Banská Bystrica

Banská Bystrica is a city in Central Slovakia between the national parks Great Fatra and Low Tatras, the national park Poľana, and the Štiavnické Vrchy. Wikivoyage

Population 73,054 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Slovakia

• 112AnyAll emergencies
• 150FireFire
• 155AmbulanceAmbulance
• 158PolicePolice

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

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• Banská Bystrica Castle · 470 m
• Thurzov Dom Museum · 240 m
• Barbakan Castle · 420 m
• Múzeum SNP Museum · 500 m
• Matejov dom Museum · 520 m
• Sovietskej a rumunskej armáde Memorial · 200 m
• Morový stĺp Memorial · 310 m
• Galéria Museum · 450 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Regional 7
• Pizza 5
• Asian 2
• Arab 1
• Deli 1
• Kebab 1
• Mexican 1
• Italian 1

All 32 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Park pod pamätníkom SNP 420 m across 560 m
• Mestský park 400 m across 560 m
• (bývalé) Dopravné ihrisko 250 m across 1.1 km

Getting around

• Banská Bystrica mesto 290 m
• Banská Bystrica, Autobusová stanica 1.1 km
• Banská Bystrica 1.5 km
• Radvaň 1.9 km
• Kostiviarska 2.7 km
• Šalková 5.6 km

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