Villages are residential areas which may not be as big as a town, but that doesn’t mean they can not look as good as one. In fact, a large amount of people would agree that some villages look way better than most towns because of their synthesis with nature. People also say life in the villages is much better and healthier. And that is probably true because there would be no air and noise pollution like there is in the big cities.
Have fun checking out our collection of 15 picturesque village photos from around the world and let us know if these images changed your perspective on how villages look and what they actually are compared to the big cities. Would you prefer to live in a busy metropolis or a calm everyday in a village such as the ones in our collection?
Hallstatt, Austria

Photographer: Unknown
Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands

Photographer: Jan Koster
Popeye Village, Malta

Photographer: Mosin
A village on the bank of Niger river, Mali

Photographer: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Village hidden behind a mountain in Southern China

Photographer: Christian Ortiz
Hobbiton Village, New Zealand

Photographer: Weta Workshop
Riomaggiore, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy

Photographer: James Brandon
Mountain Village, Iran

Photographer: Mohammadreza Momeni
Sea Side Village in Africa

Photographer: Michael Poliza
Gásadalur village, Faroe Islands

Photographer: Gareth Codd
Village in Himalayas, Tibet

Photographer: Coolbie Re
Bilbury, England

Photographer: Charlotte Leaper
Wengen, Switzerland

Photographer: Unknown
Shirakawa-go, Japan

Photographer: Ekaterina Pokrovsky
Göreme, Turkey

Photographer: Ollirg