Cultural landscape

Hutsuls – shepherds of the Eastern Carpathians

Hustuls (Ukr. Гуцули, Ro. Huțuli) is an ethnic group of highlanders living in part of the Eastern Carpathians – Gorgany, Chornohora, Svydovets, Marmorian Carpathians, Połoniny...

Division of the Carpathians with particular emphasis on the Outer Western Carpathians and the Outer Eastern Carpathians

The Carpathians belong to the largest mountain ranges in Europe, they cover an area of about 209 thousand km2. They are about 1,300 km long and stretch between the Danube Gap: near Bratislava on the...

Mountains we are often not aware of

  The Carpathians are an extensive mountain range located in central Europe. They stretch along a clear arc of about 1,300 km between the Danube gorge: on the Austrian-Slovak border, to the...