Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
It's located deep in the rugged, remote Fagaras Mountains of Romania. An ancient, centuries-old Beech tree in a place called the Forest of Immortal Stories. Thanks to conservation efforts in this forest, OUR story, the story of National Park Diaries, will be preserved there forever.
Adopt your own tree: https://arboricupovesti.ro/
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
youtube.com/watch?v=PennP6_8Y-c
web.archive.org/web/20240111200808/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/science/conservation-romania-beech-trees.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240110&instance_id=112141&nl=the-morning®i_id=167518159&segment_id=154761&te=1&user_id=f84c454e34b5dfa1a6e3ddf9ed30fe98
waterbear.com/watch/spirit-of-the-forest
nytimes.com/2024/01/18/insider/seeing-the-forest-and-the-trees.html#:~:text=In 2019%2C a nonprofit group,the surrounding hamlet of Nucsoara.
mountainjournal.org/essay-forests-of-immortal-stories-ancient-trees-greater-yellowstone
All footage of the Forest of Immortal Stories featured in this video was shot by Ion Holban. Thanks Ion!
Additional footage and music:
Storyblocks
Wikimedia Commons/MIHAIL
It's located deep in the rugged, remote Fagaras Mountains of Romania. An ancient, centuries-old Beech tree in a place called the Forest of Immortal Stories. Thanks to conservation efforts in this forest, OUR story, the story of National Park Diaries, will be preserved there forever.
Adopt your own tree: https://arboricupovesti.ro/
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
youtube.com/watch?v=PennP6_8Y-c
web.archive.org/web/20240111200808/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/science/conservation-romania-beech-trees.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240110&instance_id=112141&nl=the-morning®i_id=167518159&segment_id=154761&te=1&user_id=f84c454e34b5dfa1a6e3ddf9ed30fe98
waterbear.com/watch/spirit-of-the-forest
nytimes.com/2024/01/18/insider/seeing-the-forest-and-the-trees.html#:~:text=In 2019%2C a nonprofit group,the surrounding hamlet of Nucsoara.
mountainjournal.org/essay-forests-of-immortal-stories-ancient-trees-greater-yellowstone
All footage of the Forest of Immortal Stories featured in this video was shot by Ion Holban. Thanks Ion!
Additional footage and music:
Storyblocks
Wikimedia Commons/MIHAIL










