Traveling isn't just about taking a break from work and spending your money on comfortable accommodations; although nice and often necessary for our burnt-out bodies and minds, these luxuries are only part of the essence, which lies in exploring new places, meeting interesting people, and opening up to unfamiliar experiences.
To show you how much these things can broaden our understanding of the world, we at Bored Panda collected a bunch of unforgettable moments tourists shared online from their international journeys. From innovative uses of communal spaces to unorthodox transportation solutions, sometimes you don't even know what's possible until you see it.
Continue scrolling to check out the pictures and don't miss the chat we had with travel blogger and writer from Norway, Lisa Stentvedt.
#1 The German Circus Uses Huge 3D Holograms Instead Of Live Animals
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#2 My City Has Lines That You Can Follow That Direct You To Certain Places For Tourists
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After seeing these pictures, we might be quick to expand our bucket list, however, it's important to remember that when we visit places on it, we need to remain mindful of others, especially on planes, where passengers can really feel the impact of our questionable actions.
"Generally, as long as people act normally and leave each other alone for the most part, they don’t affect the flight experience much at all," Lisa Stentvedt, the woman behind Fjords & Beaches, a travel blog dedicated to everyone who refuses to stop exploring, told Bored Panda.
"All it takes is a smile and polite conversation to improve it, or a pair of bare feet on your armrest to detract from it."
#3 This Toilet At A Dutch Supermarket Lets You Test The Brands Of Toilet Paper They Sell
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#4 Splurged On A Hotel In Patagonia
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#5 A Cheese Vending Machine In A Mountain Village In Switzerland
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Out of all the annoying things, "What I experience the most is people who forget that the seat in front of them actually has another passenger in it," Lisa said.
"Too many people use the seat in front of them to pull themselves out of their own seat (instead of the armrest), aggressively tap their video screen to change their movie, or even lean on the seat when getting into their own. All of these actions disturb the person sitting in that seat and can be really annoying."
#6 My Bubble Hotel Room In Petra, Jordan. At Night, You Could See All The Stars In The Sky
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#7 These Beautiful Movie Tickets In South Korea
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#8 Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania) Zebra. Was So Cool To See So Many Here On My Trip In June (This Place Is The Garden Of Eden)
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#9 This Supermarket In An Old Theatre In Venice, Italy
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#10 There Is A Mini Rijksmuseum In The Amsterdam Airport To View Paintings While You Wait For Your Flight
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#11 This Slide At The Berlin Mall
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#12 Icelandic Park Benches With Footrests
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#13 Lisbon Consists Of 7 Hills. In Order To Make It Easier For Residents And Tourists To Move Between The Different Neighbourhoods, This Open-Air Escalator Was Installed
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#14 I Rode On A Boat, On A Lake, In A Cave
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#15 The Way This Window Turned To Look Like A Painting. Florence, Italy
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#16 My Hotel Room Is Under Water
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#17 Mario Kart Tour That I Encountered At The Famous Shibuya Crossing
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#18 This Restaurant In Italy Have A Salami Hose
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#19 This Store Allows You To Build Your Own Pens
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#20 City Of Szczecin In Poland Offers Tourist Map With Dotted Line Marking The Attractions. The Same Dotted Line Is Also Painted On The Streets
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#21 Stumbled Across This Cemetery In Kyoto During A Festival Tonight. All The Lanterns Were Candle Lit And It Was Stunning
Without wandering, without a plan and getting lost you miss out on opportunities like this.
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#22 A Sardine Shop Designed To Look Like A Candy Store (Porto, Portugal)
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#23 In Spain There's A Winery That Has A Fountain With Free Wine
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#24 Snack Serving Robot In China Upset With Me Because I Didn't Take Any Snacks
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#25 Visited The Private Rooftop Gardens At 30 Rock
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#26 At This Gas Station In Switzerland You Can Select The Music Type You Want To Hear While Tanking Up
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#27 My Hotel Phone In Iceland Has A Special Button That Will Wake You Up If There Are Northern Lights In The Sky
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#28 My Hotel Room Had A Map On The Wall Of The City I Was Visiting
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#29 There Are Wine Vending Machines In Austria
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#30 Singapore Airport Allows The Passenger To Slide Down To The Terminal Gate
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#31 Barrier-Free Access To The Sea For Wheelchair Users In Zadar, Croatia
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#32 Taken During My Trip To Bangkok, Thailand. 3 Headed Elephant Statue. No Picture Can Show You How Enormous This Thing Is
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#33 Airless Tires On Rentable Bikes In Singapore
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#34 Japanese Beer Cans Have 'This Is Alcohol' Written On The Top In Japanese And In Braille
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#35 This Bicycle Shop In Copenhagen Will Rent You A Bike Without A Rental Company Logo, So That You Look Like A Local And Not A Tourist
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#36 These Tilted Houses I Found When I Was Touring A While Ago
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#37 There Are Open-Air Escalators Super High Up In Tokyo, Where You Can Get This Kind Of View
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#38 The Trevi Fountain In Rome Has Been Emptied And A Little Pool Was Put In Front Of It So Tourists Could Throw A Coin
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#39 A Restaurant In Spain Has Teddy Bears Sitting Down In Every Table To Make You Company
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#40 The Guinness Factory! Went To Dublin, Woke Up With A Hangover And A Clover Tattoo On My Shoulder. Awesome Time There
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#41 The Hotel I Stayed At Last Weekend Has A "Shower Beer" Fridge By The Shower
