to scare off sunbathers. One of them is the Antony Gormley’s sculpture of iron men in an England beach. This time we present the sperm whale, which is made of wood, aluminum and polyester displayed on Scheveningen Beach in The Netherlands this July.

Unless you’re lucky enough to have visited some of the unique shorelines below you’ll probably be used to seeing golden beaches on your travels. A lot of people believe golden sands to be the only option when it comes to beaches. To prove otherwise, and to show off a few of the world’s most uniquely colored stretches of sand, we present the following selection.