Dancing Forest
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Names in other languages
- Românăpădurea care dansează
- ČeštinaLes tančících stromů
- ltŠokantis miškas
- azRəqs edən meşə
- EnglishDancing Forest
- РусскийТанцующий лес
- hyՊարող անտառ
- ไทยป่าเต้นรำ
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The Dancing Forest ( ) is a pine forest on the Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia noted for its unusually twisted trees. Unlike drunken trees, the trees in the Dancing Forest are twisted into several patterns, such as rings, hearts and convoluted spirals bending to the ground. The exact cause of the trees' distortion is unknown. According to one hypothesis, the distortion is caused by the activity of caterpillars (Rhyacionia buoliana). In a folk story, the Dancing Forest follows the movement of the sands. Trees of such unusual shapes are found throughout the Curonian Spit.
The Dancing Forest ( ) is a pine forest on the Curonian Spit in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia noted for its unusually twisted trees. Unlike drunken trees, the trees in the Dancing Forest are twisted into several patterns, such as rings, hearts and convoluted spirals bending to the ground. The exact cause of the trees' distortion is unknown. According to one hypothesis, the distortion is caused by the activity of caterpillars (Rhyacionia buoliana). In a folk story, the Dancing Forest follows the movement of the sands. Trees of such unusual shapes are found throughout the Curonian Spit. ==History== The trees were planted in the 1960s. Before World War II, the site accommodated a Nazi-German gliding school. ==See also== Crooked Forest ==References==
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