Culture & Arts
Banská Štiavnica is a town where history meets a rich cultural and artistic scene.
Its lanes breathe history, yet pulse with contemporary life. The town has plenty of museums and galleries that bring its rich history and art closer to visitors – from the Open-air Mining Museum, where you can experience the authentic atmosphere of mining life, to modern galleries showcasing contemporary art. Throughout the year, Banská Štiavnica hosts numerous festivals celebrating music, theatre, literature and film.
The historic town centre is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is home to many monuments, such as the Old Castle and the New Castle, St Catherine’s Church and the Calvary. Each of these buildings tells its own story and adds to the town’s unique atmosphere. If you’re looking for interactive experiences, there are exhibitions such as the Bank of Love, where you can discover the longest love poem in the world, or the Glanzenberg Hereditary Adit, which takes you underground right beneath the town. Banská Štiavnica is a place where everyone finds something to enjoy – whether you are a history or art lover, or just looking for new experiences.
This one-day event is for lovers of good food, culture and fun. It always takes place at the end of September. Look forward to a fruit […]
We invite mineral lovers young and old to a truly special experience: collecting crystals you find with your own hands, from the minerals we extract in […]
A three-day festival for tasting superb wines from the volcanic slopes of the Štiavnica Mountains. You won’t find wines this good any closer than America. The […]
On the last Saturday in May, it’s the children who have the most fun. The event takes place at various stations dotted around the village, where […]
Carnival processions, the burning of Morena (a straw figure symbolising winter), pork specialities from the traditional pig slaughter, mulled wine, the mock burial of the double […]
A fresh one-day spring festival celebrating the arrival of spring and the run-up to Easter. There are creative workshops for young and old, and local Easter […]
These creative workshops for makers young and old focus on reviving traditional crafts. In short sessions you can learn to bake bread, make enamel jewellery, weave […]
The mining water management system, now inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, was the world’s biggest water engine until the Panama Canal opened (15 August […]
The Stone Sea is a natural phenomenon formed from the prehistoric lava of a stratovolcano: a 13-ha area evenly strewn with huge, bluish boulders. They were […]