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Two Picturesque Rail Tunnels and Viaduct in Magnezitovce Never Saw Train

Two Picturesque Rail Tunnels and Viaduct in Magnezitovce Never Saw Train

Slavosovce/Magnezitovce, July 9 (TASR) – A bomb shelter, storeroom for fruits and vegetables, concert room, bear’s den, cycling route and shortcut for the locals – two old picturesque rail tunnels in Magnezitovce (Banska Bystrica region) have already served all these purposes but their original one. The tunnels were designed to

Number of Holidaymakers in Slovakia Up by 4.4% Y-o-Y in 1Q18

Number of Holidaymakers in Slovakia Up by 4.4% Y-o-Y in 1Q18

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – The number of tourists who decided to spend their holidays in Slovakia went up by 4.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 to 1.2 million individuals accommodated in the country, TASR learnt from the Transport and Construction Ministry, which manages the tourism

Slovak Rum Gets Temporary Exemption from Cancer-related Ban in EU

Slovak Rum Gets Temporary Exemption from Cancer-related Ban in EU

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – Slovakia and the Czech Republic have been given a five-year transitory period for using the recipe of a local sugar-beet rum, called since the two countries’ accession to the European Union in 2004 as ‘tuzemak’ or ‘tuzemsky um’, after the EU recently banned the use of

Bratislava City Gates Unsealed, Summer Tourist Season Kicks Off

Bratislava City Gates Unsealed, Summer Tourist Season Kicks Off

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The symbolic unsealing and opening of the Bratislava city gates on Saturday officially kicked off the summer tourist season in Slovakia’s capital shortly ahead of the feast of Saint George, one of the city’s most popular saints in the past, albeit not an official

Vanfleteren: Slovakia Still Unknown for Belgian and Dutch Tourists

Vanfleteren: Slovakia Still Unknown for Belgian and Dutch Tourists

Brussels, February 4 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia, which became independent in 1993, is still largely an unknown country for potential tourists from Belgium and the Netherlands, TASR was told by Belgian entrepreneur Gerdi Vanfleteren at the Holiday Fair-Brussels (February 1-4) on Sunday. “They still don’t know about it. They still ask

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

High Tatras, August 5 (TASR) – As many as 19,227 tourists came through the alpine environment of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) in High Tatras on Wednesday (August 2), according to results of the latest visitor census annually organised by TANAP State Forest. Among the most numerous groups were Slovaks,

New Information Centre Opened in Centre of Bratislava's Old Town

New Information Centre Opened in Centre of Bratislava's Old Town

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Domestic as well as foreign tourists will find it easier to get around the Slovak capital Bratislava thanks to a newly opened information booth on Hviezdoslav Square in the Old Town centre, TASR learnt from the city’s tourist organisation the Bratislava Tourist Board (BTB) on