Lake Bor

At a distance of 17 km from Bor at the foot of the mountain Crni Vrh, mountain watercourses in 1959, were captured by a dam. Nature accepted this human decision as its own. This is how one of the tourist pearls of the Bor municipality was created - Bor Lake. At an altitude of 438 meters, the smooth surface of the lake water of 30 hectares, is a mirror for the picturesque and magnificent beauty of the surrounding area. The crystal clear lake water gets a dark green color in the summer months and its surface layer reaches a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, which makes it extremely pleasant for swimming. Finely indented and picturesque coast with beaches and coastline with recreational and walking trails, sports fields and other facilities in addition to recreation provide sports, recreational, excursion and cultural-event activities, and thus make Lake Bor one of the most attractive tourist destinations in this part of Serbia. . Extraordinary position and good traffic connections, enable the organization of trips to Bor, Brestovacka Banja, Lazarev canyon and cave, Felix Romuliana, Rtnja, Dubasnica, Crni vrh, Vrelo Mlava, Gornjak monastery… Lake Bor is an ideal place for fishing. The clean mountain waters that flow into the lake, as well as regular annual restocking, make it a suitable habitat for a large number of fish species such as carp, bream, catfish, perch, bandar, grass carp, silver carp, and all types of white fish. Capital catches of certain species are not rare, so this lake is very popular among fishermen. From the accommodation capacities at the disposal of the guests is the hotel ""Jezero"", Children's resort ""Savača"" auto-camp, boarding house ""Vertigo"", private accommodation in houses and rooms located near the lake. The legend of the Serbian Loch Ness or a kind of monster from Lake Bor has not left the inhabitants of Eastern Serbia for decades. The story of a shapeless shadow with wings and a horse's head, which comes out of the water and frightens people, is widespread. The Serbian Loch Ness was first heard of in the late 1980s. Even today, stories about him are circulating, although true to the will, without empirical, or better said, satisfactory explanations about the mystical monster. Residents of the surrounding villages said that their cattle that they brought to drink on the lake mysteriously disappeared, even during the day. According to the legend, the big ghost animal that lives in the lake was first mentioned by a young man whose best friend drowned while they were swimming in the lake together one evening. Later, however, many rejected it, linking his ""babbling"" to his mental state after the loss of a friend. His condition soon, the legend goes on, completely worsened, and he allegedly went to the coast at night and begged the monster to take him as well, so that he could finally end up in a sanatorium. The mystery of the monster from Lake Bor has tormented the inhabitants of eastern Serbia for years, so it is not surprising that many are so curious that they came to the lake alone at night, in order to meet the monster. One of the fishermen claims that on one occasion, during a night hunt on a calm lake, a strong force dragged him to the middle of the lake, where his boat almost capsized. In the moonlight, he managed to spot the monster at least twice the size of his boat. After that experience, he never boarded a boat or went fishing again. In this way, the story of the monster from Lake Bor became an urban legend, supported by various stories.