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Facts about Slovakia
Slovakia is a central European country with
5.4 million inhabitants. Slovak capital Bratislava has a population of approximately
500,000. The parents of artist Andy Warhol, Hollywood movies director and producer
Ivan Reitman, and a few National Hockey League players are Slovaks.
The country recently joined the NATO, and is one of 10 European young democracies invited to join the European Union in May of this year. Slovakia is a newcomer on the European map. It established its independent only in 1993. It was part of the Hungarian Kingdom for thousands years before it became part of eastern Czechoslovakia in 1918. Bratislava was the safe residence for Hungarian Kingdom when the Turks army battled under Budapest. There were 10 Hungarian kings and nine queens crowned in Bratislava between 1530 and 1830 years.
The country, between High Tatras Mountains and Danube River, has been a crossroad of ancient merchant routes from the north to the southeast Europe and the routes from west to east Europe and Asia. There are more than a hundred fortified castles and settlements close to these routes.
Slovakia has the best chance to be one of the most popular tourism destinations in the year 2024, touted a special team of British top tourism trends experts. Their analysis shocked Slovak tourism experts were astonished because the country is virtually unknown. More than 28 million foreign visitors are coming a year, but the great number of them is transit visitors or one-day visitors. Most of tourists are coming from neighbor countries Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Austria.
Throughout Slovakia, a traveler will marvel on the beauty of nature. There are nine national parks, more than a hundred medieval castles, a lot of historical towns, and unique structures such as a folk wooden architecture, rural houses and wooden churches. More than four thousands caves are registered in Slovakia, twelve of them are opened for public. There are only three aragonite caves in the world and one of those mineralogy unique objects is in Ochtina, Slovakia.
Slovakia is an interesting country for family soft summer and active winter holiday. Slovak mountain ranges are dissected by thousand kilometers of tourist paths and tracks; long tracks for bicycling are along river Danube and under the mountains. There are opportunities for skiing, mountaineering, rafting, paragliding, yachting and some new golf places were opened last years.
Name: Slovak republic
Established: 1.1.1993
Capital: Bratislava
Area: 49.035 square meters
Citizens: 5.379.455
Electricity: 220 V, 50 Hz
GSM Network: 900 MHz, Orange, Eurotel
Media about Bratislava and Slovakia
"Vacationing in Vienna? Venture to tiny
Bratislava, an hour's drive or train ride away. Explore the medieval castle
on a hill overlooking the Danube. Descend into the beautifully renovated city
center and pose for pictures next to Cumil, a bronze statue of a man playfully
peeking out from beneath a manhole cover."
The Salt Lake Tribune, www.sltrib.com
Celebrities from Slovakia
Tennis players
Models
Singer
Peter Dvorsky
NHL Stars