Kysucké Nové Mesto District
Kysucké Nové Mesto District is a district in the Žilina Region of northern central Slovakia, in the Kysuce region.
It is entirely surrounded by the Žilina and Čadca districts. Apart from the city districts in Bratislava and Košice, its area is the smallest of all Slovakia districts, although population density is the second highest in Slovakia. The district had been established in 1923 and in its current borders exists from 1996. Core of the district economy is engineering industry, performed by several companies foremost in Kysucké Nové Mesto industrial park. The administrative seat is the town of Kysucké Nové Mesto, although many residents daily travel to Źilina for work, shopping, or education.
Getting around Kysucké Nové Mesto District the local way
- Get inŽilina has an airport but it is only used for private aviation and the occasional charter flights, so almost any journey to Žilina will involve a train, bus or taxi journey of at least two hours.
- Go nextDo a day trip: by train to Strecno, go to Strecno castle, cross river and go up to Starhrad and back.
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