Topolčany

Topolcany is a small old town with around 30,000 inhabitants. This town lies on the river Nitra but also has another smaller river called Chotina. Topolcany is situated in west part of Slovakia, in a valley that is surrounded by 4 hills called Strazovske vrchy, Povazsky Inovec, Tribec and Vtacnik.

People in Topolcany don’t have to worry about their children’s education. In our town we have a few nurseries, 8 primary and also 8 secondary schools. Secondary schools are represented by Gymnazium, technical schools (for example Business Academy) and vocational schools. After school children can do lots of activities. If they are interested in music or playing instruments, they can attend music school. Those who want to learn or be better in foreign languages go to language institutions. But if they prefer sport, they can choose from a large range of sport clubs. We have the ice-hockey stadium, football stadium, outdoor and indoor swimming pool, table-tennis hall, handball hall and many tennis courts. Sports like football, ice-hockey, swimming, water-polo, table-tennis, tennis and handball are very popular in our town. We are very proud because well-known ice-hockey players Satan and Visnovsky come from our town. Currently they play in the USA in NHL (National Hockey League) where they are successful.

We have a very nice new town square, in the middle with a church. On the square is a statue of Zochar, a well with a small frog on top and a fountain. The square is surrounded by old and new buildings. In one of the old buildings are a parish and convent, and in the other one is our Town Hall. The Town Hall is the residence of our Major and town government. In the new buildings are many private shops and bars.

In Topolcany there are also other institutions such as police, town library, cinema, hospital and army barracks. The army barracks will be a residence of a new professional army very soon. In our town we also have a bus and train station.

This surprisingly small town has many pubs, discos, bars and restaurants. Young people have least places where to go and have fun. We have a new bowling bar which is very popular. In other places we can play pool, darts or gambling games such as roulette.

During the weekend people like to be out in the open air. They go for a walk or hiking to places like Nemecky, Duchonka or Podhradie. Nemecky are also very good place for fishing and picking mushrooms. Podhradie is an old ruin and Duchonka is a famous place, especially for young people. There is a big lake where we can swim or row, surrounded by a forest. Many people have the cottages there. During the summer there is a really good atmosphere, lots of thing to do, discos every night and that’s why people come there from whole of Slovakia even the Czech Republic.