24. August 2022 at 11:40

Does Shrek live here?

Slovakia's photogenic 'swampy forest' feels like a movie set.

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Katarína Gécziová

Editorial

(source: Košice Region Tourism)
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Surrounded by dead river branches, sandbanks, swamps and waterlogged meadows, anyone visiting the eastern-Slovak village of Oborín might feel like they have stepped onto a movie set, especially if they are on the Oborín Water Experience Trail.

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The trail was created by locals looking to take advantage of the village's geographical location, both its surrounding natural environment and its proximity to the Hungarian part of the Tokaj region.

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