the appearance of Aurora Borealis. There, under the auroral oval, one can observe the Aurora Borealis very often, …

    Map: Aurora Borealis (Lofoten)
    Map: Aurora Borealis (Lofoten)
    Skagsanden Beach (Lofoten) (21)
    Photo: Skagsanden Beach (Lofoten)

    28. Skagsanden
    5 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Skagsanden is a small and beautiful golden-sand beach in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Skagsanden is part of the municipality of Flakstad. …

    Map: Skagsanden
    Map: Skagsanden
    Sakrisøy (Lofoten) (34)
    Photo: Sakrisøy (Lofoten)

    29. Sakrisøy
    6 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Sakrisøy (Sakrisøya) is a small island and a fishing village between Reine and Hamnøy in the municipality of Moskenes in Lofoten. The island is located …

    Map: Sakrisøy
    Map: Sakrisøy
    Å i Lofoten (4)
    Photo: Å i Lofoten

    30. Å (Lofoten)
    2 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Å (Å i Lofoten), from å meaning “stream”, is a village in Moskenes municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2 km southwest of the village …

    Map: Å (Lofoten)
    Map: Å (Lofoten)
    Hamnøy (Lofoten) (208)
    Photo: Hamnøy (Lofoten)

    31. Hamnøy
    3 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Hamnøy or Hamnøya is a small fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the island of Moskenesøya

    Map: Hamnøy
    Map: Hamnøy
    Reine (Lofoten) (666)
    Photo: Reine (Lofoten)

    32. Reine
    15 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the …

    Map: Reine
    Map: Reine
    Reinefjorden (Lofoten) (16)
    Photo: Reinefjorden (Lofoten)

    33. Reinefjorden
    18 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    The Reinefjorden (Reinefjord) is a fjord arm of the Vestfjord in the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland, which extends almost 3 km in an easterly direction …

    Map: Reinefjorden
    Map: Reinefjorden
    Haukland Beach (Lofoten) (100)
    Photo: Haukland Beach (Lofoten)

    34. Haukland
    8 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Haukland is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Haukland is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy.

    Map: Haukland
    Map: Haukland
    Mærvollspollen Fjord (Lofoten) (16)
    Photo: Mærvollspollen Fjord (Lofoten)

    35. Mærvollspollen Fjord
    2 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Mærvollspollen is a fjord arm of the Steinsfjord on the island of Vestvågøy in the Lofoten. The fjord stretches about 2 km east of the hamlet Saupstad in …

    Map: Mærvollspollen Fjord
    Map: Mærvollspollen Fjord
    Utakleiv Beach (Lofoten) (334)
    Photo: Utakleiv Beach (Lofoten)

    36. Utakleiv
    20 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Utakleiv is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Utakleiv is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy.

    Map: Utakleiv
    Map: Utakleiv
    Vik Beach (Lofoten) (36)
    Photo: Vik Beach (Lofoten)

    37. Vik (Lofoten)
    7 Photos

    Page added the Saturday, 2 March 2019

    Vik is a town in Nordland County, Norway. Administratively, Vik is part of the municipality of Vestvågøy.

    Map: Vik (Lofoten)
    Map: Vik (Lofoten)
    BMW World (260)
    Photo: BMW World

    38. BMW Welt
    8 Photos

    Page added the Sunday, 18 November 2018

    The BMW Welt (BMW World) is a combined exhibition, museum and delivery site, located near the Olympic Park in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Tour (BMW four-cylinder

    Map: BMW Welt
    Map: BMW Welt
    Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich) (184) Sarcophagus Mask of Sit Djehuty
    Photo: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich), Sarcophagus Mask of Sit Djehuty

    39. Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich)
    108 Photos

    Page updated the Sunday, 4 November 2018

    The State Museum of Egyptian Art (Staatliche Museum Ägyptischer Kunst) in Munich is the most important in Germany after the collections in Berlin (Egyptian Museum

    Map: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich)
    Map: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Munich)
    Großer Ahornboden (259)
    Photo: Großer Ahornboden

    40. Grosser Ahornboden
    8 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 16 October 2018

    The Große Ahornboden lies at the head of the Rißtal valley, the Enger valley, just before the village of Eng between 1080 and 1300 m above sea level in …

    Map: Großer Ahornboden
    Map: Großer Ahornboden
    Barmsee (22)
    Photo: Barmsee

    41. Barmsee
    3 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 16 October 2018

    The Barmsee is a maximum of 1.12 km long and a maximum of 0.49 km wide lake in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Upper Bavaria) in the territory of …

    Map: Barmsee
    Map: Barmsee
    Oktoberfest (245) 2013
    Photo: Oktoberfest, 2013

    42. Oktoberfest
    194 Photos

    Page updated the Sunday, 7 October 2018

    The Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fair held annually in Munich. It is a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October …

    Map: Oktoberfest
    Map: Oktoberfest
    Ottobeuren Abbey (65) Basilica of Saints Alexander and Theodore
    Photo: Ottobeuren Abbey, Basilica of Saints Alexander and Theodore

