The World Heritage Sites (124/1223, 10.1 %)

Table of contents
Background Progression List of visited sites

ARTICLE HISTORY
2025-05-31 Add 9 new points in Greece: Delos, Delphi, Monasteries of Daphni and Hosios Loukas, Olympia, Bassae, Mystras, Epidaurus, Mycenae, Acropolis (124/1223, 10.1 %).
2025-04-22 Redesign The list of visited sites.
2025-01-12 Add 4 new points in Turkey: Edirne (almost), Troy, Bursa, Istanbul (115/1223, 9.4 %).
2024-10-01 Add "(almost)" label to "Rock Art of Alta" and "Tel Megiddo".
2024-09-13 Add 6 new points in Cyprus and Malta: Choirokoitia, Painted Churches in the Troodos Region, Paphos, Megalithic Temples of Malta, City of Valletta, Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (111/1223, 9.1 %).
2024-01-07 Add 1 old point in France (Nice) (104/1199, 8.7 %).
2023-12-31 Add 1 old point: Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (Transboundary) (103/1199, 8.6 %).
2023-12-30 Add 1 new point: Struve Geodetic Arc (Transboundary) (102/1199, 8.5 %).
2023-08-29 Add 18 new points: Riga Old Town (Latvia), Curonian Spit (Transboundary), Vilnius Old Town (Lithuania), Kernavė (Lithuania), Malbork Castle (Poland), Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (Germany), Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Germany), Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (Germany), Wadden Sea (Transboundary), Danevirke (Germany), Christiansfeld (Denmark), Roskilde Cathedral (Denmark), Kronborg Castle (Denmark), Naval Port of Karlskrona (Sweden), Öland (Sweden), Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Sweden), Skogskyrkogården (Sweden), Hovgården (Sweden) (102/1199, 8.5 %)
2023-08-29 Fix numbers.
2023-08-29 Add 1 old point: Triple Bridge (Slovenia).
2023-07-22 Add 4 new points: Aachen Cathedral (Germany), Belfries of Belgium and France (Transboundary), Plantin–Moretus Museum (Belgium), Kinderdijk windmills (Netherlands).
2023-07-21 Add 1 old point in Italy (Medici villas).
2021-12-12 Add 1 old point in Switzerland (Albula Railway).
2021-01-30 Add 2 old points in Spain (Vizcaya Bridge, Mudéjar architecture of Aragon).
2020-01-19 Add 11 new points (New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam).
2019-11-17 Add Progression chapter.
2019-05-27 Add 2 new points (United States of America).
2018-12-28 Add 9 new points (Jordan, Israel, Palestine).
2018-09-23 Text is published.
2018-09-19 Text is started.

Background

I'm after quality in travelling, not numbers like visiting every country, eventhough this page is just about that, the numbers, plus one other page (reference), but generally speaking I'm after great adventures.

One way to improve travelling quality is to get inspiration from the Unesco World Heritage Sites list, the most comprehensive collection of the cultural and natural sites in the world. The list contains 1223 sites at the moment (2024-09-14) (reference) (reference).

On average 26.02 new sites annually have been added to the list since 1978.

My first visit happened in Rhodes, 1999.

Progression

Year	Points	Max	Progression
1999	1	629	0.16 %
2003	2	754	0.27 %
2004	3	788	0.38 %
2006	4	830	0.48 %
2008	6	878	0.68 %
2011	8	936	0.85 %
2012	13	962	1.35 %
2013	23	981	2.34 %
2014	30	1007	2.98 %
2015	44	1031	4.27 %
2016	46	1052	4.37 %
2017	53	1073	4.94 %
2018	69	1092	6.32 %
2019	78	1121	6.96 %
2020	82	1121	7.31 %
2021	82	1154	7.11 %
2022	86	1154	7.45 %
2023	105	1199	8.76 %
2024	114	1223	9.32 %
2025	124	1223	10.14 %

Source data (reference)

