2nd Workshop on Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era 8. Close environment of GRBs The star forming regions are preferable environment for the origin of the GRBs today. V. Šimon, R. Hudec, G. Pizzichini, N. Masetti: Properties of GRB optical afterglow: Luminosities and Colors "...suggest that the intrinsic reddening must be quite similar for all these events...."