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Village unknown to many, but a good point to start trips.
Take a dip in regularly checked lakes and water dams.
Villages in the east are dying out.
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The area covers some 3.5 hectares with about 76,000 plants.
The museum outside Banská Bystrica takes people on a history and geography tour, providing them with interactive stops at the same time.
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The location of Trstená provides a glorious view of the mountains, perfect for an easy bike, walking a stations of the cross path, or snacking on locally produced Orava potato chips.
Meet Ukrainian cinematographer Leonid Burlaka through a screen, explore Slovak science, or hop on historical trams.
They will be open for visitors as of July.
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One of the exhibits is a muzzle for cows.
Rokoš is like a stranger, a hidden gem, waiting to be discovered.
Two historic trams are now travelling between popular stations.
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The tourist area is accessible to hikers and cyclists and there is a barbecue site.
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Hiking trails open in mid-June.
The pre-war steam locomotive, which will come out just once this year, is the only one of its kind still running.
Tourists will soon feast their eyes on flower carpets of violet lavender, yellow mustard and red poppy.
As the Covid pandemic eases, Yvon and Sabine van der Laan are hoping for a good summer season.
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Yet strict rules apply.
Though the church in Prietrž is no longer standing, visitors can see its well-preserved fortification walls.
Join in a virtual tour across Slovakia, learning more about events and good news from Slovak regions.
Treehouse accomodation offers a unique way to comfortably commune with nature.
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- 2. German soldiers were hesitant about how Slovaks would receive them
- 3. Soothing violet and buzzing: "u pick" lavender farm welcomes visitors
- 4. Viva Eslovaquia!
- 5. Axe from Early Bronze Age found in Skalica
- 6. Cycle on an old railway to Poland
- 7. Cult airport chocolate to be produced in Bratislava
- 8. Volvo is coming, Slovakia to end up with fifth carmaker
- 9. Real wilderness in eastern Slovakia. Poloniny experiences the world's greatest paradox
- 10. Slovakia takes over a divided V4 after Hungary's troubled presidency
- 1. Seven stages of buying a flat in Slovakia
- 2. Volvo is coming, Slovakia to end up with fifth carmaker
- 3. German soldiers were hesitant about how Slovaks would receive them
- 4. Soothing violet and buzzing: "u pick" lavender farm welcomes visitors
- 5. Viva Eslovaquia!
- 6. Axe from Early Bronze Age found in Skalica
- 7. Emergency declared as reservoirs dry up
- 8. Constitutional Court to decide on same-sex marriages
- 9. Cycle on an old railway to Poland
- 10. Real wilderness in eastern Slovakia. Poloniny experiences the world's greatest paradox
- 1. Seven stages of buying a flat in Slovakia
- 2. Volvo is coming, Slovakia to end up with fifth carmaker
- 3. German soldiers were hesitant about how Slovaks would receive them
- 4. Slovak Telekom targeted in huge cyber attack
- 5. Viva Eslovaquia!
- 6. Soothing violet and buzzing: "u pick" lavender farm welcomes visitors
- 7. Cult airport chocolate to be produced in Bratislava
- 8. Mathematician: Summer will probably see return of respirators
- 9. Axe from Early Bronze Age found in Skalica
- 10. Cycle on an old railway to Poland