Žilina

Getting to Žilina

Žilina 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. Nearby airports with cheap flights are, in order of convenience, Poprad (seasonal), Bratislava, Brno and Katowice.

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   Železničná stanica Žilina
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   European roads crossing in Žilina: E75

   Road E75 from Bratislava to Žilina (Slovak highway D1) is the most convenient and fastest way of entry, because as of 2024 it is the only highway leading in and out of Žilina.

Worth seeing

The historical centre begins right in front of the train station. Walk down Národná street, which is the closest Žilina has to a shopping street, and you will reach Námestie Andreja Hlinku (Andrej Hlinka Square), the biggest square of the city where you can find the most famous look on Žilina — the two towers of the Holy Trinity Cathedral and its bell tower and the city theatre on a little balustrade.

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   Holy Trinity Cathedral

   Roman Catholic church from the 15th century, one of the town's most significant monuments and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Žilina.

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   Church of the Conversion of St

   Roman Catholic church from the 18th century on Mariánske námestie, the town main square.

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   Church of St Barbara

   Roman Catholic church from the 18th century built by the Franciscan Order.

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   Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession

   Church of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, the biggest Protestant denomination in the country.

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   Church of St

   The oldest architectural monument in Žilina, it dates back to the 13th century.

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   Church of St

   Located in the suburb of Trnové, it is the westernmost wooden church in Slovakia with the oldest preserved record coming from 1583.

Things to do

Football: MŠK Žilina play soccer in SuperLiga, the top tier. Their Štadión pod Dubňom (capacity 10,900) is just north of the railway station, "by the hill" as the name means.

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   Zilina
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   Lesopark Žilina

   Veľký diel (between quarters Solinky and Vlcince).

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   Stanica

   In the building of old and still operating train station Zilina-Zariecie.

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   Dom umenia Fatra

   Weekly classical performances by the State Chamber Orchestra Žilina.

Where to eat

Cheap cheese typical for region: "bryndza" - soft cheese (great on fresh bread) "korbáčiky", "nite" - great snack "parenica" "oštiepok" - smoked sheep cheese, similar to Polish "oscypek" Typical dishes: "kapustnica" - soup with sauerkraut and sausage "bryndzové halušky" - pasta dumplings with bryndza (soft sheep cheese) "strapačky" - pasta dumplings with sauer kraut Every restaurant has non-smoking part (by law).

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   Cosmo Asian Restaurant

   Kuzmányho 100.

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   Slovenska
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   Trattoria Pepe

   7, Jozefa Vuruma 146 (close to Marianske Namestie),.

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   Reštaurácia Vix

   Sládkovičová 3 (in the corner of square "Marianske namestie"), +421 903 502 177, fax: +421 41 562 6431, restaurant@vix.sk.

Getting around Žilina the local way