The latter put on "rubber boots" and viewed the exceptional Badín Forest National Nature Reserve. But the village has many more rarities. It lies, for example, on an underground lake, there is a rain shadow and a magnetic anomaly, as well as two important mineral springs. Badín experienced difficult times, especially in the 16th century, when it was burned down and looted by the Turks and Tatars. However, buildings from the previous period have been preserved here, especially the Gothic church from 1397 with a Renaissance fortification 250 years younger. And an even older, historically first discovered furnace for smelting copper ore in the Hrádok part. In the 18th century, wines were grown here for the Viennese court, and during the first Czechoslovak Republic there was the first state stud farm. The nationalists have always been close to Badin. Andrej Sládkovič used to come here regularly, A. H. Krčméry, a priest and publicist, is even buried here. Opera singer Ondrej Malachovský was born here for a change. Known Kňazský seminár sv. František Xaverský was the first episcopal seminary in Slovakia and was visited by Pope John Paul II. There is a fairly large part of the well-known international airport Sliač in the area of the village, which played an important role during the SNP under the name Tri duby. And the military history of an even older date is commemorated by a memorial site to the fallen legionnaires of 1935.
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