Cerny Palog, a small Slovak town of about 5,100 people, has become somewhat of a tourist spot in the past 7 years, and it’s all thanks to the soccer field.

In 2015, a video clip of a Bukhara railway train passing through the stadium, on tracks laid between the stadium and the only runway available on the Internet, spread to the astonishment of the followers, and they wondered whether the video was modified with modern technologies, or was it just part of a one-time event, or was it There is a train that regularly passes through the stadium.

According to the website, odditycentral The train goes through the stadium really regularly, specifically by rail Čiernohronska Right across from Cerny Balog Stadium.

The Cerny Balog Stadium was built sometime during the 1980s, at a time when the old railway was not in use, and it is not clear why the municipality chose that specific location to build a football field, but for an entire decade, the train tracks running through it were just a part. From the decor, things changed in the early 1990s, when a group of Slovak enthusiasts began repairing the train tracks, and in 1992, it officially reopened as a heritage railway for tourists.

During the summer, tourists wishing to enjoy the beauty of the Lower Tatras on board a train can buy tickets for an antique steam-engine-powered train running on the 17 km line between Švatimek and Fedrovo. Cierny Balog One of the highlights of the trip.

Seeing the steam train running across the stadium during a football match is a completely surreal experience, as players try to ignore the train and its strong beeping signal, while in the runway, some spectators wave to the train, while others try to keep their focus on the game.