    43. Ottobeuren Abbey
    66 Photos

    Page added the Sunday, 27 May 2018

    The monastery Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey in the Upper Swabian Ottobeuren. The monastery consecrated to the two saints Alexander of Rome and Theodore Tiro

    Map: Ottobeuren Abbey
    Map: Ottobeuren Abbey
    Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache) (127)
    Photo: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)

    44. Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
    10 Photos

    Page added the Sunday, 8 April 2018

    The Hintersee (formerly Ferchensee or Forchensee) is a 16.4 hectare lake in the municipality of Ramsau in the Berchtesgadener Land, about two kilometers …

    Map: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
    Map: Hintersee (Ramsauer Ache)
    Kirkjufell (43)
    Photo: Kirkjufell

    45. Kirkjufell
    5 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Mount Kirkjufell (463 m) is located in the west of Iceland, near the town of Grundarfjörður on the western shore of the fjord Grundarfjörður in the north …

    Map: Kirkjufell
    Map: Kirkjufell
    Hvítserkur (14)
    Photo: Hvítserkur

    46. Hvítserkur
    7 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base, which …

    Map: Hvítserkur
    Map: Hvítserkur
    Goðafoss (119)
    Photo: Goðafoss

    47. Goðafoss
    8 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    The Goðafoss (“waterfall of the gods” or “waterfall of the goði”) is a waterfall in Iceland. It is located in the Bárðardalur district of Northeastern Region

    Map: Goðafoss
    Map: Goðafoss
    Lake Mývatn (5)
    Photo: Lake Mývatn

    48. Mývatn
    5 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding …

    Map: Mývatn
    Map: Mývatn
    East fjords (4)
    Photo: East fjords

    49. East Fjords (Iceland)
    6 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Eastern Region (Austurland, also known as Austfirðir: “East Fjords”) is a region in eastern Iceland. Its area is 22,721 km² and in 2007 its population was …

    Map: East Fjords (Iceland)
    Map: East Fjords (Iceland)
    Eystrahorn (91)
    Photo: Eystrahorn

    50. Eystrahorn
    4 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Part of the Krossanesfjall is the famous rock outcrop Eystrahorn (also called Austurhorn), on the other side of the wide bay of Lón the Vestrahorn (757 m). …

    Map: Eystrahorn
    Map: Eystrahorn
    Hverarönd (97)
    Photo: Hverarönd

    51. Hverarönd
    28 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Hverarönd, literally meaning “hot springs of the ducks”, also called by Námafjall metonymy of the name of the mountain at the foot of which it is located, …

    Map: Hverarönd
    Map: Hverarönd
    Icelandic Landscapes (99)
    Photo: Icelandic Landscapes

    52. Icelandic Landscapes
    3 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Iceland has extensive volcanic and geothermal activity. The rift associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which marks the division between the Eurasian Plate …

    Map: Icelandic Landscapes
    Map: Icelandic Landscapes
    Klifatindur (71)
    Photo: Klifatindur

    53. Klifatindur
    16 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    The mountain Klifatindur is located in southern Iceland and is 889 m high. An important part of this mountain range is the Vestrahorn (757 m). In front …

    Map: Klifatindur
    Map: Klifatindur
    Ice caves (26) Vatnajökull
    Photo: Ice caves, Vatnajökull

    54. Vatnajökull ice caves
    9 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Glacier caves are caves formed within the ice of a glacier and are often called ice caves. The glacier caves are started by water running through or under …

    Map: Vatnajökull ice caves
    Map: Vatnajökull ice caves
    Aurora Borealis (Iceland) (54) Jökulsárlón
    Photo: Aurora Borealis (Iceland), Jökulsárlón

    55. Aurora Borealis (Iceland)
    11 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    An aurora borealis, sometimes referred to as polar lights, northern lights, is a natural light display in the Earth’s sky, predominantly seen in the high-latitude …

    Map: Aurora Borealis (Iceland)
    Map: Aurora Borealis (Iceland)
    Breiða­merkur­sandur (341)
    Photo: Breiða­merkur­sandur

    56. Breiða­merkur­sandur
    17 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Breiðamerkursandur (also called Diamond Beach for the pieces of glacial ice washed up on the beach) is a sandur (a glacial outwash plain) in southeast …

    Map: Breiða­merkur­sandur
    Map: Breiða­merkur­sandur
    Jökulsárlón (211)
    Photo: Jökulsárlón

    57. Jökulsárlón
    26 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Jökulsárlón, literally “glacial river lagoon”, is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head …

    Map: Jökulsárlón
    Map: Jökulsárlón
    Dyrhólaey (111)
    Photo: Dyrhólaey

    58. Dyrhólaey
    7 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey (120 m) (formerly known as “Cape Portland” by seamen) is located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from …

    Map: Dyrhólaey
    Map: Dyrhólaey
    Reynisfjara (135)
    Photo: Reynisfjara

    59. Reynisfjara
    20 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland which is framed by a black sand …

    Map: Reynisfjara
    Map: Reynisfjara
    Skógafoss (27)
    Photo: Skógafoss

    60. Skógafoss
    5 Photos

    Page added the Tuesday, 6 March 2018

    Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. After the coastline had receded seaward …

    Map: Skógafoss
    Map: Skógafoss