Film and TV locations in Slovakia
60 places to shoot in Slovakia: 9 industrial and derelict locations, 8 transport and infrastructure locations, 8 offices, schools and public buildings and 35 more. 38 have a photo and 5 carry practical details the location publishes itself. Search and put three side by side in the locations search.
What Slovakia pays back
Slovakia runs the Slovak Audiovisual Fund cash rebate, worth 33% (14% on foreign crew fees) as a cash rebate. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison, and find a studio, service company or post house in the 35 companies we list in Slovakia.
Regions
- Bratislava Region 28
- Presov Region 7
- Kosice Region 5
- Nitra Region 4
- Banska Bystrica Region 4
- Trencin Region 4
- Zilina Region 4
- Trnava Region 4
Industrial and derelict locations in Slovakia 9
Factories, warehouses, power stations, mines, depots and abandoned buildings: raw space, hard surfaces and the kind of decay that is impossible to build. All 9 on their own page.
Cierny Vah Pumped Storage Power Plant
Industrial & derelict
Slovakia's largest pumped storage plant, with an upper reservoir at 1,160 metres, penstocks down the mountainside and a machine hall in the Low Tatras valley.
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Hodrusa-Hamre Mining Village
Industrial & derelict
Mining village in a narrow valley with ore processing buildings, adits and miners' houses, part of the UNESCO listed Banska Stiavnica mining landscape.
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Karlova Huta Blast Furnace
Industrial & derelict
Charcoal fired blast furnace at Vlachovo, part of the Slovak Technical Museum, kept as an example of nineteenth century pig iron production with its stone stack and casting house.
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Solivar Salt Works
Industrial & derelict
Seventeenth century brine pumping and salt boiling complex in Presov, including the late Baroque salt warehouse with its timber roof structure and chambers, a national cultural monument.
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Bata Shoe Factory Partizanske
Industrial & derelict
Bata shoe works founded in 1939 in a purpose built company town, producing 30 million pairs a year under socialism, with repeating red brick production blocks and wide avenues.
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Luky House of Culture Supply Tunnel, Petrzalka
Industrial & derelict
Service tunnel and basement level under a 1980s culture house in the Petrzalka housing estate, partly neglected, with concrete corridors, pipe runs and plant rooms.
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Munition Factory Dubnica nad Vahom
Industrial & derelict
Heavy engineering works built in 1937 as part of the Skoda group, later making bridges, locomotives and construction machinery, with large halls and yards on the edge of Dubnica.
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Sugar Refinery Surany
Industrial & derelict
Sugar factory and refinery in production from 1854, the oldest refinery in the former Habsburg monarchy, now a disused plant of tanks, silos and brick halls beside the town.
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Tobacco Factory Smolnik
Industrial & derelict
Former chamber theatre converted into a tobacco factory in 1872 and closed for more than ten years, standing empty in a mining village in the Slovak Ore Mountains.
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Transport and infrastructure in Slovakia 8
Stations, airports, ports, bridges, tunnels, metro lines and rolling stock, including disused stretches that can be closed off for a shoot. All 8 on their own page.
Bratislava-Nove Mesto Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Railway station in service since 1962, with a 1960s concourse, platforms, its own car park and public transport stops nearby.
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Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising (UFO Bridge)
Transport & infrastructure
Cable stayed road bridge of 1972 over the Danube with a single 84.6 metre pylon carrying a disc shaped observation deck and restaurant.
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Chmarossky Viaduct
Transport & infrastructure
Reinforced concrete railway viaduct of the 1930s near Telgart, 113.6 metres long and 18 metres high, curving below the slopes of Kralova hola.
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Gabcikovo Dam
Transport & infrastructure
Barrage on the Danube with a hydroelectric plant, twin navigation locks and long concrete canal embankments, built under the 1977 Budapest Treaty.
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Kosice International Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Slovakia's second largest airport, handling scheduled and charter flights, with a terminal, apron and runway on the southern edge of Kosice.
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Port of Bratislava
Transport & infrastructure
River port on the left bank of the Danube in two parts, cargo and passenger, with quays, cranes, warehouses and rail sidings.
