The 7,000 Year Old Forest

[@shawn.the.alien423]

The Senator in Florida is no longer standing. It burned in 2012 when a drug-addicted former model, who was using the tree to hide her drugs, lit a fire inside the trunk in order to find said drugs. About 25ft of the trunk is still standing, but the tree is pretty much dead.

[@sharonlock6452]

That is heart breaking

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Florida Woman strikes again.

[@SCOTTBULGRIN]

I remember this happening. I lived in Lake Mary, Florida which is about 3 miles from this now dead tree.😢

[@AaronF2112]

J Knott that’s heartless, who are we to play god like that

[@sQuibleable]

Peak Florida

[@petersurdo4984]

Sounds like a magical place.

[@Fish-ub3wn]

Extraordinally magickal i would say.

[@daveharrison84]

sounds like a place where abandoned children had to fight witches

[@Rick_Cleland]

_Pigs can sniff out truffles with their snouts._

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

Tahiti

[@Game...007]

Today I found out that there are bisons in europe.

[@MrEvanfriend]

I knew the European bison was a thing, but I thought it was extinct.

[@pathacker4963]

Happy that you did so.

[@Camel9991]

not only there. There are some in Romania as well.

[@ThePainkiller9995]

i'm european and even i didn't know

[@ThePainkiller9995]

there's probably none around me though

[@Quasi_Terrible]

Anyone else not know that Europe had Bison until today?

[@toto197]

In Poland, we also have Bison beer ( Żubr in polish ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oorbY4yqp7p9iK8 ) and a type of vodka called Żubrówka or Bison Grass Vodka ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBubr%C3%B3wka ). ;)

[@sebastianhartung4407]

@@toto197 Totally love that stuff, especially the Vodka. Greetings from Germany!

[@euphoniacarstairs2955]

No, I didn't know that either. I hear 'Bison' I think 'Yellowstone.'

[@hardc00re10]

Up here in northern Sweden we have some Bison, awesome animals

[@thepatriot8514]

Bison, elk and deer yes I knew this

[@LEDewey_MD]

Another fascinating video! (Yes, I always thought that "hardwood" was based on its hardness...)

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

Being a woodworker with plenty of ancestry that were also in the business, I have always know the difference between Hardwood and Softwood. It really has nothing to do with the hardness of the wood, only the difference in how its seeds are packaged by the tree. Seeds that are what we call nuts are always considered Hardwood Trees, the nut has a hard outer casing known as a shell. By that definition, the acorn is a nut, though you'd not want to eat one. One type of wood I worked with is called Butternut. Yes the tree produces nut like seeds, making it a Hardwood Tree; however, it is a very easy wood to shape and carve, because the wood is actually of a medium hardness. The grain is beautiful, which is why I and other woodworkers like building small pieces with it, or carving small sculptures with it.

[@ekramer2478]

@@l.clevelandmajor9931 thank you!!!!!

[@giraffewithtattoos2770]

@@l.clevelandmajor9931 we always referred to the trees by being deciduous or evergreen. Deciduous trees, those that lose their leaves, are typically hardwoods and the evergreens are soft woods

[@bjorndraktig]

I believe the equivalent to to hard and soft in Sweden is band pore and stray pore, an oak is band pored and a birch is stray pored. The hardest ones are band pored as in if you cut of a trunk you can see a ring of pores and a ring without, this makes an oak become denser and for carpentry more valuable the faster it has grown science the pores form a short while in spring. If the following summer is short you get proportionally less hard wood versus a long summer. The opposite is true in spruce which is stray pored where you want more of the stabilizing dark spring wood and less of the light colored balsa like summer wood which is more for bulking up and racing against neighboring trees. This is why birch is often left as a canopy over spruce and fir to get the trees started right, struggling up toward the sun with few branches and a thin proportion of juvenile wood in the full grown log.

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

@@giraffewithtattoos2770 Most deciduous trees are hardwoods, but not all. Maples are deciduous, but are not considered to be hardwoods, even though they have fairly hard wood that is great for building good strong furniture. Their seeds are not encased in a shell, and so they are among the few deciduous trees that are considered softwood trees. The seeds of maple trees look like insect wings; most definitely not a nut. Certain fruit trees are hardwood trees, because the seed is encased in a hard shell which is surrounded by the fruit. Cherry, Peach, Plum, and more are among those types of trees. In fact, even most nut trees have what is called a fruit around the nut, though the fruit is not considered to be edible. All are hardwood trees though.

