One day in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

A day through Banská Bystrica’s best-known sights that lie close together: Church of the St. Cross, Church of the Assumption, Banská Bystrica, Banská Bystrica Castle, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Slovak National Uprising Square, Banská Bystrica and Museum of Central Slovakia. 6 stops, about 0.4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Church of the St. CrossTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Church of the Assumption, Banská BystricaTemple or shrine · 0.1 km on from Church of the St. Cross · On the map
  3. Banská Bystrica CastleCastle · Next to Church of the Assumption, Banská Bystrica · On the map
  4. St. Francis Xavier CathedralCathedral · 0.2 km on from Banská Bystrica Castle · On the map
  5. Slovak National Uprising Square, Banská BystricaSquare · 0.1 km on from St. Francis Xavier Cathedral · On the map
  6. Museum of Central SlovakiaMuseum · 0.1 km on from Slovak National Uprising Square, Banská Bystrica · On the map

6 stops, 0.9 km on foot along the streets: about 11 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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