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LUBLIN POLISSIA TOURISM

Polissian villages around Urszulin

On the left bank of the Bug, already in Poland, lies the westernmost patch of Polissia — Lublin Polissia (Polesie Lubelskie) with its main town of Włodawa. The lakes, flood meadows, alder forests, and...

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Kyiv Polissia an hour away from the capital

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TOURISM KYIV REGION KYIV REGION TOURISM VYSHHOROD DISTRICT BUCHA DISTRICT VYSHHOROD IRPIN BUCHA IVANKIV MAKARIV CHERNOBYL ZONE

Kyiv Polissia an hour away from the capital

Kyiv Polissia begins just beyond the city limits: as soon as you head north or northwest from the city, you are surrounded by pine forests, sandy shores, quiet rivers, and the wide expanse of the Kyiv...

29 views · 27 October 2026

Zhytomyr Polissia: granite, Drevlians and rhododendron

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TOURISM ZHYTOMYR REGION ZHYTOMYR REGION TOURISM KOROSTEN OVRUCH OLEVSK ZVIAHEL ZHYTOMYR MALYN RADOMYSHL KOROSTEN DISTRICT

Zhytomyr Polissia: granite, Drevlians and rhododendron

Zhytomyr Polissia is the highest, rockiest, and least swampy of all Polissia regions. Here, beneath pines and sand, lies the granite of the Ukrainian Shield: it surfaces in cliffs over the Teteriv Riv...

70 views · 27 October 2026

Rivne Polissia: Where to Go and What to See

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TOURISM RIVNE REGION RIVNE REGION TOURISM SARNY DUBROVYTSIA VOLODYMYRETS ZARICHNE VARASH ROKYTNE STEPAN

Rivne Polissia: Where to Go and What to See

Rivne Polissia is the northern part of Rivne Oblast, a historical, ethnographic, and natural region within Ukrainian Polissia. This is where asphalt and haste end, and pine forests, endless bogs, quie...

31 views · 27 October 2026

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TOURISM VOLYN VOLYN REGION TOURISM RIVNE REGION RIVNE REGION TOURISM SHATSK KOVEL LIUBESHIV SARNY

What to see in Volyn Polissia

Volynian Polissia is a region where Ukraine feels most like its ancient self: pine forests, hundreds of lakes, slow rivers with dozens of branches, and villages where people still bake bread in wood-f...

23 views · 27 October 2026

Polish Polissia: What to see beyond the Bug

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LUBLIN POLISSIA TOURISM

Polish Polissia: What to see beyond the Bug

Polish Polissia is the western edge of the vast Polissian world, stretching from the Bug to the Dnipro. Scholars call it Western Polissia (Polish: Polesie Zachodnie): it is an ethno-cultural region wi...

49 views · 27 October 2026

Belarusian Polissia: Pripyat, swamps and ancient towns

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BELARUSIAN POLISSIA BREST REGION HOMEL REGION TOURISM

Belarusian Polissia: Pripyat, swamps and ancient towns

Belarusian Polissia is a natural, historical and geographical region in the south of Belarus. Its landscapes are shaped by rivers, wetland lowlands, peat bogs, forests and lakes. It is home to the anc...

48 views · 26 October 2026

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ZHYTOMYR REGION KOROSTEN DISTRICT MALYN TOURISM

Hamarnia Landscape Reserve near Malyn

Hamarnia is a landscape reserve of local importance located on the outskirts of Malyn in Zhytomyr Region. It is a large natural area that combines forest landscapes with part of the Malyn Reservoir on...

187 views · 1 October 2026

Mikhailivskyi Quarry: A Quiet Fishing Spot Near Korosten

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KOROSTEN DISTRICT KOROSTEN POLISSYA FISHING TOURISM

Mikhailivskyi Quarry: A Quiet Fishing Spot Near Korosten

Mikhailivskyi Quarry is a small flooded water body near the village of Mykhailivka in the Korosten urban community, Zhytomyr Region. It is about 14–15 kilometers from Korosten. The quarry was formed o...

76 views · 30 September 2026

Rudnya-Ozeryanska Sand Quarry: A Quiet Lake in Polissia

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ZHYTOMYR REGION KOROSTEN DISTRICT OLEVSK FISHING TOURISM

Rudnya-Ozeryanska Sand Quarry: A Quiet Lake in Polissia

The flooded sand quarry near the village of Rudnya-Ozeryanska is a small body of water surrounded by Polissia forests in the Olevsk area of Zhytomyr Region. The lake covers approximately 4.5 hectares....

226 views · 30 September 2026

From a haunted palace to a hundred-year-old watermill: the wild Teteriv route two hours from Kyiv

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From a haunted palace to a hundred-year-old watermill: the wild Teteriv route two hours from Kyiv

There is a route two hours from Kyiv that packs in almost everything people travel far and wide for: the ruins of a lavish palace steeped in ghosts and legends, 25-metre granite cliffs where climbers ...

4683 views · 29 July 2026

Crafts Courtyard Museum in Zhytomyr: A Hidden Collection of 20,000 Artifacts Few Tourists Know About

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HISTORICAL LANDMARKS ZHYTOMYR TOURISM

"The Craftsmen's Courtyard" in Zhytomyr: A Museum of Antique Tools Unlike Any Other in Ukraine

Near the Kroshnia railway station in Zhytomyr (42 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street) lies one of the city's most unusual attractions. The Crafts Courtyard (Remisnychyi Dvir) is a private folk museum unlike...

131 views · 27 July 2026