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#42 This Burger King In Vienna Serves Vegan Food Only
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#43 At This Public Library (In Odense, Denmark) You Can Also Borrow Framed Art
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#44 These Roadside Trees In Taiwan Have Qr Codes. Scanning One Takes You To A Webpage With More Information About The Tree
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#45 Busses In Germany Show A Coffee When The Driver Is Taking A Small Break
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#46 There's A Desserts-Only Mini Mcdonalds Outside My Hotel
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#47 Napping Pods Found In Zhengzhou Airport, China
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#48 I Saw A Scottish Mobile Cinema Today. People Go In The Front And The Screen Is At The Back
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#49 This Quiet Room At Narita Airport For People With Autism
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#50 Building In Tokyo
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#51 These Phone Chargers In The Singapore Airport Require You To Pedal. [oc]
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#52 A Sausage Vending Machine In Germany
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#53 Supermarket Avocado Ripeness Detector
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#54 Singapore's Airport Terminal Looks Out Of This World
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#55 Today I Discovered That, In France, McDonald's Serves Mcbaguettes
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#56 Delhi Metro In India, Started Showing Coach Occupancy Percentage For Upcoming Train
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#57 Korea Air Has Stickers To Signal The Cabin Crew What To Do When You're Sleeping In Flight
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#58 We Visited The Largest Bench In Germany
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#59 Just Found A Town Named Vulcan On My Road Trip That Has A Ship Statue
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#60 Got Lucky To Experience The Infinity Mirrored Room At The Broad
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#61 My Trip To The Ice Hotel
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#62 Solar Power On Buses In Hong Kong
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#63 These In-Ground Trampolines At A Berlin Park
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#64 A Bathroom, 275 Feet Below The Ground. Mammoth Cave National Park, USA
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#65 Cave Kayaking In Crystal Clear Glass-Bottom Kayaks With Glow Lights, So You Can See Trout Swimming Below, Is Way Cool
This amazing experience is just a couple of hours south of Cincinnati at Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Navigate the many tunnels of an old flooded mine.
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#66 This 3D Panel On The Facade Of A Mall In Chengdu, China
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#67 A Floating Soccer Field In Singapore
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#68 Pretty Cool
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#69 Sanitation Station With UV Light, (For Passengers Belongings') At Schiphol Airport
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#70 This Vending Machine Sells Whole Crates Of Beer
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#71 These Helpful Robots That Wander Incheon Airport, Seoul, That You Can Use To Check Flight Information
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#72 This Grocery Store In Rural Norway Is Both Self-Service And Always Open
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#73 A Pineapple Fountain In Charleston, South Carolina
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#74 This Bathroom 75 Stories Underground At Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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#75 There Is Such A Thing As A Free Wine Fountain. I Repeat: Free Wine Fountain. This Is On The Camino De Santiago On The Way To Los Arcos
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#76 A 3D Park In China
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#77 The Airport In Seoul Has A Robot Which Will Carry Your Luggage To Your Gate For You
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#78 A New Type Of Pedestrian Crossing Light Indicators Found In Hong Kong
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#79 This Starbucks Has A Giant Shark Tank
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#80 Giftshop And Food Court 750 Feet Underground At Carlsbad Caverns
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#81 This Capsule Machine Mall In Kyoto, Japan
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#82 Robot Tourist Information In Tokyo
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#83
At Kuala Lumpur international airport Malaysia, we have a machine which you can locate where you park your car precisely by entering your car plate number if you ever forget it after coming back from a holiday
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#84 Starbucks In Singapore Has Roaming Robots Where Customers Can Return Their Used Mugs
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#85 Amazing Astronaut Illusion In Suzhou Center Mall In China
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#86 A Fully Robotic Bar In Italy
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#87 China Using Holographic Elevator Buttons To Counter Virus Spreading
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#88 London Bar Served My Girlfriend’s Cocktail In A Levitating Glass
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#89 These Car-Themed Sinks In Portugal
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#90 Video-Call Booth In Tokyo Metro
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#91 This McDonald's Has A Smaller Counter Upstairs And They Use A Conveyer Belt To Ship Food
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#92 Starbucks In Japan Offers Reusable Cups For In-Store Use
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#93 My Hotel In Edinburgh Has A System That Keeps A Portion Of The Mirror From Steaming Up When You Shower
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#94 This Solid Tablet Napkin I Received In Singapore
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#95 A Lot Of Mcdonald’s In My Country Only Sell Ice Cream
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#96 These Transparent Pockets To Watch Movies On Your Phone In Seoul Bus
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#97 This Fake Lidl Supermarket In A Popular British Tourist Destination In Türkiye
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#98 We Have A Mcwalk In Germany!
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#99 This Hotel In China Has Room Service Delivered By A Robot
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#100 Tray Return Robots In Singapore That Patrol Around The Food Court
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#101 Robot Made Omlette & Sunnyside Up Breakfast At M Social Singapore Hotel
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#102 This Mcdonalds Has A “Fry Fountain”
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