Nature watching

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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...

19 views · 28 October 2026

Kyiv Polissia an hour away from the capital

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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...

30 views · 27 October 2026

Zhytomyr Polissia: granite, Drevlians and rhododendron

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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...

71 views · 27 October 2026

Rivne Polissia: Where to Go and What to See

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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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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...

24 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....

227 views · 30 September 2026

Lightning Nest" in Zhytomyr Oblast: Hromovysche near Kupyshche

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ZHYTOMYR REGION TOURISM

Lightning Nest" in Zhytomyr Oblast: Hromovysche near Kupyshche

Approximately 19 kilometres away from Korosten, in the forests near the small village of Kupyshche, hides a clearing about which strange stories have been retold for many decades. It is called Hromovy...

159 views · 11 August 2026

The Zherev River in Zhytomyr Region: wildlife and incredible landscapes

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The Zherev River in Zhytomyr Region: wildlife and incredible landscapes

In the north of the Zhytomyr region, there is a river known perhaps only to avid water tourists — the Zherev. It is the largest tributary of the Uzh (96 km long), winding through Polissian forests fro...

165 views · 4 August 2026