Foto: View from the Empire State Building in New York (bron: Ronald van der Veer)
United_States - Anyone visiting New York for the first time cannot ignore the Empire State Building. This skyscraper on the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue towers over the Big Apple. Entering the building at street level, I realize that it also houses regular office spaces. I join a stream of tourists, with the line confined between low barriers. In the corner, someone offers a hearing device for a personal tour of the top. I decline. After just over half an hour, I reach the ticket counter, and then the process moves quickly. A fast elevator whisks me up to the 80th floor. I climb the final floor by stairs. A magnificent view of New York unfolds before me. I see people walking along Fifth Avenue, and in the distance, the silhouettes of Wall Street.
Gambling in Las Vegas
United_States - We drive to Las Vegas via the highway. On both sides, a dry desert landscape stretches out, with small bushes dotting the sandy rocky ground. By late afternoon, the Las Vegas skyline appears. It is strange that such a large city exists in the middle of ...
Key West in Florida
United_States - Key West is an island in the Florida Straits. It is the southernmost point of the Florida Keys, about 150 km from Cuba. The island measures roughly 6.4 km long and 3.2 km wide. One of its main attractions is a concrete replica of a buoy at the corner ...
The Hawaiian Islands
United_States - The islands are volcanic in origin, located on a so-called hotspot where magma rises from the Earth’s interior as lava. As the crust moves over the hotspot, a chain of islands formed from west to east, with the oldest, extinct volcanoes in the west ...
The Statue of Liberty in New York
United_States - The Statue of Liberty is a monument located in New York Harbor. It stands as a symbol of welcome—not just for tourists but also for Americans themselves. The statue is 93 meters tall and weighs 225 tons. The nose is 1 meter long, the eyes have a circumference ...
The White House in Washington DC
United_States - The White House is the official residence of every U.S. president except George Washington. Its location near the Mall was chosen in 1790 by President Washington and Pierre L’Enfant, the architect of the capital’s master plan. Washington temporarily ...