May 23, 2011
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Koli National Park – one of Finland’s best known national landscapes Updated: May 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Koli National Park (Finnish: Kolin kansallispuisto) is one of the best known protected areas in Finland. It lies on the eastern part of the country, on the southwestern shore of Lake Pielinen. Koli National Park […]
Tags: advanced-skiers, bears, beautiful-view, eskers, finland, forested-hills, hiking-trails, koli, koli-national-park, lake-pielinen, mainland, national-park, nature, one-of-finland-best-known-national-landscapes, pine-forests, sandy-islands, siliceous-rocks, southwestern-shore, square-kilometres, two-ski-resorts
Categories: Finland, Nature
May 22, 2011
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Kriváň Peak (2494,7m) – the symbol of Slovakia Updated: May 22, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Kriváň is one of the highest peaks in the High Tatras Mountains and one of the most famous tourist destinations in High Tatras National Park. It is located in Slovakia near the Polish border, in the region […]
Tags: beautiful-views, elevations, euro-coins, face-value, high-tatras, krivan, low-tatras, massive-peak, mountains, myths-and-legends, national-consciousness, national-park, national-pride, nature, ordinary-people, painters, peak, poets, polish-border, political-goals, silhouette, slovakia, southwest-ridge, tatras-mountains, tatras-national-park, technical-prowess, tourist-destinations, west-tatras
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
May 20, 2011
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Mount Olympus (Ólympos) is the highest mountain in Greece and, far more significantly, the mythological home of the twelve Olympian gods — the sacred peak where Zeus ruled, Athena was born from his head, and the ancient Greeks believed the boundary between the mortal and divine worlds was at its thinnest. Rising to 2,918 metres […]
Tags: 15th-century, biosphere-reserve, dionysus, greece, greek-gods, highest-mountain-in-greece, holy-trinity, meteora-monasteries, monastery, monk, mount-olympus, mountain, national-park, nature, paintings, pantheon, perimeter-walls, robbers, tourist-destination, turkish-rule
Categories: Greece, Nature
May 11, 2011
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Biebrzański National Park – the largest national park in Poland Updated: May 11, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Biebrzański National Park is an attractive natural area and the largest national park in Poland. It lies on the north-eastern part of the country, near the village Osowiec-Twierdza. It stretches over an area of approximately […]
Tags: 9th-september, animal-species, beaver, belarus, biebrza, biebrzanski-park-narodowy, bogs, forests, largest-national-park-in-poland, main-attraction, mosses, national-park, nature, organisms, poland, polish-national-parks, ramsar-convention, red-marsh, rich-diversity, strict-protection, swamps, twierdza, water-birds, wetlands
Categories: Nature, Poland
April 19, 2011
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Oulanka National Park – the most beautiful and famous park in Finland Updated: January 25, 2020 | By Claire | More Oulanka National Park is considered the most beautiful and popular park in Finland. With its area of 270 km2 it is also the largest national park in the country. It was founded in 1956 […]
Tags: animal-species, arctic-circle, aventa, blueberries, cloudberries, finland, kuusamo, lapland, marshes, most-beautiful-and-famous-park, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, north-karelia, oulanka-national-park, peat-bogs, pine-forests, plant-species, plants-and-animals, pristine-conditions, russian-border, salla, skis, snowmobiles, tributaries, white-sea
Categories: Finland, Nature
April 4, 2011
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Ķemeri National Park – the third largest national park in Latvia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | More Ķemeri National Park was founded in 1997 on an area of 381.65 km², which makes it the third largest national park in Latvia. It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Riga and includes […]
Tags: accommodation-options, bird-lovers, bird-watchers, climatic-zone, g-lake, great-starting-point, gulf-of-riga, kemeri, kemeri-national-park, kinds-of-birds, largest-national-park, latvia, mires, moorland, musculoskeletal-diseases, national-park, natural-mineral-springs, nature, nature-seminars, primeval-forest, slokas-ezers, spa-town, sulfur-springs, tourist-information-center, tukums, wooden-walkway
Categories: Latvia, Nature
April 1, 2011
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Lahemaa National Park (Land of Bays) – the largest and oldest national park in Estonia Updated: May 19, 2020 | By Claire | More In northern Estonia at an area less than 700 km2 lies the largest and oldest national park in the country – Lahemaa National Park. The park was established in 1971, as […]
Tags: american-mink, brown-bears, estonia, estonians, gulf-of-finland, incisions, interesting-places, kinds-of-birds, lahemaa-national-park, land-of-bays, largest-and-oldest-national-park-in-estonia, largest-national-park, marshes, maximum-height, moors, national-park, nationalist-ideas, nature, northern-estonia, oldest-national-park, peninsulas, rock-cliffs, sea-coast, soviet-authorities, tourist-sites, typical-example, unspoilt-countryside
Categories: Estonia, Nature
March 31, 2011
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Kuršių Nerija (Curonian Spit) National Park is one of Europe’s most unique landscapes — a 98-kilometre-long, narrow sand dune peninsula shared between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad region, where massive shifting dunes (some up to 60 metres high), ancient pine forests, and traditional fishing villages create a UNESCO World Heritage landscape that is often called the […]
Tags: amber, baltic-sahara, baltic-sea, bridge, curonian-lagoon, first-steps, holiday-resort, kursiu-nerija-national-park, lagoon, landscape, lithuania, national-park, nature, nature-reserve, peninsula, pine-forests, russia, sahara, sand, sand-dunes, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
March 29, 2011
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Aukštaitija National Park – the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure Updated: January 15, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Aukštaitija National Park is the oldest and most popular Lithuanian natural treasure. It is spread on an area of 400 km2 and offers untouched paradise full of deep green forests and blue lakes, […]
Tags: aukstaitija, baltic-states, boar, canoeing, deciduous-forests, firs, green-forests, hectares, hikers, kinds-of-birds, landscape, lithuania, marked-trails, maximum-height, national-park, natural-treasure, nature, northern-edge, old-pines, rare-rock, sceneries, sea-eagles, sea-level, seven-islands, untouched-paradise
Categories: Lithuania, Nature
March 2, 2011
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Mata Nacional do Buçaco – protected area in Portugal Updated: December 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Mata Nacional do Buçaco (National forest Buçaco) is a protected area in the central part of Portugal. It lies on the slopes of the Buçaco mountains close to the well-known spa Luso. It is located approx. 25 […]
Tags: annual-rainfall, autumn, climate, cork, days-of-rain, fountains, frosts, giant-ferns, hectares, kinds-of-trees, local-hotel, mata-nacional-do-bucaco, maximum-length, mountains, national-park, nature, port-of-coimbra, portugal, protected-area, royal-family, slopes, sula, tourist-destination
Categories: Nature, Portugal
