'''Banska Bystrica''' is a city in Central Slovakia.

Understand

Banska Bystrica is situated in central Slovakia between the national parks Velka Fatra and Nizke Tatry (north of the city), the national park Polana (east of the city), and the Stiavnicke Vrchy (southwest of the city). Banska Bystrica is the capital of the region (kraj) Banska Bystrica. It has 81,704 inhabitants (2005)

Get in

By plane

Banska Bystrica has it's own airport (Slia? Airport) with flights to some European cities as well. It can also be reached through Bratislava, and then take the bus or train to Banska Bystrica.

By train

There are train connections to the major Slovak cities. It can also be reached from Vienna, Budapest, Poland and the Czech republic by direct train.

By car

Banska Bystrica has road connections to all major Slovak cities. It can be reached from Bratislava through the highway R1. Banska Bystrica also has road connections to: Ruzomberok (52km) road 59/E77, Zvolen (19km) road R1/E77, Martin (59km) road 65.

By bus

There are bus connections to all major Slovak cities. Vienna and the Czech republic can also be reached from Banska Bystrica easily by bus.

Get around

See

Banska Bystrica has a beautiful position between the mountains. Therefore it's a popular summer and winter resort. The heart of the old city is the SNP square from which dates back to the 13th century. You can find a lot of Renaissance and jugendstil buildings here. Some sights are:

  • The church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary. This is a roman church which was expanded in the gothic era.
  • The house of Veit Muhlstein. This house belonged to a medieval miner who built this enormous house beside the town square.
  • The central Slovak museum (Stredoslovenske Muzeum) in a beautiful renovated renaissance house.
  • The museum of the SNP (the slovak national uprising) with objects and documents of the resistance in the 2nd world war. You can also find the grave of the unknown soldier, and original Russian planes here.
  • Do

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