Отличный лагерь для детей, но недалеко АЭС Моховце An excellent camp for children, but not far from the Mochovce nuclear power plant

I liked the Union children's camp in Slovakia, and the child too. An excellent mountainous place, serpentine mountain roads, elevation changes, the ability to go hiking, explore the surroundings. The children's camp is located in the forest at an altitude of 700 meters above sea level. Fresh air. Near the artificial lake Pochuvadlo (the largest in the area), which is nice to swim on a hot day, as well as many other man-made lakes. The Soyuz children's camp organizes an excellent and exciting holiday for children, including excursions, hiking, climbing Mount Sitno (next to the camp), various games, discos and other evening activities. The food is also in order - I saw it myself - there are both meat and vegetables and so on (of course, this is not food in a restaurant, but quite acceptable home cooking; products are also supplied from the local Metro store). Only if, of course, the child does not eat exclusively sweets from a nearby store.
The child in the camp needs to be active himself, then the rest will turn out to be very eventful. If the child does not want to take part in certain activities, then they will not force him. Children are accommodated according to age and gender, so that there is always an opportunity to find new friends / girlfriends. Rooms where children live, of course, are simple, but in the pension building there are facilities for the room. The area where the Soyuz camp is located is a former miner's camp, where gold and other ores were mined. True, the last mine was closed more than 20 years ago, and in the 20th century, mining was no longer actively carried out due to the high cost of mining. An interesting and very pretty town (11 thousand people) Banska Stiavnica, whose historical center breathes with antiquity. I especially liked the old castle (it is all riddled with antiquity without tourist embellishments), and the new castle is also interesting (in fact, it is just a watchtower).
Very nice historical center of Banska Bystrica, which is about 50 km north of Banska Stiavnica. Nearby there are also castles and other towns that you can visit...

The guys in the camp are mostly from Moscow and Ukraine. They say that sometimes there are arrivals from Belarus. Also, sometimes children of Russian-speaking parents from different countries (for example, from Hungary) come separately.
The 2014 season turned out to be extremely unsuccessful in the Union. As the camp staff told me, there was no such bad season even in 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, but despite this, the children were actively involved, constantly organizing various events and not letting the children get bored. For example, a hike from Banska Š tiavnica to Mount Paradise, which offers a great view of Banska Š tiavnica, or a hike to Mount Sitno, the highest point in the area, with a height of 1009 meters.
The only moment that upset my impression of the camp, and which is not directly connected with the camp, is the presence of a nuclear power plant about 40 km in a straight line southwest of the Soyuz children's camp near the town of Velke Dur - Jadrova elektraren Mochovce.
I saw her on the way back from the camp on the bus to Bratislava. The construction is quite powerful such that it was then perfectly visible from the air, when our plane from Vienna had already gained altitude towards Moscow.
I hope that, nevertheless, everything is in order with the environment in this place, but somehow the presence of a nuclear power plant nearby is somewhat alarming.