[@digbeeone1819]

When Simon says "1.2 million square mile across Belarus and Poland" please read 1.2 thousand. Thank you.

[@LIBERTASorNEX]

This forest must be where elves lived

[@thetakongpancake1003]

Know YourSelf = Know YourElfs O:)

[@Dissociare]

@@thetakongpancake1003 know yourselves = know yourelves

[@Fish-ub3wn]

Hi, i studied forestry in Białowoeża. Bosmer named Fish here. (not lived, we live here and will live here forever!)

[@Dissociare]

@@Fish-ub3wn Y'all got predator style camouflage?

[@Dissociare]

@Brett Stanton Elvis is a myth...

[@defikus1979]

I love how you butcher "białowieża" :) Love your channel! Greetings from Poland!

[@jpdj2715]

When people are surprised there are bison in Europe, remember the word bison is pure Latin and Old French and means "wild ox". In several European languages the common name of this animal is "wisent".

[@josephskiles]

This was all around extremely entertaining and informative, i really liked the bonus facts about testing the hardness of different types of wood ! Thanks as always for the hard work you guys put into making these !

[@gbrown3783]

They have a full video on hard vs softwood

[@josephskiles]

@@gbrown3783 thanks, I'll check that out. Always impressed by how diverse the videos are.

[@kennethjansson8743]

Old Tjikko is a 9,550 year-old Norway Spruce, located on Fulufjället Mountain of Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree."[1] Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than an individual tree of great age. Old Tjikko is recognized as the oldest living Picea abies and the third oldest known clonal tree.

[@Catseye189]

[@KaitouKaiju]

It is still an individual organism though

[@ProfessorKitchen]

2:50 "Among the forest's bird there are 8 different species of woodpecker." *shows a picture of a bird that is most definitely NOT a woodpecker.*

[@Camel9991]

I bet some of you know "Bison Grass Vodka"' from Poland. There is a single piece of grass in every bottle, right? The "legend" says this grass is harvesting only in this forest and the best is when a bison... peed on it... That's what gives it its special colour and aroma ;)

[@amthatdad3450]

Trying to keep up with you today while I'm in the kitchen. Thanks, Simon and crew.

[@cw58194]

I really must say - I LOVE every one of your channels and podcasts! Always entertaining and interesting! Thank you!

[@TaiFerret]

Capital punishment for killing a bison. Now that's an eye for an eye!

[@jesusfreak1700]

Save the trees 🌳

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

Fantastic! Thank you. Now do one on Yakushima. It's in my home prefecture.

[@mayoite160]

nice to have a feelgood environment story in this day & age

[@itarry4]

The oldest ever found living was cut down by some scientists who wanted to use the trees rings to date historic events etc but couldn't take a core sample as they usually would. So he cut the whole tree down and then when he was counting its rings realised he'd just cut down and killed the oldest living thing on the planet. Bet he felt a right shit.

[@a1guitarmaker]

Very cool information. I dig trees and stuff made of tree material and I thank them for their sacrifice.

[@matthewjay660]

Simon, I really liked this video.

[@tolrem]

The Polish vodka Zubrowka [bison] has a blade of bison grass in each bottle.The grass is sourced from the Białowieża Forest.

[@AlaskanBallistics]

Great video... never knew about this forest. Thank you!

[@olafpayne]

The letter ł in Polish makes a "w" sound and the letter W makes a "v" sound.

[@olafpayne]

@Jarod M They have both a normal l and ł with a cross bar. Only the ł makes an "w" sound. So "Polish" isn't affected. But "Białowieża" is pronounced Biawo-veeyeh-rzah. (The ż is an aggressive z with your tongue in the r position.)

[@olafpayne]

@Jarod M They have too many letters and combinations if you ask me. And some make very similar sounds. I guess the easiest rule to learn is W always makes a V/F sound.

