usually in or around the month of September notable buildings and sites of interest across Europe open their doors rendering places that are normally off-limits to the general public fleetingly accessible When a knowledgable guide is added to the mix a visit can be as informative as it is enjoyable Here’s a look at how several countries will be celebrating their cultural heritages this year is an annual event held on the second Sunday in September each year historic monuments across the land are open to the public free of charge The theme of the day changes each year; in 2024 “True Signs: Witnesses of History” gives form to the openings and guided tours planned for Sunday The event takes place within the larger framework of European Heritage Days a European-Union wide initiative designed to build awareness and appreciation of exceptional and historically significant properties With thousands of properties suddenly accessible it can be difficult to know where to begin military has or had a presence might include the following: Open Monumentendag — held every second weekend of September — sees some 4,000 historical buildings and sites open to the public free of charge Many of these places will host activities such as exhibitions Open House London in an initiative in which diverse architectural landmarks allow visitors into privately owned or otherwise restricted properties explorers can enjoy access to seldom-open sites including residences This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page In his series Disenchantment, the photographer and scientist Eckart Bartnik chronicles aliens googly eyes and dancing fish that drop from the country’s 800,000 vending machines In his series Disenchantment, the photographer and scientist Eckart Bartnik chronicles aliens