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title: "About the website | zPusteven.cz"
description: "Why this guide to the area around Pustevny exists, how it is built, the rules its texts follow and where its funding comes from."
url: "https://zpusteven.cz/about"
lang: "en"
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# zPusteven .cz

Pustevny ranks among the most visited places in the Beskids. Dozens more places lie around it. Some are remarkable in their own right, others for their historical legacy - and every one of them for its story.

zPusteven.cz brings these places closer in photographs and in context. They can also be visited and explored [in virtual reality](https://zpusteven.cz/virtual-tour).

- **places worth seeing:** 49
- **virtual stops:** 108
- **walking routes:** 18
- **language versions:** 5

## Co-funded by the European Union

This application was created as part of the project “Poklady Rožnovska a Makova ve virtuální realitě”, project code FMP/KCR/02/010\_CZ.

![Interreg Slovakia–Czechia programme logos, co-funded by the European Union, Euroregion Bílé‑Biele Karpaty](https://zpusteven.cz/img/publicita/logolink.svg)

[Rožnovsko](https://www.roznovsko.cz)

[Makov](https://www.makov.sk)

More about the programme and its administrator: [Euroregion Bílé - Biele Karpaty](https://www.erbbk.eu)  · [Interreg Slovensko - Česko](https://www.sk-cz.eu)

A simple structure

## Map, routes, panoramas, expeditions

The website is designed to be as simple as possible. It offers four main sections that also run into one another, which makes a coherent whole where every part works on its own as well as together with the rest.

[An overview of selected places](https://zpusteven.cz/en) - Home page · A list of selected places with filtering and a map view.

[Hiking routes](https://zpusteven.cz/hiking) - Walking routes · The website shows the basic outline, and you open the exact route in your phone's navigation.

[Virtual visit](https://zpusteven.cz/virtual-tour) - 360° views · Views from the ridges, from the valleys and from inside the buildings. On a phone, on a computer and in a VR headset.

[An itinerary for your visit](https://zpusteven.cz/experience-beskydy) - Experience the Beskids · Ready-made trips to match the time you have. Expeditions for families with children and themed collections of places.

## Every place comes with a story

The point of the website is to show places in context - their history and their present, their wildlife and plants, and the information that matters when you go to see them.

Every place on the website carries a theme of its own. Out of the individual stories, a picture of the whole region gradually emerges.

- **knowledge quizzes:** 49
- **themed expedition through the region:** 1
- **adverts and promoted brands:** 0

Core content rules

## Eight things the project cares about

1. ### There is a story behind every place  
What a place looks like, you see at once. What brought it into being, what shaped it and what happened there is what turns a point on the map into a place you take to heart.
2. ### Verified information only  
Everything stated here has been verified and anything uncertain is left out. An error can be reported with a button right on the page for the place.
3. ### An overview of the area  
One look shows you which places lie close together and which ones you can therefore combine into a single trip.
4. ### Photos at full quality  
The website keeps photos at the right resolution for every type of screen. Any photo can be opened at up to 4K resolution with a click.
5. ### Features for visitors  
The website offers filters, favourite places and other features that make it easier to narrow the content down and to find your way around the pages.
6. ### Plain information, nothing for sale  
No adverts, no recommended businesses. Only general mentions that refreshments are available at a place.
7. ### It loads in the mountains too  
The pages are light, so they open even where the signal is barely there. On a ridge, speed matters as much as content.
8. ### Five languages  
The website speaks Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English. Visitors from abroad are as welcome here as they are on the ridge.

A playful extra

## And then there is Rysík

![Rysík, a lynx cub in folk costume](https://zpusteven.cz/rysik/cutscene/1920/rysik-vykukuje.avif)

A lynx cub still getting to know the Beskids - take him with you. It is a playful extra that leads through the same stories and features of the website by a different path. Children enjoy it most.

Rysík does not interfere with the texts about places. You always meet him at the very end of a page, where he nudges you into action. Beyond single actions, you can also set out with him on whole expeditions. As you go along with Rysík, his rank and yours both rise.

- **themed expedition:** 1
- **fields in the passport:** 49
- **ranks from Homebody to Bača:** 4

[Who is Rysík](https://zpusteven.cz/en/rysik) · [My account](https://zpusteven.cz/account) · [Experience the Beskids](https://zpusteven.cz/experience-beskydy)

![Pod Tanečnicí](https://d.zpusteven.cz/place/pod-tanecnici/1280/DJI_0985.avif)

## Get to know a place. Fall in love with it.

Every place has its story.  
Once we know it, we start to understand it better.  
And once we love it, we want to look after it.

That is why we tell the stories of Rožnovsko and Makov.  
Of their nature, their monuments, their people and the places worth discovering.

Because the places we love, we want to keep for those who come after us.

- [Commissioned by Mikroregion Rožnovsko roznovsko.cz](https://www.roznovsko.cz/)
- [Photographs Studio Rožnov studio-roznov.cz](https://www.studio-roznov.cz/)
- [Website build Vrealmatic vrealmatic.com](https://vrealmatic.com/cs)

[Download the website logo](https://zpusteven.cz/logo.html)

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