Tatra National Park lies in the Tatry Mountains in the north of Slovakia. Covering an area of 738 km2, its primary purpose is to conserve the valuable high-mountain ecosystems such as near-natural ...

In the heart of Slovakia’s Slovak Paradise National Park, a winter wonderland awaits not only hikers and skiers but also ...

It’s a modest sign of change occurring in Slovakia’s north, but in a town often overlooked, even a road repair feels like a ...

Sherpas in the High Tatras mountain range in Eastern Slovakia participate in a grueling race, carrying 100-kilo backpacks on their shoulders. WSJ's Leos Rousek reports.

Two people are in hospital after being attacked by a bear in the Slovak town of Liptovský ... to escape a brown bear in the nearby Low Tatra mountains. She had been walking with a male companion ...

A fifth person was killed in neighbouring Slovakia. At least one ... A resident in the mountain resort town of Zakopane in the Tatra region posted a video showing the thunderstorm.

The first free ascent of 'Bílý Rys', White Lynx, on the NE Face of Rysy, Slovakia, Danny Menšík, Petr Vicha Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, ...

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