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Nálepkovo

Košice Region, Slovakia · Europe

About Nálepkovo

Nálepkovo works well as a base: 10 minutes from Rudňany, 22km from Slovak Paradise National Park.

Nálepkovo is a town located in Košice Region, Slovakia. With a population of 3,583, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Nálepkovo sits in Slovakia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Bratislava time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Nálepkovo to your route.

About Nálepkovo

Nálepkovo, formerly Vondrišel (German: Wagendrüssel, Hungarian: Merény) is a village and municipality in the Gelnica District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. Total municipality population was in 2011 3,039 inhabitants. Previously, the village was named Vondrišel, but in 1948 after the German population was

Read more expelled it was renamed Nálepkovo, after the anti-fascist Slovak captain Ján Nálepka. Nálepkovo is also the birthplace of the Queen's Park killer Marek Harcar who carried out the brutal murder of Moira Jones in 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland. He fled back to Nálepkovo after the incident but was linked to the crime, traced and returned to Scotland. He is now serving a life sentence after being tried and found guilty in 2009; in 2018 it was revealed that Harcar had been transferred to a Slovakian prison.

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Nálepkovo is located in Košice Region, Slovakia, Europe. The coordinates are 48.8424 latitude, 20.6203 longitude.

What is the population of Nálepkovo?

Nálepkovo has a population of approximately 3,583 people, making it a town in Slovakia.

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Quick Information

Population
3,583
Continent
Europe
Country
Slovakia
Region
Košice Region
Timezone
Europe/Bratislava
Coordinates
48.8424, 20.6203

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Slovakia

Police
158
Ambulance
155
Fire
150
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.

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Worth the detour from Nálepkovo

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

castle

Spiš Castle

One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, a dramatic UNESCO-listed ruin sprawling across a hilltop above the Spiš region.

20 km · about 25 min drive

waterfall

Sucha Bela Gorge

A thrilling Slovak Paradise canyon ascended via metal ladders and bridges beside cascading water.

21 km · about 25 min drive

national park

Slovak Paradise National Park

An adventure-filled national park laced with narrow gorges, waterfalls, and thrilling iron ladder and chain hiking routes.

22 km · about 25 min drive

natural wonder

Dobšinská Ice Cave

One of the world's great ice caves, UNESCO-listed, with ice up to 26.5 m thick filling a mountain cavern in the Slovak Paradise: a frozen underground floor you walk across even in high summer. Short forest walk up from the road.

24 km · about 30 min drive

photogenic

Chmarošský Viaduct

A nine-arched stone railway viaduct of 1931 curving across a meadow above Telgárt, where the line loops over itself to gain height: Slovakia's most photographed piece of railway engineering, at its best in morning mist or under snow.

31 km · about 35 min drive

natural wonder

Aggtelek (Baradla Cave)

A vast UNESCO karst cave system of dripstone halls and underground concerts on the Slovak border.

42 km · about 50 min drive

famous road

Cesta Slobody (Freedom Road)

The scenic Route 537 traverses the foot of the High Tatras from Podbanske to Tatranska Kotlina, stringing together mountain resorts with near-constant views of Slovakia's highest peaks.

44 km · about 50 min drive

cathedral

St Elisabeth Cathedral, Kosice

Largest church in Slovakia and the easternmost Gothic cathedral in Europe, standing on the main axis of Kosice old town.

49 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near Nálepkovo

  • 44 kmCesta Slobody (Freedom Road)The scenic Route 537 traverses the foot of the High Tatras from Podbanske to Tatranska Kotlina, stringing together mountain resorts with near-constant views of Slovakia's highest peaks.
  • 49 kmLomnicky stitSecond-highest peak in the High Tatras at 2634 metres, reached by cable car from Tatranska Lomnica and topped by an observatory.
  • 51 kmStrbske PlesoGlacial lake and resort at 1346 metres in the High Tatras, reached by the Cesta Slobody scenic road and a rack railway.
  • 65 kmCertovica PassThe 'Devil's Pass' carries Route 72 over the spine of the Low Tatras at 1,238 m: the highest paved road pass in Slovakia, with hairpin descents on both flanks and big ridge-top views.

Driving in Slovakia

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.55/litre
Motorway tolls
None
Vignette
Required, around €12 for a short-stay sticker

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

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Bystrany

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Spišské Vlachy

🇸🇰 Slovakia

17 km awayPop. 3,313

Dobšiná

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Žehra

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20 km awayPop. 2,707

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