List of World Heritage Sites in Northern Europe
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed 35 World Heritage Sites in eight countries commonly called Northern Europe. These countries are Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.[1]
Greenland is not included in this list even though it is linked with Denmark. It is included in the List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas. The United Kingdom and Ireland are included in Western Europe even though they are sometimes listed in Northern Europe.[2]
Legend[change | change source]
- Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[3]
- Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
- Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[4]
- Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
- Year; during which the site was added to the World Heritage List
- Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Sites[change | change source]
* Trans-border site
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Minor modification of boundaries in 2008.
- ↑ Addition of the buffer zone in 2009 which had been established on a national level in 2003.
- ↑ Extended in 2010 to include the circumference and name change from Røros Mining Town to the present name.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Number of World Heritage Properties by region". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings". Geographical region and composition of each region. United Nations Statistics Division. 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ↑ "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Birka and Hovgården". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Bryggen". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Curonian Spit". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Engelsberg Ironworks". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Fortress of Suomenlinna". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Hanseatic Town of Visby". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Riga". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kronborg Castle". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Laponian Area". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Naval Port of Karlskrona". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Old Rauma". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Old Rauma" (PDF). UNESCO. p. 52. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Petäjävesi Old Church". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Rock Art of Alta". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Rock Carvings in Tanum". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Røros Mining Town and the Circumference". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Roskilde Cathedral". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Royal Domain of Drottningholm". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Skogskyrkogården". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Struve Geodetic Arc". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Surtsey". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Þingvellir National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Urnes Stave Church". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Varberg Radio Station". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Vegaøyan — The Vega Archipelago". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Verla Groundwood and Board Mill". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Vilnius Historic Centre". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "West Norwegian Fjords — Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord". UNESCO. Retrieved 20 October 2011.