Protected Landscape Area Vihorlat – a volcanic mountain range in Slovakia

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Mists curl through the ancient beech forests of Vihorlat as if the mountains themselves are breathing. The trail to Sninsky kamen climbs through a cathedral of green, where the leaves of centuries-old trees filter the light into a soft emerald gloom. At the summit, a volcanic rock formation overlooks the still waters of Morske oko, […]

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Categories: Mountains, Nature, Nature, Slovakia

Dumme Mosse – nature reserve and one of the largest wetlands in Sweden

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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 reserve, […]

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Categories: Nature, Sweden