9988's MD's

[carlfatal]

Nice MD here, i´ve lurked in before but was too lazy to comment. A shame, it´s really impressive and i will look in more often from now on. 
Greetz, Carl

[noahclem]

Great job on the last update and recent teaser  I love the countryside in your highway picture!

[whatevermind]

Beautiful pictures, and the history aspect is really well done as well.  One question, what is the building you used as both the parliament in Budapest, and the museum in the first photo of Greater Morsco?

[Dai9988]

Slovakia - The Low Tatras
Thanks to everyone who commented!
Whatevermind -  It is Budapest Parliament building, it can be downloaded on LEX.

So, after the introduction and teaser update, we can continue to the full update. We will now look on the Mountains of Nizke Tatry. They are second highest mountains in Slovakia, with highest peaks Dumbier and Chopok(what is much more visited). There is also located one of the largest Slovak ski resort - Chopok Jasna.
One of the not many lakes there and largest lake in the Low Tatras is lake of Vrbice. It is medium sized lake, what is only sometimes visited by tourists.

One of the largest ski resorts in Slovakia and largest in Low Tatras is Chopok Jasna. It is popular among tourists, mostly from czech republic.

It is located on northern hillside of mount Chopok, second largest peak in low tatras. It has more than 5 major chairlifts and over 20 skiing ways.

Low Tatras are also beautiful in summer, I present you impressive view on the mountains from the one of peaks there.

And finally, I present image of another part of frozen lake Vrbice in winter.

[Framly]

What a beautiful Ski-Resort! Great details

The frozen Lake is also a very nice Idea

[noahclem]

Great update as always    I love the ski resort!

[bat]

Nice winter scences! The teaser is also great!

[RickD]

Very nice! 

[rooker1]

Great update.  I love the frozen lake and ice skaters.

Robin

[weixc812]

Nice nice job, Dai9988. I can't believe in my eyes 

[Dai9988]

Everyone who commented, thank you for commenting!
Slovakia - High Tatras, part I
So, after visiting entire southwestern and central part of the Slovakia, let's advance to the second part of this MD. As in the first part, we will begin with two part update on the one of most popular and visited areas of the country. In first part it was city of Bratislava, now it will be area on the north from Low Tatras, the High Tatras, where is located highest point of Carpathian mountain range, Mount Gerlachovski, 2.655 m above sea level.
On this minor map, places of the areas shown in the last 5 updates can be seen.

There are many areas and valleys with beautiful nature in high Tatras, through many of them are flowing mountain streams, including rivers White and Black Vah.

Second highest peak in High Tatras, Mount Lomnica, is one of the not many peaks there with Cable car leading to the top. This cable car was a world rarity when built before many decades, and now it is still frequently used.

On the higher parts of the mountains, when not covered by snow, they are covered by rocks, grass, and typical flora of High Tatras.

Second largest natural lake in Slovakia and most beautiful one is Strbske Pleso, located in the most visited area in the mountains, with many hotels and tourist attractions. But there is still beautiful nature...

Last picture I will show you is real life view from the one of peaks of High Tatras.

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[whatevermind]

More beautiful pictures, some of these could pass as paintings of real life scenes.  The rocky mountain top is great, this huge expanse of rocks, with all the flowers adding hints of color everywhere.

[apeguy]

Nice pictures, the boulderfield is my favourite.

[Kergelen]

Nice mountain pictures! Tatras is very similar to the Pyrenees as you can see in my photo
Good job showing your country

[Dai9988]

Slovakia - High Tatras Part II
After first update about the area of High Tatras, let's continue further. The High Tatras, as said before, is one of the most visited and popular areas in Slovakia, with beautiful mountainous nature and landscape.
There are also located large ski resorts Stary Smokovec and Tatranska Lomnica. Lomnica is the larger and more visited one, and is also located on the mountainside of magnificent Mount Lomnica, second highest peak of High Tatras.

In the entire High Tatras, there are located many mountain lakes, what were created by glaciers at the end of last Ice Age. Areas near them are very visited, Strbske Pleso is also one of them. They have incredibly clear water and they are often frozen in winter.

Eastern part of High Tatras is lower than central part, and also less visited one. But there are still many beautiful landscapes and areas, mainly in winter.

On the far east of High Tatras, where it meets lower areas in Orave, are located many valleys, mixed and deciduous forests, and also many beautiful streams and river springs.

And finally, real life image of the magnificent rocky and icy mountains of the High Tatras.

[rooker1]

Fantastic update. 
I really like the mix of RL pics and ingame ones.  I can really see where you find your inspiration.

Robin

[noahclem]

Great job with the last two updates!    I've been a big fan of your MD for some time and I'm not sure how I missed the last update. You have a unique style with MMPs, as well as photoshopping, that gives your MD a character of its own and makes it an enjoyable place to visit. I also like the variety of winter stuff you use, from the frozen stream to the different types of ski lifts.

Looking forward to more 

[kbieniu7]

Wow! Incredible work!  Great to see Tatras recreated in SimCity, with such details andd quality.
I also try to base on them and your work is a great "technical" inspiration for me!
Could you said, where did you get those all rocks from? 

Tatras are the most beautiful mountains 
Greetz!

[wallasey]

Fantastic scenery...unrivalled in my opinion!

Well done!

[Dai9988]

Thanks to everyone who commented!
Slovakia - Nature of Slovakia II
So, after the new set of Tatran updates, let's have another special on overall Slovak Nature. In this update, we will look on natural areas from the far north of Orave, to the far south, near river Little Danube. And, of course, because Easter will be very soon, if you look carefully, you will see one illogical "Easter Egg" there (I was just bored).
So, at first let's begin close to the High Tatras, in the area of western Low Tatras. There are still located many forests, but many of them will be not there after few decades.

Between the Low and High tatras is located one of the largest Slovak lakes, but this is artificial, created by the water dam. It is called Liptovska Mara and is popular bathing and sunbathing area, one of the most popular on the north.

More to the south, southern than Low Tatras is located Central Slovakia, with many wheat fields and forests.

And now, only for one image, let's look again on the Southern Slovakia. There is also located branching river of Danube, Little Danube, what is creating huge island Zitny Ostrov. The river flows across many floodplain lowland forests.

And at the end of this update, I present you picture of the one of many pastures on the Orave, the northest area of Slovakia, hilly, and with colder climate.