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Along highway 583: He didn't sell drugs :-)

by matcrazy1

Driving along highway 583 from Parnica through village of Terchova to city of Zilina I noticed locals standing on a shoulder or sitting on a small, folding chair. They didn't sell drugs but so called "syrove korbaciki" - local, home-made, smoked sheep cheese. I liked this, unavailable in Poland, cheese a lot. It goes well especially with beer :-). I never had any problems with my stomach after eating them!!! It was available in few local groceries as well but produced in registered "food factories" and... somewhat less delicious.The vendors were usually equipped with a small table or (more modern and younger folks :-) a cooler or they just kept their treasures to sell in hands (inside plastic bags). Syrove korbaciki. After some bargaining I paid 50 SKK (= $1.38 = 1.66 euro = 5.28 Polish zloty) for three bags of syrove korbaciki (half a kilogram or one pound or so).

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Suveniry: T-shirts and hats

by matcrazy1

Usually you can buy T-shirts and hats (kind of baseball hats - hmm... do they play baseball in Slovakia????) in Slovak gift stores located by tourist attractions. Tourist trap or Slovak gift? Your choice.Most of T-shirts go with label Slovensko (Slovakia) and heraldic arms of Slovakia or local village, town or area. Or there is a photo/drawing of local castle, architecture etc. on the T-shirt. White T-shirt with Slovak heraldic arm if you like it. 208 Sk for a T-shirt for me - XL that time :-(.You could buy in Slovakia that time:36.3 Sk for $142.9 Sk for 1 Euro9.47 Sk for 1 Polish zloty.

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Souveniry: Kitchy souvenirs

by matcrazy1

Travelling around Slovakia I noticed gift stores located close to points of tourist interest which sold a loft of very kitchy souvenirs/gifts. They were usually cheap. Usually I had to be very patient to find anything interesting and nice maybe except postcards which were slaways good and nice gift. They sold paintings and drawings of Slovak castles, landscapes and villages, pottery, various figures and statues of... witches and medieval knights, T-shirts etc. In Oravsky Podzamok gift store ("Suveniry") I liked handmade crayon (black and white or in one colour - brown for example) drawings of local wooden architecture. Notice that you should buy real picture- frame later. 120 - 150 Sk for a handmade drawing or painting (small size).You could buy in Slovakia that time:36.3 Sk for $142.9 Sk for 1 Euro9.47 Sk for 1 Polish zloty

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Potraviny, supermarkets: Food and drinks

by matcrazy1

GROCERY = POTRAVINY in Slovak If you travel around Slovakia on your own like always me, you can find quite a lot of small groceries located both along highways and in downtowns/centers of cities and towns. But not as many as in Western Europe maybe except areas close to Polish border where there were a lot of groceries put up for customers from Poland. Slovak groceries looked (in 2003) like, say in early 90' in Poland (beginning of privatisation): they were small with limited but enough choice of food and drinks put often very chaotic on shelves and they were somewhat less colorful than Polish groceries.WARNING: they close early, earlier than in Poland. Usually they are opened Mon - Fri 8am - 5 pm (or 6 pm). But sometimes they close at 4pm Mon-Fri in the countryside esp. On Sat 8am - 1pm (2pm). On Sunday most of them are closed except areas close to borders (groceries for foreign...

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Bata: Summer sales in Kosice

by zaffaran

The main thing which made this shop so special was the prices vs. quality of shoes. As it was time for summer sales( the end of July) we left the shop with bags full of wonderful leather shoes which cost even less than 20 $.I love such souvenirs from different places! Hahaha- no limits if you like buing shoes!

Found all over: Local Craft

by Sue08080

From shops to stands, these corn husk creations can be found all over Slovakia. The figures depict village life and are beautifully made. They are a souvenier that I can never resist. I have over 100!

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TUZEX: Before The Velvet Revolution

by lmkluque

Tuzex Shops were meant to offer tourists items that the Slovaks could not purchase themselves. These shops accepted only foreign (hard) currency and the products offered could be seen in any western city. I think the prices here were lower than in the west and would appeal to the bargain shopper. I don't know if Tuzex stores still exist, but there was an interesting variation I heard of later. When Slovak citizens were employed by non-Slovak companies they were paid in "boni" (something like that.) a kind of "credit slip" that could be used as one would use money. With this form of currency, they could go to special shops and buy things not available in the regular stores.

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ULUV: Basketry

by Skipka

Goods of basketry. Very popular in Slovakia, you can buy baskets, little decorations for kitchen or holidays - such as picture is -, chairs and even furniture. not much :) because the material isn't that expensive here

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ULUV or market places: Easter eggs

by Skipka

The shop ULUV is for local goods and art in the style of traditional crafts with a modern look so you can find here everytime something for your close friends or relatives. This time I would like to recommend you the Easter eggs. There are lots of techniques how to decorate them but the typical - and the unique for Slovakia - are eggs decorated by wire. Those on the picture are decorated by myself but in shops you should find pieces that you forget to breath... well, all depends on the difficulty of patterns but let's take some around 100 Skk (40 Skk around 1 EUR)

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'Kovac': Hand made crafts in Kosice

by ChrisAlexander

Hrnciarska/Kovacka street has little craft shops and a great bakery/tea shop, the Vodarska restaurant and runs parallel with Hlavna ulica (Main street). Here you’ll find the Kovac (blacksmith) craft shop, full of beautifully handmade items of various metals along with wooden pieces and jewellery, interesting pictures etc.

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