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Abisko National Park

Norrbottens län, Sweden

+78 birds+13 mammals

Where Arctic tundra meets boreal forest beneath Sweden’s northernmost sky, one of Europe’s most pristine wilderness reserves unfolds across the […]

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Baikal National Park

Ольхонский район, Russia

+124 birds+27 mammals

Where ancient mountains plunge into Earth’s deepest freshwater lake, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds across the southern shores of […]

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Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Powys, United Kingdom

+120 birds+29 mammals

Red sandstone peaks rise abruptly from rolling moorland in South Wales, where wind-sculpted ridges and glacial valleys create some of […]

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Bavarian Forest National Park

Germany

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where beech and spruce embrace across ancient granite uplands, Central Europe’s wildest borderland unfolds. The Bavarian Forest straddles the German-Czech […]

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Biebrza National Park

Goniądz, Poland

+130 birds+25 mammals

Where wetland and water merge across northeastern Poland’s vast floodplain, one of Europe’s most pristine riverine ecosystems unfolds across nearly […]

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Bieszczady National Park

Bieszczady County, Poland

+82 birds+6 mammals

Where the Carpathian foothills roll eastward into Ukraine, ancient beech and spruce forests cling to steep slopes that rise above […]

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Cairngorms National Park

Muir, United Kingdom

+124 birds+27 mammals

Where ancient granite massifs rise above the Scottish Highlands, a subarctic wilderness unfolds across 1,748 square kilometres of raw, elemental […]

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Circeo National Park

Italy

+140 birds+10 mammals

Where the Tyrrhenian Sea collides with limestone ridges and Mediterranean scrub, an ancient landscape unfolds along Italy’s southern Lazio coast. […]

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Collserola Nature Park

Barcelona, Spain

+131 birds+20 mammals

Where Mediterranean scrubland rises abruptly from Barcelona’s urban edge, a remarkable patchwork of pine forests, cork woodlands, and rocky limestone […]

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D’Armorique Regional Nature Park

Le Faou, France

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where granite ridges meet Atlantic moorland, one of Brittany’s wildest regions reveals itself in layers of ecological richness. The landscape […]

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Dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park

Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where the Apennine spine rises between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, beech forests give way to windswept alpine meadows and dramatic limestone […]

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Delle Incisioni Rupestri di Naquane National Park

Capo di Ponte, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where Alpine valleys descend into the Lombardy foothills, glacier-carved granite formations rise in dramatic tiers above the Oglio River valley. […]

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Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park

Trøndelag, Norway

+81 birds+12 mammals

Where alpine plateaus meet ancient mountain ranges, a vast wilderness of windswept ridges and deep valleys unfolds across central Norway. […]

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Drawa National Park

Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Poland

+47 birds+7 mammals

Where pine forests slope toward crystalline waterways, one of Poland’s most compelling wilderness sanctuaries unfolds across 508 square kilometers of […]

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Duna-Ipoly National Park

Dömös, Hungary

+121 birds+30 mammals

Where the Danube carves its sinuous path through northern Hungary, limestone ridges rise abruptly from the river valley, their pale […]

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Eryri National Park

Gwynedd, United Kingdom

+122 birds+29 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Welsh sky, alpine meadows cascade into oak-clad valleys and windswept moorlands define the horizon. This […]

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Gorce National Park

Szczawa, Poland

+50 birds+8 mammals

Where beech forests embrace limestone ridges and alpine meadows sweep across weathered peaks, a 279-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds in southern Poland’s […]

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Gran Paradiso National Park

Cogne, Italy

+78 birds+22 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky at over 4,000 meters, ancient glaciers carve deep valleys into some of Europe’s […]

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Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park

Pietracamela, Italy

+78 birds+18 mammals

Where granite massifs pierce the Apennine spine, weathered limestone cliffs rise from verdant beech forests in a landscape of dramatic […]

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Hamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park

Hamburg, Germany

+134 birds+21 mammals

Where the Elbe River surrenders to the North Sea, a vast tapestry of mud flats, salt marshes, and shallow tidal […]

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Harz National Park

Harz (LK Goslar), Germany

+122 birds+30 mammals

Where dense beech and spruce forests rise across rolling highlands, ancient granite peaks emerge from blankets of mist, creating one […]

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Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy, Hungary

+132 birds+19 mammals

Where the Great Hungarian Plain stretches endlessly toward the horizon, vast wetlands and grasslands create one of Europe’s most dynamic […]

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Jasmund National Park

Sassnitz, Germany

+126 birds+26 mammals

Soaring white limestone cliffs plunge dramatically toward the Baltic Sea, their chalk faces sculpted by millennia of wind and wave […]

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Javakheti National Park

Bozali, Georgia

+148 birds+6 mammals

Dawn breaks over a high-altitude plateau where volcanic peaks pierce the Caucasian sky, their slopes cloaked in alpine meadows that […]

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Kampinos National Park

Gurba, Poland

+123 birds+30 mammals

Vast wetlands and ancient pine forests sprawl across the sandy plains just northwest of Warsaw, where Poland’s largest national park […]

