Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary and Ukraine. Wikipedia
Population 222,286 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Slovakia
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera Museum · 530 m -
Archeologické múzeum Museum · 700 m -
Múzeum obetí komunizmu Museum · 710 m -
Saint Elisabeth Cathedral Attraction · 720 m -
Miklušova väznica Museum · 980 m -
Pozostatok mosta Attraction · 400 m -
Arcibiskupský palác Castle · 630 m -
Pongrácovsko-forgáčovský palác Castle · 650 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.
Through the year
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Spring music festival
April – May
The oldest music festival in Košice, classical music
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City Days
May
Cultural program for a week celebrating May 7 1369, the day when the city received its first coat of arms.
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USE THE C!TY Festival
May
Non-traditional art festival which intends to use the slightest cranny of the whole city
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Cassovia folkfest
June
Traditional folk dance festival, with performances on two stages. The one on the main street has free shows, the indoor one requires you to buy a ticket
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IFF Art Film
June
IFF Art Film, previously known as Artfilm and Art Film Fest, is an annual international film festival founded in Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia, in 1993, shortly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
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Festival Mazal Tov
July
The first Jewish cultural festival in the country, with concerts, an exhibition and conferences
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Jazzfest
October
Annual jazz festival, arranged since 1995. It takes place at the GES club, where there are concerts around the year
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White Night
October
The White Night is an annual cultural event taking place over a night in which many animations take place in the street or in public spaces and squares.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Košice); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.