List of visited sites

2025
- 🇬🇷 Acropolis (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Mycenae (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Epidaurus (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Mystras (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Bassae (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Olympia (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Monasteries of Daphni and Hosios Loukas (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Delphi (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇷 Delos (reference) 🏛️
- 🇹🇷 Historic Areas of Istanbul (reference) 🏛️
2024
- 🇨🇾 Choirokoitia (reference) 🏛️
- 🇨🇾 Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (reference) 🏛️
- 🇨🇾 Paphos (reference) 🏛️
- 🇲🇹 Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (reference) 🏛️
- 🇲🇹 Megalithic Temples of Malta (reference) 🏛️
- 🇲🇹 City of Valletta (reference) 🏛️
- 🇹🇷 Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire (reference) 🏛️
- 🇹🇷 Archaeological Site of Troy (reference) 🏛️
- 🇹🇷 Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex 🏛️ (reference) (almost)
2023
- 🇩🇪 Danevirke (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Hanseatic City of Lübeck (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Old Towns of Stralsund and Wismar (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇰 Christiansfeld (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇰 Kronborg Castle (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇰 Roskilde Cathedral (reference) 🏛️
- 🇱🇹 Kernavė (reference) 🏛️
- 🇱🇹 Vilnius Old Town (reference) 🏛️
- 🇱🇻 Riga Old Town (reference) 🏛️
- 🇵🇱 Malbork Castle (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇪 Öland (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇪 Royal Domain of Drottningholm (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇪 Hovgården (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇪 Naval Port of Karlskrona (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇪 Skogskyrkogården (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Curonian Spit (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Struve Geodetic Arc (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Wadden Sea (reference) 🏛️
2022
- 🇧🇪 Plantin–Moretus Museum (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Aachen Cathedral (reference) 🏛️
- 🇳🇱 Kinderdijk windmills (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Belfries of Belgium and France (reference) 🏛️
2020
- 🇻🇳 Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Hạ Long Bay (reference) 🌵
- 🇻🇳 Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Tràng An Scenic Landscape Complex (reference) ⛱️
2019
- 🇳🇿 Te Wahipounamu (reference) 🌵
- 🇳🇿 Tongariro National Park (reference) ⛱️
- 🇸🇬 Singapore Botanic Gardens (reference) 🏛️
- 🇺🇸 Independence Hall (reference) 🏛️
- 🇺🇸 Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Hội An (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Imperial City of Huế (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Mỹ Sơn (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇳 Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park (reference) 🌵
2018
- 🇨🇳 Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Beit She'arim National Park (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Masada (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Old City of Acre (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 White City of Tel-Aviv - the Modern Movement (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇱 Tel Megiddo 🏛️ (reference) (almost)
- 🇯🇴 Petra (reference) 🏛️
- 🇯🇴 Wadi Rum (reference) ⛱️
- 🇯🇵 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (reference) 🏛️
- 🇯🇵 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (reference) 🏛️
- 🇰🇷 Changdeokgung Palace Complex (reference) 🏛️
- 🇵🇸 Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Old City and Walls of Jerusalem (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor (reference) 🏛️
2017
- 🇫🇷 Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 Palace and Park of Versailles (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 Paris, Banks of the Seine (reference) 🏛️
- 🇱🇺 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) (reference) 🏛️
2016
- 🇺🇸 Grand Canyon National Park (reference) 🌵
- 🇺🇸 Mesa Verde National Park (reference) 🏛️
2015
- 🇦🇹 Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (reference) 🏛️
- 🇦🇹 Historic Centre of Vienna (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Historic Centre of Cordoba (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Works of Antoni Gaudí (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Mudéjar architecture of Aragon (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇸 Vizcaya Bridge (reference) 🏛️
- 🇵🇱 Auschwitz Birkenau (reference) 🏛️
- 🇵🇱 Historic Centre of Kraków (reference) 🏛️
- 🇵🇱 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (reference) 🏛️
- 🌍 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (reference) 🌵
2014
- 🇨🇭 Albula Railway (reference) 🏛️
- 🇨🇭 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 Nice (reference) 🏛️
- 🇭🇷 Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (reference) 🏛️
- 🇭🇷 Plitvice Lakes National Park (reference) 🌵
- 🇮🇹 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (reference) 🏛️
2013
- 🇧🇪 La Grand-Place (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Cologne Cathedral (reference) 🏛️
- 🇩🇪 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen (reference) 🏛️
- 🇪🇪 Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇷 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇹 Historic Centre of Florence (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇹 Medici villas (reference) 🏛️
- 🇮🇹 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (reference) 🏛️
- 🇳🇱 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (reference) 🏛️
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City (reference) 🏛️
2012
- 🇨🇿 Historic Centre of Prague (reference) 🏛️
- 🇭🇺 Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇰 Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇰 Vlkolínec (reference) 🏛️
- 🇸🇰 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (reference) 🏛️
2011
- 🇬🇧 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (reference) 🏛️
- 🇬🇧 Tower of London (reference) 🏛️
2008
- 🇫🇮 Old Rauma (reference) 🏛️
- 🇫🇮 Petäjävesi Old Church (reference) 🏛️
2006
- 🇫🇮 Fortress of Suomenlinna (reference) 🏛️
2004
- 🇫🇮 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (reference) 🏛️
2003
- 🇳🇴 Rock Art of Alta 🏛️ (reference) (almost)
1999
- 🇬🇷 Medieval City of Rhodes (reference) 🏛️