Naučná stezka Kukyho les, Educational nature trail in Březiny, Czech Republic

Naučná stezka Kukyho les is an educational trail through a forest near Březiny that includes information stations along its route. These stations explain what you see around you, from trees and flowers to animals and natural features.

The trail was created as a local project to teach visitors about the forest and its natural systems. It developed from efforts to strengthen people's connection with the environment they live in.

The trail borrows its name and its panel characters from Jan Svěrák's 2010 children's film Kuky se vrací. At stop 3, panels give instructions for weaving a pomlázka, the willow whip used at Easter, and each of the eight stops is meant to have its own stamp.

The loop is 500 m long, marked in blue, and starts at the Na Bělisku guesthouse, where a car park stands. It is open all year round and free of charge. The route passes a linden tree with a spring, a playground, the forest and the Svratka River before returning across a meadow.

The eight stops are not about plants or wildlife: they are play features, including a board maze, water pumps and mills, willow-weaving instructions, a waste game, a wooden lookout called Hergot's House, pinecone throwing at the Hergotmobil, and QR-code animal sounds. Each stop is meant to have a stamp.