Zuberec

Zuberec (Hungarian: Bölényfalu) is a village in northern Slovakia and a popular tourist center at the foothills of the Western Tatras.

The village is the place of several cultural and sporting events including Podroháčske folklórne slávnosti (folk festival), Goralský klobúčik (alpine skiing), Oravaman (triathlon) and WSA Eurocup Zuberec (dogsled racing).

It is named after the European bison (Slovak: Zubor), an animal that used to be abundant in the region at the time of the foundation of the village.

Zuberec was founded in 1593, when the village was known as Zwberczyc, by shepherds and farmers under Vlach colonization law Lex Antiqua Valachorum.

This open-air museum of folk architecture exhibits intact rural houses brought from all around the region of Orava and re-assembled in Zuberec.

Church in Zuberec
Zuberec panorama
Zuberec panorama
Interior of one of the houses in the Zuberec open-air museum