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Košice (UK: / ˈkɒʃɪtsə / KOSH-it-sə, [3] Slovak: [ˈkɔʂitse] ⓘ) [a] 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. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava.
Feb 28, 2024 · Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava. Compared to Bratislava, Kosice gets way fewer visitors, which is a huge plus! You get the chance to explore this hidden gem of Central European history and you have Kosice tourist attractions more or less to yourself.
Welcome to Košice! The metropolis of the East, the second largest city in Slovakia, the city of rich history and promising future welcomes thousands of visitors annually. Košice has always been an natural centre of business, culture and education.
THE 30 BEST Things to Do in Kosice, Slovakia. St Elizabeth's Cathedral (Dóm Svätej Alzbety), Kosice Historical Centre, History Museums, Fountains. For personalised recommendations, try our AI trip-planning product.
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Since 1945 Košice’s population has more than doubled, and the city is now the political, economic, and cultural centre of southeastern Slovakia. Košice lies between the mineral-rich Slovak Ore Mountains to the west (with iron ore, magnesite, and limestone) and a fertile agricultural plain to the east. It is both a centre for heavy industry ...
The city KOŠICE (population 242,066) on the Hornád river on the western edge of the Košická kotlina basins has a long and agitated history and its present is also dynamic. It has been the most important town of the region for centuries and a natural centre of trade, culture, and education. HISTORY.
Equal parts pretty and gritty, Košice captures attention with its old town, a jewellery box of Gothic towers, medieval bastions and baroque sculpture. The pride of Eastern Slovakia's largest city is its central square, which boasts the country's greatest concentration of historic monuments.
Košice (pronounced Ko-shi-tse) is the second largest city in Slovakia, with a population of almost 240,000 (in 2021). It was the European Capital of Culture in 2013.
Jan 26, 2020 · Amateur historians will be in dreamland in Košice, Slovakia’s beguiling second city in the east of the country. There’s an impossible amount of noteworthy sights to get through in the Historic Centre, but the good news is that they’re all packed tightly in the space of a few streets.
