Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Košice, Slovakia

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Number of sights 32 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 39 m
Descend 41 m

Experience Košice in Slovakia in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in KošiceIndividual Sights in Košice

Sight 1: Múzeum obetí komunizmu

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The Museum of the Victims of Communism is an audiovisual museum in Košice on Moyzesova Street. It was founded on June 24, 2021 as the first of its kind in Slovakia. It was created in honor of the memory of the victims of communism. It allows visitors to look into the stories of imprisoned and tortured survivors.

Wikipedia: Múzeum obetí komunizmu (SK), Website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube

308 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Chrám Narodenia Presvätej Bohorodičky

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The Greek Catholic Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary's Birth is located at Moyzesova Street in the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It is the cathedral of the Eparchy of Košice of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God, Košice (EN), Website, Url

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Pozostatok mosta

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Pozostatok mosta

Košice city fortifications is a fortress system of gradually built walls, water ditches, parks, rondels, barbacans, bastions, ravelins and glacis, defending the city of Košice. The emergence of urban walls is dated to 1260 - 1290. In the 15th century the fortification was supplemented in connection with the development of military equipment - firearms and artillery. In the 16th century with increased Turkish danger, the walls were rebuilt from the rondel system to bastion. Kosice has become one of the most important Habsburg forts. Often, however, they got into the rebel hands, which was not due to the fragility of the fortifications, but by the political will of Košice burghers. In the 17th century, the improving of the bastion system continued, and the advanced separate citadel has also been added to the recurring uprisings. At the beginning of the 18th century, the construction of Ravelin and Glacis reached the development of the Košice city fortifications. Due to the transfer of the center of gravity of Habsburg combat operations outside the Košice region, the importance of the fortifications passed. In the years 1783 - 1840 it was gradually demolished. To this day, there are some parts or whole fortification objects that are testimony of the importance and maturity of this developed defense system in a pan -European context.

Wikipedia: Košické mestské opevnenie (SK)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Bábkové divadlo

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The Košice Puppet Theatre is a professional puppet theatre in Košice.

Wikipedia: Bábkové divadlo Košice (SK), Website

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera

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The Vojtech Löffler Museum is a museum of contemporary art located in Košice. The museum was established by the city district of Košice - Old Town on December 17, 1993. The museum presents an exhibition of the important Košice sculptor Vojtech Löffler. The exhibition was dedicated by Vojtech and his wife Klára Schönherz to the city.

Wikipedia: Múzeum Vojtecha Löfflera (SK), Website, Facebook, Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Arcibiskupský palác

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The Archbishop's Palace of Košice, Slovakia, is a rococo-classical building, formerly the home of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Wikipedia: Archbishop's Palace (Košice) (EN), Url

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Saint Michael Chapel

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Saint Michael Chapel Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY 2.5

The Saint Michael Church is a Gothic style church in Košice, Slovakia. Originally a chapel, the building became officially a church after its reconstruction in 2006.

Wikipedia: St Michael Chapel (EN)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Saint Elisabeth Cathedral

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The Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, also called Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, is a Gothic cathedral in Košice, Slovakia. It is the largest church in Slovakia and one of the easternmost Gothic cathedrals in Europe.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of St. Elizabeth (EN), Website, Youtube

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Informačné centrum mesta Košice

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Informačné centrum mesta Košice

Visit Košice is a regional tourism organization concentrated in Košice. The organization operates the official Visitor Center of the city, located at 59 Hlavná Street.

Wikipedia: Visit Košice (SK), Website

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Spievajúca fontána

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Spievajúca fontána Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY 2.5

The Singing Fountain is a fountain on Hlavná Street in Košice. It is located between the Košice State Theater and St. Elizabeth's Cathedral. When playing music, the splashing of water and the color lighting of the fountain are regulated based on the musical frequencies of the music playing. The fountain consists of 22 water circuits, which are controlled by various sludge pumps. Their power is regulated by frequency converters located directly in the engine room. Its uniqueness also lies in the fact that it is the oldest singing fountain in Czechoslovakia. It was built in 1986 and twenty years later it was reconstructed to its current form based on the design of doc. Ing. arch. Juraj Koban, PhD. It has more than 200 songs in its repertoire, which make the moments spent in the metropolis of the East more pleasant for the inhabitants of the city and tourists. From morning to evening, you can enjoy calm and relaxing music on the playing fountain, and in the evening you can enjoy well-known film compositions or classical music.

Wikipedia: Spievajúca fontána (Košice) (SK)

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Regional information point

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Regional information point

Košice Region Tourism is an organization dealing with destination management for the region of the Košice Region. The organization focuses on marketing and development of the destination, but also on the creation of tourism products.

Wikipedia: Košice Región Turizmus (SK), Website

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Hadik-Barkóciho palác

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Hadik-Barkóci Palace is a building located in Košice, on Hlavná Street.

Wikipedia: Hadik-Barkóciho palác (SK), Url

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie

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The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary or commonly known as the Dominican Church at Dominikánske námestie is the oldest church in Košice, Slovakia, and also the oldest preserved building in the town.

Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Košice (EN), Website, Url

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Kostol sv. Michala archanjela

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The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a Baroque church in Košice, in the Old Town district on Mäsiarska Street.

Wikipedia: Kostol svätého Michala archanjela (Košice) (SK), Website, Url

154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: National Theatre Košice

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The National Theatre Košice is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia.

Wikipedia: National Theatre Košice (EN), Website

92 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Fontána znamení

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Fontána znamení Maros M r a z (Maros) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Fountain of Signs is a fountain on Hlavná Street in Košice. It is located between the Košice State Theater and the Immaculata sculpture.

Wikipedia: Fontána znamení (SK)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Immaculata

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The Plague Column or Immaculata is a Baroque plague column in Košice, Slovakia.

Wikipedia: Plague Column, Košice (EN)

104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Čákiho-Dezőfiho palác

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The Čáki-Dezőfi Palace is a building in Košice standing on the corner of Hlavná and Poštová streets.

Wikipedia: Čákiho-Dezőfiho palác (SK), Url

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Kostol sv. Antona Paduánskeho

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St. Anthony of Padua Church or commonly known as the Franciscan Church or the Seminary Church at Hlavná ulica is the second oldest church in Košice, Slovakia.

Wikipedia: St Anthony of Padua Church, Košice (EN), Website

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Kostol Najsvätejšej Trojice

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The Church of the Holy Trinity or commonly known as the Premonstratensian Church, or initially the Jesuit Church, is a Roman Catholic church in Košice, Slovakia. It is an example of Baroque architecture in the city and was the site of the martyrdom of three saints in 1619.

Wikipedia: Church of the Holy Trinity, Košice (EN), Website

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Levočský dom

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Levočský dom

The Levoča House is a late Gothic residential building in Košice, dating back to the 15th century, located on the corner of Hlavná and Univerzitná streets.

Wikipedia: Levočský dom (SK)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Miklušova väznica

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The Mikluš Prison in Košice is a set of two interconnected Gothic burgher houses from the first half of the 15th century, which were adapted at the beginning of the 17th century for the needs of the city prison and torture chamber. It served for these purposes until 1909, then it was administered by the Upper Hungarian Museum, which planned to install an exhibition of the city's history in it. This happened only after a comprehensive reconstruction in the war years 1940 - 1942. The exhibition is located on Pri Miklušova Prison Street.

Wikipedia: Miklušova väznica (SK), Website

41 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 23: Kalvínsky kostol

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The Calvinist Church at Hrnčiarska ulica in Košice, Slovakia was initially an army store-house.

Wikipedia: Calvinist Church at Hrnčiarska Street (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: František II. Rákoczy

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František II. Rákoczy Marian Gladis / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Rákóczi's sculpture in Košice is a bronze statue of Francis II Rákóczi, situated in the Executioner's Bastion in the historical centre of Košice, Slovakia. It is placed in front of Rákóczi's memorial house, a replica of his house in the Turkish exile in Rodosto.

Wikipedia: Rákóczi's sculpture in Košice (EN)

23 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 25: Katova Bašta

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Katova Bašta

The Executioner's Bastion is the largest and best-preserved building monument from the medieval fortifications of the city in Slovakia. It is located in Košice and its origin dates back to the 15th century.

Wikipedia: Katova bašta (SK)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Evanjelický a. v. kostol

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The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church in Mlynská ulica in Košice, Slovakia is a Neoclassical church building of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, a Lutheran denomination. It has Sunday services at 09:30 and 18:00 in Slovak, and at 08:15 in Hungarian.

Wikipedia: Evangelical Church of Košice (EN), Website

190 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 27: Nová ortodoxná synagóga

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Nová ortodoxná synagóga

The New Orthodox Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Puškinova Street near the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

Wikipedia: New Orthodox Synagogue (Košice) (EN), Website

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Park na Drevnom trhu

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The park on the Wood Market is a park in the Old Town district of Košice. It is located between the streets of Anti-Fascist Fighters, Roosevelt Street and Hay Market.

Wikipedia: Park na Drevnom trhu (SK), Website

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 29: Jakabov palác

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Jakab's Palace is a neo-Gothic building in Košice standing on the corner of Mlynská and Štefánikova Streets, near the former bed of the Mill Race.

Wikipedia: Jakabov palác (SK), Url

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 30: Jeneyho palác

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Jeney's Palace is an Art Nouveau building in Košice located on Štefánikova Street. The building was built in 1902 and was declared a national cultural monument in 2005.

Wikipedia: Jeneyho palác (SK)

322 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 31: City Park

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The City Park is the largest public park in Košice in the Old Town district. It is located between Staničné námestie, Štefánikova Street, Thurzova Street, and Rumanova Street.

Wikipedia: Mestský park (Košice) (SK), Website

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 32: Kunsthalle

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Kunsthalle Košice, is a building that serves as an exhibition space for visual arts and workshops. It is historically the first kunsthalle in Slovakia.

Wikipedia: Kunsthalle Košice (SK)

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