How many sites from the World Heritage list have you been to?

This is good.

I voted 1-10, but then I realized I've been to more than 10

Ooh, I like this, lets me show off about all the places I've to.

Australia:
Great Barrier Reef
Kakadu
Fraser Island
Sydney Opera House

Austria:
Historic centre of Vienna

Bosnia:
Bridge at Mostar

Bulgaria:
Rila Monestary

Cambodia:
Angkor

Croatia:
Diocletian palace in Split
Dubrovnik

Estonia:
Historic centre of Tallinn

France:
Notre-Dame
Banks of the Seine
(Maybe some other stuff as well, we went a lot when I was a kid and I can't remember much)

Hungary:
Budapest

Italy:
Historic centre of Rome
Historic centre of Florence

Kenya:
Lamu Old Town

Lao:
Luang Prabang

Latvia:
Historic centre of Riga

Lithuania:
Vilnius historic centre
The Curonian Spit

Montenegro:
Kotor

Poland:
Krakow's historic centre
Weilczka Salt Mines
Auschwitz
Historic centre of Warsaw

Romania:
Historic Centre of Sighisoara

UK:
City of Bath
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall, I'm guessing)
Westminster Palace
Canterbury Cathedral
Tower of London
Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich
Dorset and the East Devon Coast
Liverpool

Tanzinia:
Stone Town, Zanzibar

USA:
Grand Canyon
Statue of Liberty

Vietnam:
Hue Monuments
Ha Long Bay
Hoi An Ancient Town
My Son Sanctuary

44 by my count. Sorry to bore you.

Wow - what a great list - I thought I'd be able to say 'yes' to all the UK ones but then St Kilda and is too far to go in a small boat and Henderson Island seems pretty inaccessible too.

This one is actually a collection of 55 spread over two countries:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/943 (belfries of France & Belgium)

Also: been to? Nathalie LIVES in one :-)

wait how could i have voted in this poll?

http://www.sofacinema.co.uk/guardian/images/products/8/3658-large.jpg

41

14! :(

i'll share my list too, since it's so small and etc (i hope to add a few more when i go to South America this spring fwiw)

Australia:
• Sydney Opera House

Cambodia:
• Angkor

Canada:
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Historic District of Old Québec
• Rideau Canal

Czech Republic:
• Historic Centre of Prague
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre...

France
• Paris, Banks of the Seine

Germany
• Frontiers of the Roman Empire
• Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Tower of London

United States of America
• Everglades National Park
• Independence Hall

ok why is this poll linked to the the Bjork poll that was moved off of ILE

Sydney Opera House
Tasmanian Wilderness
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Olympic National Park
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Independence Hall

Gut feeling says at least 50 but I need to check the list tomorrow when I'm more awake.

Eighteen broken down as Belgium (1), France (1), Morocco (1), Cyprus (2), Spain (3), England (5), Scotland (3), Scotland/England border (1) and USA (1).

I really need to get out more.

24, although about half of those are from the UK. If I'd actually bothered to make more of an effort to go somewhere interesting when I've been in some of these countries it'd be about 50.

Belgium
La Grand-Place, Brussels

Czech Republic
Historic Centre of Prague

France
Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Historic Site of Lyons
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon

Holy See
Vatican City

Italy
Historic Centre of Rome
Historic Centre of Florence

Japan
Himeji-jo
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Switzerland
Old City of Berne

United Kingdom
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Ironbridge Gorge
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
City of Bath
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Tower of London
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

2 - Rideau Canal and Lunenberg. Sad.

did you know that more of the world's heritage is found in Spain, Italy and the UK than in any other country?

Cambodia
Angkor (1992)
Cuba
Old Havana and its Fortifications (1982)
Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (1988)
Viñales Valley (1999)
Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba (2000)
Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (2005)
France
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
Germany
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986)
Cologne Cathedral (1996)
Greece
Medieval City of Rhodes (1988)
India
Agra Fort (1983)
Taj Mahal (1983)
Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)
Fatehpur Sikri (1986)
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
Red Fort Complex (2007)
Italy
Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
Japan
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
Jordan
Petra (1985)
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (2004)
Spain
Works of Antoni Gaudí (1984, 2005) 23
Sri Lanka
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (1982)
Ancient City of Sigiriya (1982)
Sacred City of Anuradhapura (1982)
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (1988)
Sacred City of Kandy (1988)
Golden Temple of Dambulla (1991)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986)
Ironbridge Gorge (1986)
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986)
City of Bath (1987)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005) * 27
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987)
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988)
Tower of London (1988)
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995)
Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2004)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006)

Only 44, though I have a couple of quick wins in there (HELLO, BIG PIT) and should clock up another 8 in March on holiday.

I thought I was doing well with 28, but I guess there's a 'bragging barrier' I haven't breached!

Vic and I just totted up, she beat me 46 to 45, a completely different mix too, thanks to her going round cathedrals in France as a child and teenager, and me going all over spain

haha 1

The security guard at Independence Hall was all about my French Connection 'fcuk' t-shirt and I didn't have the heart to tell him that I really was 10 years out-of-date fashionwise.

okay my real answer = 5

18, but i tend not to visit these things while abroad, unless SO drags me.

