3 Hidden Destinations in Europe
Netherlands
Destinations
Netherlands · Friesland
An 18th-century wool carder meticulously built the solar system, down to the last planetary rotation, in his own living room ceiling—and it still keeps perfect time today.
Hidden within a humble canal house in the Dutch town of Franeker, this jaw-dropping orrery was constructed between 1774 and 1781 by amateur ...
Netherlands · Groningen
Step inside Vesting Bourtange, a perfectly preserved 16th-century star-shaped fortress village in the Netherlands, looking as if time stood still.
Originally built in 1593 during the Eighty Years' War, this extraordinary star-shaped fort was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair....
Netherlands · North Holland
An entire fortified town, perfectly preserved, meticulously designed in the impossible shape of a twelve-pointed star, surrounded by a double ring of moats and ramparts.
From above, Naarden Vesting looks like a fantastical geometric drawing come to life, a testament to centuries of ingenious military engineer...