#banská bystrica

[scavengedluxury]

Banská Bystrica viewed form the North, 1930. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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View of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Czechoslovak vintage postcard, mailed to Budapest, Hungary

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Hriňová Hills, Slovakia

masiar.miroslav

[extraliga-related]

BBY vs POP | JAN 19, 2025

[beatrack92]

Spanish Medley Relay team 🇪🇸

Elene Arrazola, Iratxe Tejero, Silvia Plata and Ana Alba Ruiz

2024 European Championships U18 (Banská Bystrica)

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Lučenec 2023 (2) (3) by Martin Kvasnička

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SPN Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia Color negative 1980s

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Michaela Knizova. Self-portrait. Tisovec, Banská Bystrica, Eslovaquia, 2012

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Košice, Slovakia.

Protests titled Slovakia is Europe are taking place on Friday (January 10, 2025) in Bratislava, Košice, Banská Bystrica, Poprad, Žilina, and other Slovak cities, initiated by the civic group Peace for Ukraine.

The demonstrations criticize Prime Minister Robert Fico's actions regarding Russia and call for the defense of democracy, freedom, and Slovakia's security.

[scavengedluxury]

Banská Bystrica viewed from Mount Urpin, 1936. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[peaches2217]

Building off of a previous post, I've decided what nation the Mushroom Kingdom is parallel to in my 'verse: Slovakia. (The fact that my girlfriend is Slovak and I feel very passionately about promoting the nation to atone for the fact that I didn't know it even existed before I met her has only informed about 90% of this decision.)

Okay, but jokes aside, the Mushroom Kingdom is an idyllic, green little kingdom, with lots of rolling pastures and forests and hills/mountains. Most towns are quite small, and even larger towns, like the capital city of Toad Town, have that small-town feel to them. Lots of open-air markets and little shops and small businesses. Toad Town itself is located in the southern-central area of the kingdom, adjacent to the Banská Bystrica region.

As far as traditional dress goes, Central Slovak kroje tend to be extremely colorful, which you see reflected in the varied vests most Toads wear. They're often embroidered with simple patterns, but extravagant embroideries aren't unheard of. Peach's ceremonial traditional outfit is no different: big, puffy sleeves, bright pinks and blues and reds woven into her outfit, and plenty of mushroom reliefs as stand-in for the flower reliefs you see more IRL.

(In place of the ribbons of unmarried women and headdresses of married women, she wears a mushroom cap, which matches her kroj and the natural Toad caps. Larger headwear seems to be more common in Czech kroje than Slovak, buuuuuut this is Fantasy Slovakia, we can make exceptions.)

I like to think Peach gifts Mario with a folk-style belt or vest or something that he starts wearing to official events, and then when they get married, he gets his own full kroj. Now, kroje varies drastically from village to village, but some of the most well-known of Central Slovak kroje come from Detva, whose men's kroj looks like... this.

I'm caught firmly between "Let's draw inspiration from some other Central region like Liptov for the MK's traditional menswear" and "Sun's out, tum's out, Mario would fucking SLAY in this".

[elenitrack]

Sarolta Kriszt 🇭🇺

2022 Youth Olympic Festival (Banská Bystrica)

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2024 IIHF Worlds Slovakia Roster

Wingers

#6 Lukáš Cingel (H.K. Kometa Brno/Žilina)

#18 Andrej Kudrna (H.K. V.E.R.V.A. Litvínov/Nové Zámky)

#20 Juraj Slafkovský (Montreal Canadiens/Košice)

#21 Miloš Kelemen (Tucson Roadrunners/Lučenec)

#34 Peter Cehlárik (Leksands Idrottsförening/Žilina)

#56 Marko Daňo (H.K. Oceláři Třinec/Trenčín)

#77 Martin Faško-Rudáš (Bílí Tygři Liberec/Banská Bystrica)

#79 Libor Hudáček (H.K. Oceláři Třinec/Levoča)

#87 Pavol Regenda (San Diego Gulls/Michalovce)

#90 Tomáš Tatar (Seattle Kraken/Ilava)

Centers

#27 Marek Hrivík (Leksands Idrottsförening/Čadca)

#48 Viliam Čacho (H.K. Oceláři Třinec/Trenčín)

#76 Martin Pospíšil (Calgary Flames/Zvolen)

#91 Matúš Sukel (H.K. V.E.R.V.A. Litvínov/Liptovský Mikuláš)

Defensemen

#7 Mário Grman (H.K. Vítkovice Ridera/Topoľčany)

#13 František Gajdoš (H.K. Nitra/Bardejov)

#14 Peter Čerešňák (H.K. Dynamo Pardubice/Trenčín)

#17 Šimon Nemec (New Jersey Devils/Liptovský Mikuláš)

#29 Michal Ivan (Bílí Tygři Liberec/Žiar Nad Hronom)

#42 Martin Fehérváry (Washington Capitals/Bratislava)

#64 Patrik Koch (Tucson Roadrunners/Bratislava)

#98 Andrej Golian (H.K. Slovan Bratislava/Banská Bystrica)

Goalies

#30 Matej Tomek (H.K. V.E.R.V.A. Litvínov/Bratislava)

#31 Samuel Hlavaj (H.K. Škoda Plzeň/Martin)

#33 Stanislav Škorvánek (H.K. Dukla Michalovce/Žilina)

[extraliga-related]

HELLO!?

[beatrack92]

María Barrios 🇪🇸

2024 European Championships U18 (Banská Bystrica)

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Námestie SNP, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic