Learn about the Jurassic period in 10 European locations

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qasimi - Would you like to learn more about the Jurassic era and the world of dinosaurs? This is a list of some European destinations that will take you back to prehistory, among natural history museums, fossil sites, and dinosaur museums.

Natural History Museum in London, UK

It contains the most famous dinosaur collections in the world, and the museum is famous for the 26-meter-long Diplodocus skeleton.

Natural History Museum in Berlin, Germany

The Naturkundemuseum in Berlin is home to the largest dinosaur formation in the world called Brachiosaurus, and next to it there are a number of small dinosaurs.

Solnoven Limestone in Solnoven , Germany

Archeopteryx forms one of the most famous fossils in the world, showing that dinosaurs were related to birds, and was discovered in southern Germany in 1861.

Jurassic Coast in Dorset and East Devon, UK

The cliffs and coast provide important documentation of nearly 200 million years of geological history and Jurassic fossils, and your visit can be completed with a tour of the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester.

Da Laurenha Museum, Portugal

The museum displays a collection of fossils found in Lorraine dating back to the late Jurassic period. Attractions include a "nest" for a "theropod" dinosaur and some embryonic bones.

Jurasico de Asturias Museum , Spain

The museum is located in Asturias, northern Spain. Its building is designed to resemble a dinosaur footprint with three fingers. Its attractiveness does not stop only at the elegant design, but also includes a comprehensive collection of fossilized footprints in the world.

Dinosaur Island - Sandown on the Isle of Wight, UK

The island is a treasure trove of dinosaur fossils and footprints and visitors can find many of the remains along Compton Beach, on the other side of the island.

Dinosaur Park Museum in Meuse, France

This open-air museum in the south of France was built around an extensive paleontological site discovered by researchers in 1996, and research is still active in the area extensively.

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels

It is famous for the fossilized skeletons of the Iganodon dinosaur, which was discovered almost 150 years ago, and it also includes the largest museum hall entirely devoted to dinosaurs in the world.

Dinopolis in Teruel, Spain

Located halfway between Madrid and Barcelona in Teruel, Dinópolis consists of three main exhibition halls and a research laboratory and is one of the largest paleontological museums in the world.