Articles About Nature

Expensive but honest, and everything works. How to avoid paying double: dynamic VR tickets, lounas buffets, aurora season or white nights, and sauna rules.

Summer Finland and winter Finland overlap in almost nothing except the sauna. Both versions unpacked: an island fortress, the Arctic Circle, aurora and Saimaa.

Hurkalo Waterfall is a five-metre cascade in the Skolivski Beskydy, reached by about 5 km of forest trail from the village of Korchyn. We explain how to get there, when to go and what to see nearby.

Solotvyno is called Ukraine's Dead Sea: the lakes' salinity of about 200 g/l holds your body on the surface by itself. We break down when to go, how to get there and how much a holiday costs.

Trufanets Waterfall is the tallest waterfall in Zakarpattia: 36 metres of water drop in five cascades almost right beside the Yasinia-Rakhiv highway. We explain how to get there and when to go for full flow.

The question of «where to go with kids» is answered by the west and centre of Ukraine: the Carpathians with lifts, the thermal water parks of Zakarpattia, Uman, Kyiv and the fortresses of Podillia. We gathered places by region with approximate prices and tips on when to go.

Carpathian National Nature Park is the first protected park of its kind in Ukraine and the easiest way up Hoverla. We break down entry, routes, the season, and the road to Zaroslyak.

Mountain lakes, river canyons, or a wild stretch of coast, concrete locations with difficulty levels plus the thing people skip: where you can legally pitch a tent.

The Aktovsky Canyon is a granite gorge up to 50 metres deep on the Mertvovod River near the village of Aktove in Mykolaiv region. We explain how to get there, when to go and what to see in the valley of three canyons.

Optymistychna Cave in the village of Korolivka in the Ternopil region is over 260 km of underground passages and the world's longest gypsum cave. We cover the routes, prices, gear and how to get there.

Five national parks of Europe you can actually reach from a major city: what makes each special, when to go, what entry costs and each one's honest downside.

A town on the water in the Danube Delta, where canals replace streets and a boat beats walking. The zero kilometre of the Danube, the marshes, Lipovans and Danube herring.

The Dniester Canyon stretches for about 250 km and reveals itself best from the water. We cover the rafting routes, the Dzhuryn Waterfall, the castles and how to get there.

Peak gold in the Carpathians lasts mere weeks and slides from the high meadows down into the valleys. Here is when to go, where, and the honest downside to expect.

Seven genuine waterfalls across different continents, from the tallest Angel Falls to wild Kaieteur. Where each is, what makes it special, when to go for full water and what's wrong with it.

Sofiivka Park, the canyons of Zhytomyr and Buky, Chernihiv's ancient churches and Taras Hill. Six directions within three hours, with distances and honest detail.

Synevyr, Pip Ivan with the "White Elephant", Dragobrat, the Borzhava meadows and the Shypit waterfall: specific elevations, how to get there and when to go. With a comparison table and honest warnings.

One of Europe's largest deserts grew where forests and pastures once stood. Here are its dunes, microclimate and the honest facts about access.