Peatbogs are places widely regarded as dangerous and mysterious - marshes, swamps, deep waters. For centuries they have been present in dark legends, stories, sagas. In fact peatbogs are ecosystems of special natural value and often high scientific importance. Their inaccessibility scares off the prying and at the same time allows development of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna. This is exactly the case of "Torfowisko pod Zielencem" - a site of community importance within Natura 2000 European Network. more »
Sudeten province occupies on Polish territory area of about 9.3 thousand km² (approximately 3% of area of the country). The landscape in the region... more»
The Gory Stolowe National Park covers the Polish part of the Stolowe Mountains, which belong the Middle Sudety range. The Park is located in the south-western Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic and was established in 1993.