SLOVAKIA presentation!!!

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We are right in the geographic centre of Europe...

STATE SYMBOLS

National flag

Official emblem of Slovakia

FACTS ABOUT SLOVAKIA

Population: 5,5 million people

Area: 49 043 square kilometers

Elevation above sea level: 95 m (Bodrog) - 2656 m (Gerlach)

Religion: Roman-Catholic (69%), Greek-Catholic (3%), Protestant (17%)

Capital: Bratislava

Nationalities: Slovak (86%), Hungarian (11%), Romany (2%),Czech (1%)

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Independence: January 1, 1993 (from the former Czecho-Slovakia)

Bratislava

National capital

situated 20 km from the borders with Hungary and Austria, 60 km from Vienna

population of 500,000

My Hometown - Kosice

The first city in Europe with its own coat of arms (1369)

The first High School in Europe (1872)

The biggest ZOO in middle Europe

The oldest marathon in Europe (2nd worldwide)

The most eastern gothic cathedral in Europe

The oldest monumental municipal reserve in Slovakia

THE ...THE ...

Kosice

Numbers ...Numbers ...

300 000 inhabitants

temperature average

29° C in july and

- 3° C in january 1 international airport

2. biggest city in Slovakia

318 pubs and restaurants in the centre

Kosice

FOLKLORE AND TRADITIONS

• Folklore dresses, traditions, dances and songs vary nearly from village to village...

• Folklore dances can still be seen on numerous festivals and traditional way of life in the past in the slovak village can be experienced in open-air museums

Slovakia used to be country of shepards, wood choppers and hard working crafted people with colourful traditions and simple dishes...

The typical dish for Slovakia is bryndzove halusky, a serving of potato dough dumplings with melted sheep cheese and fried bacon sprinkled on the top.

And what about our typical drink?

BEER

Everybody likes it…

There are numerous National Parks and reservations ... where wildlife still has its home!

TATRA mountains

Slovak NatureSlovak Nature

CAVES IN SLOVAKIA

Slovak ice-hockey team is one of the best in the worldso ‘Our golden boys’ became national heroes.

Slovak ice-hockey team won world championship in 2002.

Sport

Another Slovak famous sportsmen

SLOVAKIA - A CHEAP COUNTRY?• 0.5 l BEER – 1 AUD (in a pub)

• Accomodation in Hotel – from 10 AUD/person/night

• Ski ticket for one day – 16-24 AUD

• Dinner in the restaurant – 4-6 AUD

A little bit about myself

• finished uni (degree in economics)

• member of AIESEC for 5 years

• 1 year experience in HR area

• like beer and meat

• playing the guitar (even had own band in Slovakia)

• played ice-hockey professionally (until 16)

• been to most of the european countries

... and enjoying my time here in Australia!

Thank you for

your attention

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