"Private property. No entry," "No photography" read the signs on a gate set up in front of a traditional log house in Vlkolinec, a UNESCO-listed Slovak village visited by tens of thousands of tourists a year.
"Are we in a zoo or something?" 68-year-old pensioner Anton Sabucha protested to Agence France-Presse (AFP), nodding to the signs outside his house.
Tourists are "going wherever they want, taking pictures and peering around" every day, he complained.
He said he and other villagers felt like extras on a film set and he wanted Vlkolinec's UNESCO World Heritage status removed.
Enamel mugs are seen on a fence outside a traditional log house at the UNESCO-listed Slovak village of Vlkolinec, near the Central Slovakian town of Ruzomberok, Slovakia, June 6, 2026. (AFP Photo)