[@olafpayne]

@Jarod M Biało (white) Wieża (tower)

[@roniCrow]

The name of the forest-Białowieża means white tower in Polish,i think thats really beatifull

[@cheaterman49]

Cool vid! The hardness bonus facts were very interesting :-)

[@Vanished_Mostly]

I had actually forgotten what the real definition of tinder was.

[@MrOrmesby]

Here in the U.K. I live near a coastal town called Redcar. A couple of years ago after some storms, the sand was stripped away to reveal a petrified forest. The forest was known about already, as it had appeared previously in Victorian times before being reclaimed by sand. It turns out that prior to the last Ice-Age the North Sea didn't exist and it was possible to walk from Britain to Europe without getting your feet wet. The forest dated from that time, which believe it or not was 7,000 years ago.

[@TexanAmiga]

Learned a lot in this video! Thank you

[@TheWhiteTrashPanda]

And another bonus fact: Contrary to popular belief, the number of rings in a tree is not a direct indicator of the age of the tree. Meaning that each ring does not represent one year as we were told on school. Each ring DOES represent a single growth cycle, however, trees often go through multiple growing cycles each year based on a number of factors including ambient temperature. If there is a cold spell, the tree growth will slow or even stop, but if a warm spell follows that, the tree will generally start growing again. As most regions often go through multiple periods of warm, cold, warm, cold, trees can develop multiple rings of varying sizes each year.

[@QuickStrikes84]

I've been hunting and fishing in these parts for years.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Thanks Simon, I woodn't have known that.

[@gregkerr725]

I learned something. I always thought of hard and soft woods as the difference between treese with leaves that fall annually and pines, cedars, spruce etc, which though they shed leaves and needles, stay green all year. Of course many of the trees I've always thought of as hardwooed are indeed in that family....oaks and hickory for instance. Though I don't know whether the seed from a pine tree is considered coated or not.......I know the squirrels eat the whole thing and they shell the nut bearing trees. Very informative!

[@pickles3128]

The terms you are looking for are deciduous and coniferous for annual shedding and evergreens, respectively. Zoo Tycoon (1995) for PC taught me this.

[@mandyfish2468]

@@pickles3128 Not all Evergreen trees are Coniferous. Eucalyptus trees are Evergreen but not Coniferous. For quick reference head to wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinophyta

[@gregkerr725]

@@pickles3128 Correct! I've evidently forgotten a lot since High School graduation in 1972..........but I do remember those terms!

[@chrisshort4210]

Banana is a berry Well that settles that old debate

[@TheTerrorHamster]

Tomatos are fruits, peanuts are not nuts and now bananas are berrys. I give up

[@yaroslavpanych2067]

I have seen it in my recommended for few days. Publish date 6 oct. Today is 8th oct and it appeared in my notification feed only just now! Ah yes, and YT again un-belled me from the channel notification again!

[@2.7petabytes]

Well, I did as you said and SMASHED THAT LIKE BUTTON. Now my screen is broken ;-)

[@amaartz5058]

If you are reading this god bless you and your family hope you are successful in life. Have a nice day beautiful souls 💕 Stay Safe n Happy 😊

[@FriendChicken]

Thank You!

[@amaartz5058]

Friend Chicken 😊♥️

[@mickeycraven1822]

Zeus be praised!

[@Volodimar]

Are you high?

[@amaartz5058]

Mickey Craven ❤️

[@phyllisdicks9830]

This one was too short. Loved it.

[@charliebrown5755]

The best episode yet

[@samanthamonaghan7579]

I have a nearby national park and have walk among the bison, I think plains. One or two shook the ground, to imagine thousands is awe inspiring. The herd was maybe 50 head.

[@maclennanld]

"Tinder works slowely on rotten logs",so what are those rotten logs doing on tinder

[@LRM12o8]

No he means tinder runs really slow, if your smartphone is made out of wood.

[@billrentz]

Getting some wood. Giggidy.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

Funniest comment thread I've seen in a while!

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

I wonder if any of my ancestors used to chase cavemen out of those woods

[@StONEDiLESO]

Are there any caves in those woods?

