Although the Spreewald may be less known to foreigners, Berliners think of linseed oil, Sorbian costumes with sumptuous headdresses, and delicious pickles when someone mentions this region to the south of Berlin. The Spreewald is also home to fire-bellied toads, frogs, snipes, and otters. This may be due to the fact that the largely natural landscape of the Spreewald with its wetlands, streams, forests, and moors is hospitable to many plant and animal species not seen elsewhere.
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