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Museum of the Tatra National Park in Tatranská Lomnica

The Museum of the National park continues the traditions dating back to 1883 when the Hungarian Carpathian Association founded the Carpathian Museum in Poprad. In 1949, the Tatra National Park Act was established. One of the tasks of the park administration was to create a research station and a museum. From its establishment in 1957 until 1959, the Museum was based in the Podtatranské museum in Poprad. After moving to Tatranská Lomnica, the first exhibition was created in the so-called Sečéniovský letohrádok. The new exposition was installed in a new building, one of the first purpose-built new museums in Slovakia. The museum’s collections contain a number of objects from the fields of botany, zoology, history, cartography, geology and ethnography. For larger groups, the museum also offers the screening of films with a capacity of 72 seats and in the souvenir shop it is possible to buy postcards, maps, books, DVD movies, brochures, stickers, products made of natural materials – leather or clay. More information can be found HERE!

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Vila Flóra Starý Smokovec

Some historians consider Villa Flóra the oldest building in the High Tatras. Regular art exhibitions were held here: photography, and paintings with various themes. You can also find the Sports Hall of Fame of the City of Vysoké Tatry here. The gallery is currently closed.

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Symbolic Cemetery at Popradské Pleso

The Symbolic Cemetery (1525 m) is an important Tatra memorial site near the tarn Popradské pleso under the western walls of Ostrva. The memorial cemetery is intended primarily to commemorate those who died in the High Tatras or the exceptional people from the Tatras, who lost their lives in the world’s mountains. You’ll find here more than 160 memorial plaques and 50 hand-carved, colored wooden crosses. The founder of the cemetery was the academic painter Otakar Štáfl (1884 – 1945), who, together with his wife and several friends, started building it in 1936. It was handed over to the public in 1940 with the motto „In memory of the dead, warning for the alive“. Today, the symbolic cemetery is taken care of by the State Forests of the Tatra National Park. For its further expansion, strict criteria now apply for aesthetic and spatial reasons, and it is closed to visitors every year from November 1st to June 15th.

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Interesting Places

Crypt of the Family Szontagh in Nový Smokovec

Mikuláš Szontagh was an important doctor, the founder of Nový Smokovec and a pioneer of climatic treatment of respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. Under his leadership, Nový Smokovec grew slowly. When he died in 1899, there were up to 38 buildings that formed a complex of healing settlements. The rest consisted of summer houses. However, his personal life was often interwoven with grief and pain, as he was widowed twice. His third wife was the babysitter of her second marriage. He is buried in the crypt under the Evangelical Church in a tin chest next to his second wife and several other family members. The crypt and the church with the lecture can be visited by arrangement with the priest Pavel Kušnír.

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KARLOFF, s. r. o.

Come and see the production process, taste the individual ingredients at different stages of the production process, hear the history and story of the creation of Tatratea, and enjoy an unforgettable tasting in the renovated premises of the old Pradiareň, which will delight your heart and taste buds. After a thorough reconstruction, we are happy to reopen the doors of our distillery to the public. We now offer visitors the opportunity to experience the world of TATRATEA live through an excursion combined with a tasting. We will introduce you to how Tatratea was created, how its taste developed and the design changed. You’ll enjoy a welcome drink and traditional hospitality, and after a pleasant stay in our renovated premises, we will also take a look at the production. The tours are not wheelchair accessible , as we have breathed life into a historic building, there is also a large number of stairs. We will start tasting in the production area, so we believe that strengthened in this way, we will be able to handle the stairs together. Then we will move on to the last and most delicious part of the excursion – a guided tasting. Depending on the capacity, you can choose from two types of tastings: Basic or Extended tasting, which differ in the number of products tasted.

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Kvantarium

Kvantarium at Hrebienok offers various audiovisual multimedia shows, checking out several interactive exhibits or discovering physical phenomena. The tour is not only visually attractive and beautiful but also educational for all age groups. Children will be enchanted by the fairy-tale theme, and adults by the special effects. The tour is magical, artistic, fairytale, physical, scientific, mysterious, and fascinating. The unforgettable play of lights consists of eight rooms, in which there are various exhibits and explanations of physical phenomena. Some are absolutely unique as they were created just for this gallery. You can find more information HERE!