[@dschonsie]

they were more interested in having their way with the bisons ^^

[@19Murad77]

There is a movie ( around 2010) about the guys who took refuge in that forest during WWII, with the dark haired actor playing one of the lieutenants in Band of Brothers ... or maybe Brad Pitt.

[@bradbutcher3984]

Come on Simon. Your researchers didn't see senator was burned in 2012.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Because we wrote the script for this before :-) -Daven

[@shawn.the.alien423]

You wrote the script 7 years ago?

[@pickles3128]

@@shawn.the.alien423 Wrote it in 2015 and still didn't notice. Just ctrl+a, ctrl+c, ctrl+v and hit "send"

[@mistorWhiskers]

The Senator burned down like 7 years ago.

[@namelesswarrior4760]

Today I learned about the Janka method! I will use this knowledge to test my friends! Thanks simon!

[@igneuswolf363]

Of course the Aussies have the most badass tree

[@tncorgi92]

It's a wonder that it's not venomous.

[@Borderose]

What are their names? Tell me there's one named "Koala Mansion".

[@shellcraigmiles5253]

Your podcast is not as good as your videos, in my opinion, Simon. However, it is great to see you have such a sense of humor. Also you should call me. 😉

[@johnnyregs2378]

You know what else is a bison reserve? Canon Pendleton California, the second biggest Marine corps base with tons of live shootings ranges from rifles to mortars to artillery and attack helicopters. I've literally seen bison get blown up accidentally on a bison reserve.

[@mdkooter]

I chuckled at "The hardest wood comes from the Australian Bloke Tree"

[@kurtstromer147]

I’ve never heard of a ’Bloke Tree’ ( possibly Australian Slang), but we do have some exceptionally hard timbers here. Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata), Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor)and Iron Bark (Eucalyptus paniculata), to mention a few. Some of the homes in Queensland, build in the 60’s to 80’s used Jarrah for framing. At this time it is almost impossible to drive a nail into it! Karri was extensively used for fencing rails, due to its exterior durability. Iron Bark was used to build bridges and wharves. The Eucalyptus species of trees and timbers has been renamed some time ago and is now known as Corrymbia.

[@Shatterverse]

I had no idea that Europe had bison. Neat.

[@SophiaAstatine]

2:48 Now that's an adorable bird.

[@abdul-malikasad3785]

I love these videos. Thank you for sharing and letting me find out.

[@coolnegative]

I can just imagine an aurochs grazing in the fog.

[@volvoxpl]

Aurochs are extinct

[@coolnegative]

@@volvoxpl I know. It's an ANCIENT forest. I said IMAGINE. Like in a fantasy, or imagining it in ancient of days.

[@petelyczek5728]

Biala wieza = white tower. There's still some ancient animal species hiding in there. I wish the Tarpan and Tur were resurected.

[@awkward-stranger]

I really like the info about the forrest. Thank you

[@hypnocilicdreams]

I smashed the like button, thanks mr Whistler & all at TIFO

[@jenniferharrell7818]

Love u Simon and everybody at Today I Found Out!! Great stuff

[@OhioCruffler]

Can you do a more detailed episode on the wisent? that would be really interesting.

[@hollandaise84]

The ironwood we have here is really strong 3500 LBf and above. The Indigenous used it to make war clubs. Beautifully handmade but deadly weapons.

[@Paul020253]

Would have liked more on the Białowieża Forestand the European Bison

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

Thank goodness for zoos that were able to help repopulate the bison population after human interference destroyed these magnificent herds.

[@jaydunbar7538]

The zoos are also made by humans, and would also be classified as interference.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

@@jaydunbar7538 shhh, she learnt that in indoctrination camp. Don't upset the children.

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

No indoctrination. Statement of fact. If the bison weren’t kept in the zoos, the European bison would now be extinct. Now there are healthy herds living in nature BECAUSE of specimens kept alive in zoos. Are zoos perfect? Absolutely not. But the knowledge we have gained has made it possible to better manage and try to protect the dwindling wild populations worldwide. It also gives humans a chance to see and learn about these gentle beasts and the dangers they face today. Everyone going to the zoo can pick up literature to learn about ways of helping to fund and protect wild animals beasts wearing ivory tusks. In the Southern Hemisphere the Tasmanian Devil is plague by some horrible disease (cancer?). Zoos are working hard to try and find cures for this vicious plague. What, if anything, are each of you doing to protect these wild creatures?

