Places visited in the World

"The tender friendship that one gives up, on parting, leave their bite of the heart,
but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried."
[Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900-1944]

Number of Countries

The following is a counting of how many places I've visited in the World. A very reasonable way of counting this is suggested by Travelers' Century Club, and below is the latest counting as of 30th of June 2011.
Europe: 32/67
Atlantic: 3/13
North America: 3/6
Central America: 0/7
South America: 2/13
Caribbean: 0/30
Africa: 7/53
Middle East: 4/20
Indian Ocean: 0/14
Asia: 16/50
Pacific: 3/39
Antarctica: 0/7
Total: 70/317

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and below is the latest counting as of 30th of June 2011.

Europe: 53 sites
Historic Centre of Vienna
La Grand-Place, Brussels
Historic Centre of Prague
Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
Roskilde Cathedral
Kronborg Castle
Fortress of Suomenlinna (Findland)
Chartres Cathedral
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Palace and Park of Versailles
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Historic Site of Lyons
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (Milan)
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Venice and its Lagoon
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Vatican City
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
Val d'Orcia
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Historic Centre of Naples
Historic Centre of Siena
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
Costiera Amalfitana
City of Verona
The Dolomites
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
Historic Centre of Évora
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Laurisilva of Madeira
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Teide National Park
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
Old City of Berne
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
Historic Areas of Istanbul
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
Tower of London
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich

Atlantic: No Unesco World Heritage sites visited!

North America: 5 sites
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Rideau Canal
Independence Hall
Statue of Liberty
Yosemite National Park

Central America: Never been there!

South America: Never been there!

Caribbean: Never been there!

Africa: 13 sites
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Serengeti National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park
Stone Town of Zanzibar
Medina of Tunis
Site of Carthage
Kairouan

Middle East: 5 sites
Meidan Emam, Esfahan
Persepolis
Pasargadae
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
Persian Gardens (Chehel Sotoun in Esfahan)

Indian Ocean: Never been there!

Asia: 19 sites
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
The Great Wall
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
Mogao Caves
Historic Centre of Macao
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa
State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain
The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
Agra Fort
Taj Mahal
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Mountain Railways of India
Red Fort Complex
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
Lake Baikal

Pacific: 9 sites
Great Barrier Reef
Tasmanian Wilderness
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Wet Tropics of Queensland
Fraser Island
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Sydney Opera House
Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand

Antarctica: Never been there!

The total number of sites visited are: 104 sites

Updated: 10th of June 2009. Mail me: petersen@nbi.dk