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The Castle Atlas
245 castles, fortresses, fairytale castles and residences to visit, from the Pfalz and the Rhine across Europe to Portugal, Türkiye, Morocco and the Caucasus: when they're open, what you can see, a little history, and a weekend planner.
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Time runs across. Height is maximum sustained wind, read from each status's METAR. The red ring marks the current position, and the cone ahead of it assumes conditions persist.
Advisories /10, newest first/
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Advisory 10 CLR Clear
Shipped. 245 castles in 49 countries and territories, now in four kinds (castles, fortresses, fairytale castles and residences), each checked against official pages, with banners for your hall.
METAR XCST 140204Z 00000KT CAVOK 49/04 Q1024 NOSIG RMK 245 CASTLES= -
Advisory 9 DZ Drizzle
Fortresses and fortified residences join: Homburg's Vauban ruins, Landau, Germersheim, Saarlouis, Mainz and Rüsselsheim, two Maginot Line forts in a new 20th-century era, and the residences of Eltville, Heidelberg, Mespelbrunn, Fléville, Satzvey and Burg Ramstein, each checked again against its own pages. The four kinds now run 160, 45, 22 and 18.
METAR XCST 132120Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 245 CASTLES= -
Advisory 8 DZ Drizzle
Eight fairytale castles join, so the four kinds are less lopsided: Sayn, Braunfels, the Drachenburg, Hohenzollern, Lichtenstein, Schloss Burg, Altena and Neuschwanstein, each checked again against its own pages. Fortresses (with the first Maginot forts and a new 20th-century era) and fortified residences follow their checks.
METAR XCST 132112Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 230 CASTLES= -
Advisory 7 DZ Drizzle
The last castle countries: Kazan and Vyborg in Russia, three castles near Lviv in Ukraine, and nine across Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, from Ananuri to Baku's Maiden Tower, each checked again against official pages. Ivangorod waits: it sits in a border zone. Every country on the map now has castles, except three where none has official visiting information.
METAR XCST 130110Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 222 CASTLES= -
Advisory 6 DZ Drizzle
Four castles in the north of Cyprus: Kyrenia, St Hilarion and Kantara with the antiquities department's winter hours, and Buffavento with its times not known yet. Othello Castle waits while it is restored. Places open all year now show every open day of next year too.
METAR XCST 130004Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 208 CASTLES= -
Advisory 5 DZ Drizzle
46 more castles from two research batches, each checked again by a fresh pass: the microstates and the Balkans, from Andorra and Monaco to Malta, Cyprus and Moldova, and the North and Spain, from Kronborg and Akershus to the Baltic castles, Kilkenny and the Alcázar of Segovia. 151 of the 204 have confirmed hours.
METAR XCST 122326Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 204 CASTLES 43 COUNTRIES= -
Advisory 4 DZ Drizzle
102 more castles joined from an outside research batch, every claim checked again against official pages by eight independent checks. Three in each of twenty countries across Europe, from Portugal and the United Kingdom to Belarus, Türkiye and Morocco, and more in the Pfalz, along the Mosel and the Rhine and in Alsace. 81 of them have confirmed hours. One ruin closed for repairs was held back, and nine outside the map wait for a later region.
METAR XCST 122058Z 23005KT 8000 -DZ BKN020 49/04 Q1014 NOSIG RMK 158 CASTLES 23 COUNTRIES= -
Advisory 3 CLR Clear
Shipped. Invite works too: a castle or a day trip becomes a Stormy Fans invitation that starts at the castle's real opening time. More castles come in later batches, and open days are published again each January.
METAR XCST 121602Z 00000KT CAVOK 49/04 Q1024 NOSIG RMK 56 CASTLES 3 COUNTRIES= -
Advisory 2 TSTM Thunderstorm
Live at castles.oddnook.org with 56 castles in the Pfalz, along the Mosel and the Rhine, in Alsace and in Luxembourg. Every record was checked twice against official pages: 41 have confirmed hours, and seven say their times aren't known yet rather than guess. A day trip planner, The Round Table, and a door of its own on oddnook.org.
SPECI XCST 121321Z 27018G32KT 5000 +TSRA BKN025CB 49/04 Q1009 RMK FREQ LTGICCG 56 CASTLES= -
Advisory 1 TSTM Thunderstorm
A new system forms. The owner settled the plan: castles, fortresses and ruins around Ramstein, wax seals coloured by how rarely a castle opens, a crest for each castle drawn from its traits, and Stormy as a knight.
SPECI XCST 121106Z 27018G32KT 5000 +TSRA BKN025CB 49/04 Q1009 RMK FREQ LTGICCG=
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