Thanks to the Covid-19 we have a lot of time to stroll in Žilina and its surroundings. Last Friday, a sunny day, we decided to ramble and picnic on the bank of the Vah river. We left the hotel at midday and went until the town’s dam at around 4 kilometres by foot. Few minutes … More Dam of Žilina and the Vah river
Dubeň Tower is a lookout with a 360° view on Žilina and mountains. It was built in 2016 following an architectural design competition “Lookout Tower in Dubni”. It has a height of 27,4 meters and is standing at 572 meters above sea level. It is built out of wood and metal. It blends in perfectly … More Vyhliadková veža Dubeň (Dubeň Tower)
The 13th of March, a beautiful day, we decided to visit another monument of Žilina : the Church of Saint Stephen the King. After some difficulties to find the way until the Church, we saw far ahead the building and its bell tower. This Church is one of the oldest preserved monuments. It was built … More The Church of Saint Stephen the King
The 29th of February, we decided to go to the Budatin Castle. So we proposed to others Erasmus students to join us. Finally, instead of being only two, we were about fifteen people ! Mathilde and I organized the trip but after near 30 minutes’ walk, we arrived in a dilapidated area of Žilina… A man helped us and said that we were going to take the “bad way” … More The Budatin Castle
The day following our arrival we visited the center of Žilina but just the main streets. Near our hotel, there is the St Mary’s square. The houses which are around this square are each of different colors. We passed on the main square of Žilina. Its name is Andrej Hlinka’s square. On this square, there … More Žilina and its customs
How were our first days in Slovakia ? If you want to know it, read this article ! … More First steps in Žilina
When I know where I was going on Erasmus, I immediately looked where it was. Because Zilina isn’t a famous city in the Europe. I was a bit worried because being a new destination I had little information about courses or accommodation. But the partner university gave us a lot of paperwork so we wouldn’t … More How to be ready for the D-Day ? By Mathilde
Talking about greeting people or entering in a Slovak’s house, there are some customs that we haven’t in France. Thanks to the handbook and the internet, we discover those customs which will help us to minimize the culture shock. Thus, about greetings, they are warm but not effusive. In fact, Slovaks are used to doing … More The culture shock
Hello everybody, today we are going to tell you how we obtained a housing for our Erasmus. The university of Žilina has many dormitories for Erasmus students! Unfortunately, the dormitories are in renovation and it won’t be finished for our summer semester. When we learn about it, we were little disoriented… Fortunately, few days after … More Housing
As we never go to Slovakia and so to Žilina, we hadn’t no idea how to go there. Fortunately, the university of Žilina has a very comprehensive document with all the key information about this country. Thanks to this document which helped us to know the best trip to go to Žilina. We chose to … More How to go there ?
Žilina viewed by Ma² 