m̌ ḫ's photos with the keyword: DoF

Above the tiny village of Veľké Borové, right on the border of Northern Slovak regions of Liptov and Orava, you will find one of the most unusual lookout towers in Slovakia. It is not a castle tower or an old fort – it used to be a simple transformer station! In 2002 it was cleverly rebuilt, adding a wooden upper part inspired by traditional folk houses, and today it works both as a lookout and as the village belfry. Climb the wooden stairs to the covered viewing platform, about 11 metres above the ground. Inside, you will find wooden benches and a cosy, rustic atmosphere, more like a traditional wooden cottage than a technical building. The tower is easily accessible in every season, so you can come in hiking boots in summer or in warm clothes and winter shoes when there is snow.

While “letter catching” again (as explained here ), I accidentally trapped something that wasn’t quite the intended target — this frame. It technically breaks my own rules — the “H” only appears on the sides — so maybe it doesn’t really count. Maybe it’s just a one-step ladder… or something in between. Anyway, at least there’s some nice bubble bokeh to save the day!

Close on the chill bright ice clings to bark’s dark ridge winter, quiet thought.

Here you can see Bratislava’s Slavín memorial, a site that has become increasingly controversial in the context of Putin’s war and contemporary Russian efforts to monopolise the legacy of the Allied victory in the Second World War. In reality, Bratislava was liberated on 4 April 1945 during the Bratislava–Brno offensive by the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front, a multinational formation that included soldiers of various Soviet nationalities as well as Czechs and Slovaks. Romanian army units fought in the same campaign as allied forces alongside the Soviet formations, and individual Italian anti-fascist partisans and volunteers are also known to have joined the broader anti-Nazi struggle in Central Europe, even if they are much less visible in official commemorations.