When Timothy J. Cooley went to Poland in 1992, it was in search of a sound. As a state-employed ethnomusicologist in Illinois, he had heard music from the Tatra Mountains in Chicago’s Polish community ...

Last week, we pondered who might have stolen the kishka and why. This week, I’d like to share some memories of the folkloric experiences we had in the Tatra Mountains of Ploand and Slovakia. First of ...

More than 2.8 million people hiked the trails of Poland’s southern Tatra Mountains in the first half of this year, setting a new record for the Tatra National Park, officials said. From January to ...

From 2 - 4 March Polish mountaineers Maciek Ciesielski, Piotr Sułowski and Kacper Tekieli made the first winter ascent of Expander, reputed to be the most famous link-up of four existing routes in the ...

The Tatra Mountains on the Poland–Slovakia border offer hiking experiences from gentle valley strolls to demanding multi-day hut-to-hut routes. Because of seasonal closures, changeable weather, and ...

Poland’s Tatra National Park has decided to close its entire area to tourism until further notice, the PAP news agency reported on Saturday. TOPR rescuers in ...

When we reach Tatranská Javorina, tracing the road from Ždiar, a stretch of asphalt under repair greets us. It’s a modest sign of change occurring in Slovakia’s north, but in a village often ...

Five people have been killed and 100 injured, some seriously, in thunderstorms in Poland’s Tatra Mountains and the West Tatras in Slovakia. Piotr Cwik, the governor of Krakow province, told reporters ...