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Norway’s Steilneset Memorial was designed by artist Louise Bourgeois and architect Peter Zumthor to remember the victims of the Finnmark witch trials.
Norway’s Steilneset Memorial, located on the coast of the Barents Sea, remembers the country’s 91 women and men executed for witchcraft in the 17th century.
Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland: This majestic national park includes 10 central volcanoes and covers nearly 14 percent of Iceland’s territory. Visitors can explore geological wonders during glacier hikes, ice cave tours, and jeep rides.
The largest and most populous of the 18 islands that make up the Faroe archipelago, Streymoy can seem otherworldly with its treeless landscape sculpted by glaciers
The thermal baths of the Blue Lagoon are one of Iceland's hottest destination. Venture off the beaten path to the Myvatn Nature Baths (pictured) to enjoy some steaming solitude.
PYRAMIDEN, SVALBARD, NORWAY This Arctic coal-mining town, owned by the U.S.S.R. since 1927, was an ideal Soviet settlement complete with workers’ barracks, a sports centre, and a bust of Lenin. The mine is now exhausted, but the buildings, including a library full of books, a theatre, and a music hall with the world’s northernmost grand piano, have been left as they were when the town was abandoned in 1998. Travel tip: Stay in Longyearbyen, Svalbard’s largest city, and take a day-long boat trip to Pyramiden. Guided tours are available.
The special “diamond dust light” of the mighty Engadine Valley has been drawing visitors to this part of Switzerland for more than three centuries. The dazzling atmospheric display is created on cold winter days by innumerable many-faceted ice crystals lingering in the atmosphere and glittering in the sun. A snow-covered St. Moritz, pictured here, sparkles in the winter.