[@ekramer2478]

@@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore Thank you Katie. Better off dead? A GOOD zoo works very hard to have comfortable and fun enclosures, good healthy food for all, better medical care than most humans get, and 24/7 human helpers, enrichment programs that bring interesting new toys and things to see and do. It is a pity we can't ask them because I'd prefer that to having to hunt and gather and fight for every bite, run from predators, die horribly just on the whim of fate because I got bitten by a snake (seen a glorious male lion go that way, because gee, the wild) get hunted down and poached for my tusks, or liver, or whatever other part, give birth and need aid, have mom have to choose between me and brother/sister because there's not enough food for twins...shall I go on?

[@Delicious_J]

May I remind you that this happened during ww1, when there wasn't much to eat? People didn't have the luxury of choosing whether they wanted to kill to eat back then or not. Did you know that? Did you know that ww1 actually happened too? Uneducated idiot. You have no right to judge their actions.

[@carolgutierrez5780]

Can you do a video about the history of Halloween? It'd be neat to see you explain how it came about.

[@longforgotten4823]

The joy of restoring ecology and biodiversity to a region. Governments, how fast can we destroy that joy.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

The government's are what established this area as protected and hired the ecologists to repair and maintain the forest.

[@longforgotten4823]

Sinister Thoughts you either did not watch the video or ignore the fact that those governments can easily do the opposite.

[@demonetized7803]

@@longforgotten4823 rebellion.earth

[@teiyialachey]

Man, it's good to see your shiny head and hear your cute British accent after a long stressful day. 😁

[@bossskelton211]

Fantastic!

[@ValliW]

I'm shocked it's still standing. Cause usually by now some rich asshole would come along and level the place, develop it, use the fact that it sits atop an ancient forest as a marketing ploy and use the wood as trim in all the buildings

[@promontorium]

"rich assholes" saved the bison in the first place. Like they have saved many species around the world that the public was killing off. Private land owners with large properties intentionally preserving them. Long before any national parks, far greater than any national parks.

[@KaitouKaiju]

@@promontoriumit was rich people who clear cut the environment in the first place

[@demonetized7803]

@@ValliW rebellion.earth

[@demonetized7803]

@@KaitouKaiju rebellion.earth

[@steliosevitobis]

very nice video. thanks

[@TheLoxxxton]

When you can't see the wood for the simons

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Or the Simon's for the woods

[@TheLoxxxton]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 if the simon falls in a wood and no one is there to hear it does he make a noise

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

@@TheLoxxxton if the tree falls in the woods would the simons hear it?

[@TheLoxxxton]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 its a nill point! The Simon was replaced years ago! The question in if the REAL the Simon falls in a wood what happens? The actual the Simon? Who knows? That's my point

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

@@TheLoxxxton How would we know which is the the real Simon and the imposter Simon?

[@realhawaii5o]

You could start using metric when doing episodes about places that use metric :P

[@TragicallySharp]

Wow! I got to go there!

[@anthonyoer4778]

Poland is also the location of the only desert in Europe.

[@kiwiflare]

Is the SW neon sign in the background for Simon Whistler?

[@mariethemagnificent2000]

I would love to go to that forest.

[@realsielay]

Thanks for the video but you could tell more about how to visit the Białowieża. Most of the forest is in Belarus who recently opened up and relaxed the visa regime. Belarus also is the safest of the former Soviet republics and extremely friendly and still cheap country. Everyone should pick it as first trip East Europe as it still have load of USSR sentiment to see.

[@justandy333]

I was taught in college that the classification of soft and hardwoods were if they were deciduous or not. ie evergreen trees or trees that loose their leaves in the colder winter months.

[@vespelian5769]

The Australian Bloke tree??? Oh, bull oak. I misheard that one. Disappointed now.

[@Carewolf]

I heard that as bloke wood too.

[@TazPessle]

@4:40 while this may be correct (ive not checked) it is misleading; hardwood and softwood have different anatomical structures, so while the seed may be a way of discerning hard vs soft woods it is certainly not the full picture. A magnifying glass over the end grain will tell you the same information at a glance. www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/softwood-anatomy/ And also their page on hardwoods.

