1. SLOVAKIA Janka Konušíková Dominika Piačková Lenka Michálková Radka Šišková Mirka Harušincová Jarka Lutišanová

2. WELCOME TO SLOVAKIA! Slovakia is a part of the European union. It entered on 1.5.2004 Over 5 million people live in Slovakia on the area of 49 035 km2 There are eight regions, like: Trenčianský, Bratislavský, Trnavský, Nitrianský, Banskobystrický, Košický, Prešovský, Žilinský. Slovakia has five neighbours, like: Czech republic, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Ukraine The capital city is Bratislava. The other big cities are: Košice, Banska Bystrica, Trenčín, Žilina... On the north is Slovakia mountainous. It´s a part of the Carpathians.

3. Nice Nature There are a lot of interesting places, natural beauties and historic buildings. There is the largest castle in Europe. It´s Spišský hrad. The Slovak highest mountain is Gerlachovský štít with the height of 2 654,4 metres. The first person who climbed this mountain was Jan Still in 1834. There are a lot of caves, like Važecká jaskyňa.

4. The Cave Of Važec The most visited landmark of region Liptov is Važecká jaskyňa cave situated in the southern edge of the community Važec. The Važecká jaskyňa cave is one of the best known in Europe for the discovery of the bones of the cave bear. The bones of the cave bear : There lived a lot of bears about 15,000 years ago. Now, you can see a statue of a bear.

5. THE CULTURE Historical monuments Slovakia has a great culture. It has a lot of beautiful castles like Budmerice, Krásna Hôrka, Trenčiansky hrad, Bojnice, Spišský hrad(is the largerst in Europe) and so on. Unfortunately some of the castles are destroyed and their repairs are expensive.

6. Slovakia has more traditional dances. They are called folklore. We have a traditional meal, too. It´s sheep cheese haluskas. Especially with bacon. It´s very famous and delicious. In Slovakia we have special Christmas. The week before the Christmas night we usually decorate our Christmas trees. We have Christmas dinner on 24th December. We usually eat carp with potato salad. After the dinner we go near the Christmas tree and there we unpack our presents. On the next day we visit our family. We celebrate New Year so that we make fire-works at midnight. Of course, we have snacks and we drink alcohol. Easter Monday in Slovakia is very popular. Boys go to girls´ houses to pour water and lash them. Girls give them some money, chocolate or sweet kiss. The Traditions