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Tatra Jewelry Gallery Starý Smokovec

The Tatra Jewelry Gallery is a jewelry gallery that sells and presents local work. The products come exclusively from artists and craftsmen from the High Tatras. They are inspired by landscape, mountains, fauna and flora. We offer paintings, ceramics, forged products, hand-painted scarves, books from the I&B publishing house about the High Tatras, and many other gifts and original souvenirs. Jewelry is made by hand, using old goldsmith’s techniques directly in the gallery, in a small atelier. It is interesting for visitors and customers who can look into the production process and get to know their jewelry perfectly with its origin. It is made of silver, gold, copper and brass in combination with the technique of real jewelry enamel or setting stones, which creates unique originals, suitable for pleasure and as a gift for more significant events. The gallery also organizes various painting symposia, creative workshops for young and old, but also lectures from which a 12-part series entitled “Jewelry and Personalities” is currently underway. All the exhibited objects are linked with the High Tatras and therefore you should definitely not miss this inconspicuous gallery! We recommend it especially to lovers of quality creation, people who like to support local artists or craftsmen and last but not least to all those who like unique jewelry that has a soul. Entrance fee is free of charge.

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Digital gallery Poliankovo Tatranská Polianka

Poliankovo is a digital gallery and a café. In an area of about 500 m², they create a nice visual experience and, with the help of modern technologies, bring art closer to all people who visit them. An exhibition entitled “Dialogue with the Planet”, created in collaboration with Slovak documentary filmmaker Pavol Barabáš, is currently taking place there. Thanks to digital technology, visitors will get a feeling that motivates them to get to know our planet more deeply. Various forms of presentation are used, such as digital simulations, virtual reality, 3D projections, augmented reality, photography or shadow play. The presentations are located on an area of 600 m² and offer up to 140 m² of projection screens and 120 m² of mirrors. Thanks to augmented reality, graphic artists were able to move Ľubomír Korenko’s paintings. A wolf, fox, bear or the city of Poprad will come to life on the screen. They also managed to scan inaccessible parts of the Domica cave, which is the most famous and longest cave in the Slovenský kras (“Slovak karst”). There are two sets of virtual glasses ready, through which you can see the cave. More information can be found HERE!

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Gallery Dobrá Hračka Tatranská Lomnica

Gallery Dobrá Hračka is an interactive children’s gallery that on an area of 550 m2 offers parents and their children 12 stations with professions: doctor, firefighter, policeman, fashion designer, cook, astronaut, archaeologist, etc. There is also a children’s traffic playground and many other attractions. The gallery also includes a shop with non-traditional toys and souvenirs. The gallery can be found in the center of Tatranská Lomnica, near the bobsled track and the Tatra National Park Museum. More information HERE!

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Galéry Tatry - Pedal Planet

Pedal Planet is one of the largest private collections of pedal cars in Europe. More than 110 exhibits out of a total of 300 pieces are divided into six main groups in the Tatras Gallery. You are offered more than 50 unique cars, which are divided according to the country of origin: Italy, Germany, Russia, France and the United Kingdom and manufacturers in other European countries. A separate section is the luxury brand Rolls Royce. A large part of the collection consists of extremely popular and rare cars Formula 1 and Indianapolis leading brands such as Giordani, Gimca, Pines, Morrelet Guerineau, Rosca, etc. The iconic models of the Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar brands will still win over your heart. Fans of Formula 1 and especially the Ferrari brand will be delighted by the corner dedicated to the queen of motorsport. Get to know the rich history of the Italian brand Ferrari, use the formula photo corner and take a nice photo with your children. In the retro section, many memories of the legendary pedal car Moskvič, that “parked” a few decades ago in many households in Slovakia, will come to life. In the experience part, the smallest ones will come into their own with cars made for photography or a carousel. In addition to toy cars, there is also a section of pedal motors and a fun chopper. A separate section is made by rockets and aircraft under the animated starry sky. The mobile Italian rocket for two small cosmonauts with full equipment is an attraction that is simply irresistible.

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