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Kaziranga National Park

Kohora, India

+129 birds+30 mammals

Dawn breaks over the floodplains of the Brahmaputra, where tall grasslands stretch endlessly beneath monsoon-heavy skies. This sprawling wilderness of […]

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Khoridol Saridag National Park

Khatgal, Mongolia

+90 birds+21 mammals

Where granite peaks thrust skyward across Mongolia’s remote southeastern reaches, a landscape of raw geological drama unfolds. Deep river gorges […]

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Kolkheti National Park

Nigvziani, Georgia

+149 birds+6 mammals

Where the Caucasus descends to meet the Black Sea, a mosaic of wetlands, reed beds, and coastal lagoons creates one […]

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Kosterhavets National Park

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where the Skagerrak’s cold currents lap against Sweden’s western coast, a labyrinth of granite islands and skerries emerges from the […]

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Wetland

L’Empordà Nature Park Marshes

Empuriabrava, Spain

+127 birds+26 mammals

Where the Pyrenean foothills flatten into the Mediterranean, freshwater marshes, reed beds, and lagoons create one of Spain’s most vital […]

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Lahemaa National Park

Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

+111 birds+15 mammals

Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]

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Lake District National Park

Westmorland and Furness, United Kingdom

+124 birds+25 mammals

Glacial valleys plunge between fell-sided mountains where slate-grey waters mirror some of England’s most dramatic upland terrain. This landscape of […]

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Losiny Ostrov National Park

Balashikhinsky District, Russia

+120 birds+30 mammals

Ancient pine and birch forests sweep across undulating terrain where the Moskva River winds through Moscow’s northeastern reaches, creating a […]

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Lower Oder Valley National Park

Schwedt/Oder, Germany

+124 birds+30 mammals

Where two nations’ borders converge along the Oder River, a landscape of wetlands, floodplain forests and oxbow lakes unfolds across […]

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Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park

Dunum, Germany

+124 birds+28 mammals

Tidal mud flats stretch to the horizon where the North Sea exhales and inhales twice daily, sculpting one of Europe’s […]

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Machakhela Planned National Park

Skurdidi, Georgia

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where the Lesser Caucasus mountains plunge toward the lowlands of southern Georgia, a landscape of dramatic contrasts unfolds. Steep limestone […]

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Nalychevo National Park

Nalychevo, Russia

+86 birds+10 mammals

Where volcanic peaks pierce the mist of Russia’s far northeast, a primordial landscape of steaming geothermal springs and pristine river […]

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North York Moors National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+128 birds+21 mammals

Heather moorlands roll across 554 square miles of the Yorkshire uplands, where rolling hills give way to deep valleys carved […]

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Northumberland National Park

Northumberland, United Kingdom

+71 birds+12 mammals

Where the Cheviot Hills rise like ancient sentinels above the Scottish borderlands, a landscape of moorland, forestry, and river valleys […]

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Nuuksio National Park

Espoo, Finland

+90 birds+12 mammals

Where granite bedrock meets boreal forest within easy reach of Helsinki, a wilderness of unexpected grandeur unfolds across nearly 200 […]

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Ojców National Park

Ojców, Poland

+69 birds+9 mammals

Where limestone gorges knife through southern Poland’s Vistula Valley, a temperate landscape of remarkable ecological drama unfolds across 82 square […]

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Olympos National Park

Pieria Regional Unit, Greece

+133 birds+17 mammals

Where the Thessalian plains meet the Mediterranean, granite peaks thrust skyward in defiant majesty, their slopes cloaked in a mosaic […]

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Orang National Park

Rangagarapathar, India

+147 birds+15 mammals

Dawn breaks across the floodplains of Assam, where the Brahmaputra River sprawls into a mosaic of grasslands, riverine forests, and […]

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Paanajärvi National Park

Panozero, Russia

+70 birds+6 mammals

Where granite peaks rise abruptly from boreal wilderness, pristine lakes mirror Nordic skies across one of Europe’s last genuinely wild […]

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Pieniny National Park

Tylka, Poland

+74 birds+5 mammals

Where granite gorge walls rise dramatically from the Dunajec River’s emerald waters, a ribbon of wilderness threads through Poland’s Pieniny […]

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Rago National Park

Nordland, Sweden

+17 birds+2 mammals

Where granite gorges slice through pristine boreal wilderness in Swedish Lapland, ancient valleys carved by retreating ice age glaciers cradle […]

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Samaria National Park

Chania Regional Unit, Greece

+138 birds+12 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge nearly a kilometer into the Cretan landscape, a dramatic wilderness unfolds across 4,850 hectares of Crete’s […]

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Saxon Switzerland National Park

Sebnitz, Germany

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where sandstone cliffs soar vertically above the Elbe River, a landscape of extraordinary geological drama unfolds across the German-Czech borderlands. […]

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Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park