[@mnsquatch1900]

Sounds a lot like norther Minnesota!

[@mellie4174]

Oooh i so want to go there!

[@kittyprydekissme]

It's true that bananas are berries, but it's not because they are herbs instead of trees. Berries are defined by the structure of the fruit, not the plant they grow on. Citrus fruits are usually considered berries, but they grow on trees. So do persimmons, which are berries.

[@kylesheridan5360]

Super cool

[@NefariousKoel]

Simon talking about hardness of wood. Must be the weekend.

[@jasondutcher9179]

Today I found out that simon also has a geographics channel he never talks about! I also found out that its awesome.

[@UKinQ8Gaming]

Surpirsed you didnt mention the ancient yew tree at speke hall during your old tree bonus fact but still great informative video 👍🏻

[@joevines3428]

I find it hard to believe people didn't understand how the food chain worked 100years ago.

[@kipo8454]

Lolwhat? Literally learning about wood grades in my trade right now and we were told softwoods and hardwoods are classified depending on if they're deciduous or coniferous trees.. Said the same in the book. Who do I trust 😩

[@MrEvanfriend]

Trust what you learned. He's wrong. Maple seeds have no fruit or shell, and we all know that maple is a hardwood.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@jbird4478 It isn't the same. The thing here was covered vs uncovered. The difference he gave was covered = hardwood, uncovered = soft. First, I'd consider pinecones a seed covering. Second, maple seeds are uncovered. So basically, what he said was either (1) entirely wrong, or (2) some bizarre European classification that's different from the one we use in the US.

[@incandescentwithrage]

@@MrEvanfriend Wikipedia agrees with the video. The difference is the seeds, gymnosperm vs angiosperm.

[@MrEvanfriend]

@@jbird4478 Maple seeds are not covered. Maple seeds are those little helicopter things. There's no fruit or shell there.

[@_Abjuranax_]

The Janka scale is is similar to the Rockwell and Brinell hardness scales as all three work on similar testing principals to determine the values.

[@Figgatella]

What about the Osage Orange? An extremely hard wood, harder than oak and bears a fruit called a hedge apple that can be cut into.

[@ernestbywater411]

Dang, I smashed the like button so hard it doesn't work on other videos now.

[@tristanculpepper5627]

Yay Simon is back

[@TheDoc69a]

Hunon pine 10;500 years old in Australia Tasmania

[@dickrichard5579]

I was in a forest in Poland that was young because the old growth had been mowed down by the invading Wehrmacht in ww2, the wood line was void of animal life however…no birds no deer….nothing….utter silence

[@0fficialdregs]

hey simon, Could you do a Today I Found Out the importance of the World Fairs like the Paris, Chicago, St. Louis, and Columbus World fairs?

[@evolvedcopper2205]

Where do we classify Smallwood?

[@nerudaad]

Metric measures in writing would be nice. I couldn't listen narration for at least half a minute, when I was trying to calculate in my head how tall tallest trees were in meters (and then I gave up) .

[@adiahaalexander9359]

Is it true that people eat an average of two pounds of bugs a year? Where did the expression "armed to the teeth" come from and why teeth? Why is dying called " kick the bucket"?

[@Russo-Delenda-Est]

I would never have known it until you asked, but you're right, these are all important questions that demand answers.

[@murunbuchstanzangur]

The last one, as far as i remember, is because people hanging themselves would stand on a bucket and then kick it out...

[@adiahaalexander9359]

@@Russo-Delenda-Est lol

[@PostalTwinkie]

1:10 - Wait, what? I'm going to sign my peasant ass up! Oh, wait, I am a peasant, I can't read or write.

[@Tusksplitter7372]

them peps knew their wood ima guessin lmao

[@penzlic]

Perućica primeval forest, part of national park Sutjeska, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina is waaaay older, with Norway Spruce as high as 63 meters (206ft)

[@Kosovar_Chicken]

All European peoples should make pilgrimage to this forest and honor their ancestors there.

[@Kirdian77]

Hell no, leave this forest is peace.