Why you should visit Poloniny in Slovakia

Why you should visit far east of Slovakia? Lonely Planet Bluelist can bring you some answers. Wild nature, virgin forests, picturesque wooden churches and many more...

Photo gallery on medvegyu.organic.hu

Poloniny National Park seen by Hungarian tourists. http://medvegyu.organic.hu/2007_0729_poloniny/en/

The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art

Andy Warhol was not born in Slovakia. But his parents came to US from Mikova. It is the village in north eastern Slovakia near Medzilaborce. So if you are planning to visit eastern Slovakia do not miss the visit of The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce. There are 23 authentic paintings by Andy Warhol all together. The Museum is also known as Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art. This is an older name of the museum and it was used before 1996.
 
More about the The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art:
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol_Museum_of_Modern_Art
– http://www.region.sk/warhol/index2.html

Who is Karol Bukovski

Karol Bukovski is a distant relative of Charles Bukowski. Their ancestors (similary like the ruthenian ancestors of Andy Warhol ) lived at the north-east of Slovakia. Nobody knows that the name of Bukovske vrchy (the main part of the Poloniny National Park) means Bukowski Hills in English and nobody knows that this name is a tribute to the famous writer with the poloniny roots.

History of the Ulič Valley

The Ulič(ska) Valley is valley of nine picturesque villages (Príslop, Topoľa, Runina, Kolbasov, Ruský Potok, Ulič, Uličské Krivé, Zboj, Nová Sedlica) situated in the easternmost corner of Slovakia directly in the Poloniny National Park. To know more about the history read the Bill Tarkulich's web site.

Some facts about Slovakia

Capital city: Bratislava (population 428 672 as of 31.12.2005) Population: 5 389 180 (of which 51,5 % female) as of 31.12.2005 Population density: 110/km2 Official language: Slovak Nationalities / Ethnic groups: Slovak (85,8%), Hungarian (9,7%), Roma (Gipsy) (1,7%), Czech (0,8%), Ruthenian, Ukrainian, German, Polish and other (2%)
 
Please see www.slovakia.travel for more facts

Welcome to the Poloniny

Dear friends, I would like to introduce you poloniny.blogspot.com, the information site of the Poloniny national park in Slovakia. For detailed information see the relevant WIKIPEDIA article