February 1, 2012
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Hortobágy National Park – the largest natural moor in Europe | Hungary Updated: February 1, 2020 | By Claire | More Hortobágy National Park – the Puszta is situated around the village with the same name – Hortobágy and covers an area of 70,000 hectares. In 1999, Hortobágy National Park was inscribed into the UNESCO […]
Tags: bird-world, different-species-of-birds, hajdu, hungary, migratory-birds, national-park, nature, plant-species, puszta, sea-park, seagulls, species-of-birds, tourist-centers, trees-and-shrubs, typical-animals, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Hungary, Nature
December 22, 2011
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Hautes Fagnes National Park – the largest nature reserve in Belgium Updated: December 22, 2020 | By Claire | More At the eastern part of Belgium you can find Hautes Fagnes National Park, whose name could be literally translated as “high marsh”. It is a plateau with marshy landscape, which is also a place of […]
Tags: animal-species, belgian-province, belgium, cross-country-skiers, easter-eggs, german-lander, heaths, highest-mountain, hohes-venn, humid-climate, kempe, marked-trails, national-park, nature, nature-lovers, north-rhine-westphalia, plant-species, rare-animal, rhineland-palatinate, roe-deer, wild-boars, wild-cats, yellow-daffodil
Categories: Belgium, Nature
December 12, 2011
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Akamas National Park and mountains in Cyprus Updated: December 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Akamas National Park is situated in the north-eastern part of the island of Cyprus. It covers an area of 230 km2 and excels in a wild natural beauty. Its name was given by Athenian warrior and son of Theseus, […]
Tags: 5km, akamas, aphrodite, beautiful-walk, byzantine-monastery, canyons, cyprus, greek-mythology, hiking-trails, holidays-in-cyprus, island-of-cyprus, magnificent-views, mountains, national-park, nature, plant-species, sea-turtles, several-species, species-of-orchids, trojan-war, vultures, water-reservoir
Categories: Cyprus, Nature
May 2, 2011
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Peklo (The Hell) – National Natural Monument in the Czech Republic Updated: March 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Czech National Natural Monument called Peklo (means The Hell in English) stretches in 4 km wide area between the village of Zahrádky and the city of Česká Lípa, in the northern part of the Czech […]
Tags: botanists, breathtaking-spectacle, chasms, czech-republic, eagle-owl, forest-trail, geologists, hiking-trail, local-club, long-steel, military-units, national-natural-monument, natural-monument, nature, peklo, plant-species, river-otter, rock-formations, rock-tunnel, snowflakes, spring-snowflake, steel-bridge, world-war-ii
Categories: Czech Republic, Nature
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
October 1, 2010
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Dumme Mosse is one of southern Sweden’s largest and most important wetlands — a vast nature reserve of peat bogs, marshes, and shallow lakes in Småland that is a critical habitat for migratory birds, including cranes that gather here in their thousands during the spring migration, creating one of Sweden’s most spectacular wildlife spectacles. The […]
Tags: contaminated-water, deposition, drainage, dumme-mosse, ecological-perspective, golden-plover, insects, moss, native-vegetation, nature, nature-reserve, nitrogen, open-meadows, peat-extraction, plaintive-cries, plant-species, protected-landscape-area, recreation-area, skiing, sweden, swedish-mud, time-act, wooded-swamps
Categories: Nature, Sweden
September 28, 2010
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Thayatal National Park is one of Austria’s most beautiful but least-known protected areas — a dramatic 13-kilometre-long valley on the Czech border where the Thaya River has carved a deep, meandering canyon through ancient metamorphic rock, creating a richly forested landscape that is home to wildcats, black storks, and over 40 species of orchid. Together […]
Tags: animal-world, austria, bad-weather, beautiful-landscapes, bedrock-granite, borders, castles, czech-side, diversity, flora-and-fauna, forests, hectares, national-park, national-park-podyji, national-park-thayatal, nature, nice-city, plant-species, rare-species, steep-cliffs, thaya, vegetation, vertebrates, water-reservoir, znojmo
Categories: Austria, Nature
May 3, 2010
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Slovak Paradise National Park – one of the most beautiful landscapes in Slovakia Updated: April 4, 2020 | By Claire | More Are you going on vacation to one of the greenest countries in EU – Slovakia? So let’s head straight to the Slovak Ore Mountains, where in its north-east part you can find one […]
Tags: canyons, central-slovakia, flowing-rivers, gemer, gorges, gray-wolf, grids, hares, highest-waterfall, hikers, inaccessible-areas, karst-caves, ladders, limestone-rocks, map, mountains, national-park, nova-ves, otters, paradise, plant-species, rugged-terrain, slovak-ore-mountains, slovak-paradise, slovakia, slovensky-raj, sokol, trip-adventure, underground-caves, waterfalls, western-carpathians
Categories: Nature, Slovakia