Australia
Shark Bay, Western Australia (1991)
Bolivia
City of Potosí (1987)
Historic City of Sucre (1991)
Brazil
Iguaçu National Park (1986)
Cambodia
Angkor (1992)
Ecuador
City of Quito (1978)
Paraguay
Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue (1993)
Peru
City of Cuzco (1983)
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (1983)
Historic Centre of Lima (1988, 1991) 18
Viet Nam
Ha Long Bay (1994, 2000)
Hoi An Ancient Town (1999)

Only 14, although am travelling ATM so would expect to visit quite a few more over the coming months.

Apparently, I was somewhat sloppy when I did this the first time.

Here's the amended list:

1) Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg

2) Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn

3) Historic Centre of Vienna

4) La Grand-Place, Brussels

5) Historic Centre of Brugge

6) Historic Centre of Prague

7) Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

8) Historic Cairo

9) Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

10) Chartres Cathedral

11) Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay

12) Palace and Park of Versailles

13) Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments

14) Palace and Park of Fontainebleau

15) Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange

16) Paris, Banks of the Seine

17) Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge

18) Historic Site of Lyons

19) Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs

20) Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret

21) Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

22) Vatican City

23) Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

24) Historic Centre of Florence

25) Venice and its Lagoon

26) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

27) Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna

28) City of Verona

29) Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli

30) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

31) Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

32) Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California

33) Medina of Marrakesh

34) Defence Line of Amsterdam

35) Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

36) Pitons Management Area

37) Works of Antoni Gaudí

38) Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona

39) Durham Castle and Cathedral

40) Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

41) Blenheim Palace

42) Frontiers of the Roman Empire

43) Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church

44) Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church

45) Tower of London

46) Old and New Towns of Edinburgh

47) Grand Canyon National Park

48) Redwood National and State Parks

49) Mammoth Cave National Park

50) Statue of Liberty

51) Yosemite National Park

52) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

I've only been to 3 :(

Sydney Opera House
Royal Exhibition Bldg/Carlton Gardens (had no idea that was WHL)
Blue Mountains

I've not really travelled much.

11

I make 64

La Grand-Place, Brussels (1998)

Historic Cairo (1979)
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979)

Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979, 2007)
Palace and Park of Versailles (1979, 2007)
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985, 2007)
Strasbourg – Grande île (1988)
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)
Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995)
Canal du Midi (1996)
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997)
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997, 1999) *
Historic Site of Lyons (1998)

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (1990, 1992, 1999)

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (1980, 1990) * 11
Vatican City (1984)

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi (1993)
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi (1993)
Mountain Railways of India (1999, 2005) 13
Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002)
Red Fort Complex (2007)

Historic Centre of Florence (1982)
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (1987, 2007)
Venice and its Lagoon (1987)
Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990)
Historic Centre of Naples (1995)
Historic Centre of Siena (1995)
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996)
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1997)
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula (1998)
Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999)
City of Verona (2000)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli (2001)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003)
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004)

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (1981)

Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980)

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (1990)
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (1990)

Pitons Management Area (2004)

Robben Island (1999)
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)

Works of Antoni Gaudí (1984, 2005) 23
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987)

Old City of Berne (1983)
Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (2001, 2007)

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986)
Blenheim Palace (1987)
City of Bath (1987)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987, 2005) * 27
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987)
Tower of London (1988)
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1995, 2004) 28
Maritime Greenwich (1997)
Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2004)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006)

Statue of Liberty (1984)

I make it 38. The sad thing about this list is the places I was so close to but never visited, for example I went to Goa but never saw the old churches and I went to Mumbai but didn't get around to taking a boat to the Elephanta Caves. Must try harder when travelling. Anyway, for the record, here is my list.

Austria
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Belgium
La Grand-Place, Brussels
France
Chartres Cathedral
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Germany
Cologne Cathedral
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Greece
Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Old Town of Corfu
India
Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
Red Fort Complex
Italy
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Historic City of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Venice and its Lagoon
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
City of Verona
Luxembourg
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
Spain
Works of Antoni Gaudi
UK
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
Ironbridge Gorge
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
City of Bath
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
Tower of London
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich
Dorset and East Devon Coast
New Lanark
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
USA
Statue of Liberty

World Heritage sites I've gotten laid at: 1

World Heritage sites I've gotten laid at: 10

*humbly shuffles out of Prague*

World Heritage Sites in which I've narrowly avoided having sex with a fucking crazy Romanian hostel owner who threatened to steal my passport so I couldn't leave the next day: 1

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

you well-traveled motherfuckers

Ethiopia:
- Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (1978)
- Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region (1979)
- Lower Valley of the Awash (1980)
- Cultural site Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (2006)

France:
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991)
- Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991)

UK:
- stuff I walked past between going to pubs

US:
- Mesa Verde National Park (1978)
- Statue of Liberty (1984)
- Pueblo de Taos (1992)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (1995)

My favorite of them remains:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bete_Giyorgis

Mount Fuji is missing

you well-traveled motherfuckers

otm

Ed, how is Gough Island? I'm struggling even to think how you get there - you fly into St Helena?

see how crap Ireland is in all of this? criminal really. I wish they'd try harder before another highway gets built.