Badín is best known for a primeval forest Badínsky prales, which has been strictly protected by the state against any human activity since 1913.

Dominant tree species are fir (Abies alba), beech (Fagus sylvatica), maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), and elm (Ulmus glabra).

In 1944, the local population joined the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising and Badín became the headquarters of the 2nd Czechoslovak paratrooper brigade.

The seminary was reopened in 1990, first at Slovenská Ľupča castle and since 1993 in a newly constructed building directly in Badín by the bishop Rudolf Baláž.

[8] The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).