Białowieża National Park

Green, lush and mysterious, Białowieża National Park covers an area of about 105 sq km and is part of a bigger forest known as the Białowieża Forest (Puszcza Białowieska), which straddles the border between Poland and Belarus. Białowieża (byah-wo-vyeh-zhah) park is famous for two reasons. First, it's home to the European bison, the continent's largest land mammal.

European bison in the forest in the Biaowieza Primeval Forest. The largest species of mammal found in Europe. Ungulates living in herds. Endangered species.

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