Germany

+130 birds+21 mammals

Twice daily, the North Sea withdraws from an immense stage of mud, sand, and salt marsh, revealing one of Europe’s […]

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Sibillini Mountains National Park

Ussita, Italy

+123 birds+27 mammals

Where limestone ridges claw toward 2,476 metres, ancient beech forests surrender to alpine meadows and windswept crags that define the […]

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Sipoonkorven National Park

Sipoo, Finland

+88 birds+6 mammals

Where granite outcrops pierce boreal forest and pristine wetlands sprawl beneath Nordic skies, one of Finland’s most ecologically vital reserves […]

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Söderåsens National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+130 birds+26 mammals

Dramatic limestone gorges slice through beech and oak forest where the Helge River carves its way southward across Skåne’s rolling […]

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South Downs National Park

Chichester, United Kingdom

+122 birds+28 mammals

Rolling chalk downlands rise and fall across southern England in a landscape sculpted by millennia of grazing and cultivation. These […]

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St. Paul Island

Saint Paul, United States

+131 birds+2 mammals

Windswept tundra rolls across this remote Pribilof island, where volcanic basalt cliffs plunge into the Bering Sea and fog rolls […]

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Stelvio National Park

Valfurva, Italy

+120 birds+30 mammals

Where granite peaks pierce the Alpine sky above 3,000 metres, three valleys converge in a realm of stark beauty and […]

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Stenshuvuds National Park

Skåne län, Sweden

+136 birds+18 mammals

Where windswept cliffs plunge toward the Baltic and ancient beech forests cling to limestone slopes, southern Sweden reveals one of […]

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Šumava National Park

Germany

+120 birds+29 mammals

Where ancient spruce forests rise and peat bogs stretch beneath mist-laden skies, the Bavarian borderlands hold one of Central Europe’s […]

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Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Daimiel, Spain

+137 birds+14 mammals

Where two rivers converge across a vast, flat plain in central Spain, shallow wetlands stretch toward an endless horizon—a landscape […]

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Table Mountains National Park

Karłów, Poland

150+ birds+30 mammals

Where sandstone plateaus rise like ancient fortresses above forested valleys, Poland’s 108-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Table Mountains. Vertical rock […]

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Tatra National Park

Zakopane, Poland

+93 birds+2 mammals

Where granite peaks slash through the clouds at over 2,600 metres, Poland’s only true alpine ecosystem unfolds across 507 square […]

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Tbilisi National Park

Tezami, Georgia

150+ birds

Where the Caucasus foothills descend toward Georgia’s capital, pristine river valleys and limestone cliffs create a remarkable patchwork of habitats […]

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Nature Reserve

Teide Natural Monument

La Orotava, Spain

+126 birds+9 mammals

Where the Atlantic swells meet volcanic stone, Spain’s highest peak rises 3,718 metres into crystalline air, its slopes a masterclass […]

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Transbaikal National Park

Barguzinsky Rayon, Russia

+75 birds+7 mammals

Where granite gorges plunge into emerald taiga and crystalline rivers carve through ancient bedrock, one of Russia’s most spectacular wilderness […]

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Vadvetjåkka National Park

Norrbottens län, Sweden

+77 birds+14 mammals

Where raw granite peaks thrust through blankets of boreal forest, the Swedish mountain wilderness reveals itself in its most untamed […]

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Valdaysky National Park

Валдайский муниципальный округ, Russia

+122 birds+13 mammals

Where glacial lakes pierce a landscape of boreal forest and ancient hills, Russia’s Valdai region unfolds as one of Eastern […]

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Valkmusa National Park

Finland

+58 birds

Where granite bedrock meets boreal wetland, Finland’s most intimate wilderness unfolds across 72 square kilometres of raw ecological drama. Deep […]

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Vanoise National Park

Val-Cenis, France

+105 birds+21 mammals

Where granite peaks fracture the Alpine sky above 4,000 meters, Vanoise’s 1,716 square kilometers unfold as France’s oldest national park […]

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Varanger National Park

Båtsfjord, Norway

+70 birds+13 mammals

Where the Arctic tundra meets the Barents Sea, vast plateaus of birch woodland and dwarf shrub heath roll across northeastern […]

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Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

Küstengewässer einschließlich Anteil am Festlandso, Germany

+131 birds+20 mammals

Shallow lagoons merge imperceptibly with reed-fringed marshes where the Baltic coast dissolves into a maze of brackish waters and low-lying […]

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Wigry National Park

Czerwony Folwark, Poland

+70 birds+1 mammals

Where pristine glacial lakes mirror centuries-old pine forests, northeastern Poland’s most compelling wilderness unfolds across 368 square kilometers of unspoiled […]

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Wolin National Park

Kamień County, Poland

+96 birds+17 mammals

Where the Baltic coastline fragments into a mosaic of pine forests, freshwater lakes, and windswept dunes, northwestern Poland harbors one […]

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

+104 birds+22 mammals

Where limestone escarpments rise above verdant valleys, a patchwork of moorland, grassland, and woodland creates one of England’s most ecologically […]

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