Tuesday 26 January 2016

Banská Bystrica – Slovakia’s pleasant surprise

Banská Bystrica – Slovakia’s pleasant surprise

After a rather odd experience in Prešov, along with a beautiful one at Spiš Castle, Slovakia surprised us yet again with Banská Bystrica, a city in the center of the country carefully guarded by the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica mountains. The city used to be famous for the copper-mining industry, but got its picturesque look somewhere in the late Middle Ages when rich burghers started building the churches and buildings that still live on today.
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