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Svit Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Station on the Zilina to Kosice line below the High Tatras, begun in 1948 and opened in 1969, with the original design left partly unfinished.
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Iron Curtain Border Installation, Kopcany
Transport & infrastructure
Reconstructed section of the Cold War border zone next to a First World War cemetery, with wooden posts, eleven strands of barbed wire, warning signs and a guard hut.
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Offices, schools and public buildings in Slovakia 8
Offices, town halls, courtrooms, libraries, universities and schools: the interiors most contemporary drama actually needs. All 8 on their own page.
National Council of the Slovak Republic
Office, school & public building
Slovak parliament building on the hill beside Bratislava Castle, with a debating chamber, committee rooms and terraces looking over the Danube.
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Slovak National Archives
Office, school & public building
Brutalist archive building designed by Vladimir Dedecek and built between 1976 and 1983, with exposed concrete volumes, reading rooms and repository floors.
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Slovak Radio Building
Office, school & public building
Inverted pyramid of steel and glass completed in 1983, 80 metres high, containing studios, offices and a 522 seat concert hall with a large organ.
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Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra
Office, school & public building
Campus built between 1961 and 1966 to a design by Vladimir Dedecek and Rudolf Minovsky, with concrete lecture blocks, ramps and long glazed corridors.
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Digital Park
Office, school & public building
Complex of seven modern office buildings in Petrzalka with 70,000 square metres of space, each block with its own lobby and reception, next to the D1 motorway.
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Fajnorka Engineering School
Office, school & public building
Listed secondary school of mechanical engineering on the Danube embankment, with period corridors, classrooms and workshops still in use.
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Railway Secondary School, Bratislava
Office, school & public building
State railway secondary school in Bratislava whose premises have stood empty since 2014, offering unused classrooms, halls and stairwells.
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Slovak Television Building, Mlynska dolina
Office, school & public building
Twenty eight storey broadcasting tower of 1975 in the Mlynska dolina valley, for a long time the tallest building in Czechoslovakia and now standing unused but maintained.
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Theatres, arenas and venues in Slovakia 7
Auditoriums, concert halls, opera houses, cinemas, arenas and event spaces, with the backstage, foyers and dressing rooms that come with them. Theatres, arenas and venues across Europe.
Andrej Bagar Theatre, Nitra
Theatre, arena & venue
Modern theatre building in Nitra with a 577 seat main hall and a studio of 120 to 150 seats in a variable layout, plus foyers and backstage areas.
Capacity: 577
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House of Arts, Piestany
Theatre, arena & venue
Cultural and social centre on the Ivan Krasko embankment built between 1974 and 1979 to a design by Ferdinand Milucky, with a concert hall, foyers and terraces.
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Reduta, Slovak Philharmonic
Theatre, arena & venue
Historic concert building in the city centre, restored, with a 708 seat concert hall, a 200 seat small hall and representative rooms used for receptions and congresses.
Capacity: 708
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Slovak National Theatre, Historical Building
Theatre, arena & venue
Theatre of 1886 by Fellner and Helmer, a protected monument whose facade, auditorium, entrance foyer and first floor salon survive in their original form.
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State Theatre Kosice
Theatre, arena & venue
Neo-Baroque theatre of 1879 to 1899 on the main square of Kosice, with a lyre shaped stage and a painted ceiling of scenes from Shakespeare.
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House of Culture ZSR, Zvolen
Theatre, arena & venue
Railway workers' cultural and social centre in Zvolen, with an auditorium, club rooms and socialist era public interiors.
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Slovak National Theatre, New Building
Theatre, arena & venue
Seven storey theatre complex of over two thousand rooms near the Danube, with an opera and ballet stage, a drama stage and a studio space.
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Hotels and interiors in Slovakia 5
Hotels, spas and their lobbies, ballrooms, bars and corridors, including closed or seasonal properties that can take over a whole unit. Hotels and interiors across Europe.
Grand Hotel Stary Smokovec
Hotel & interiors
Mountain hotel of 1904 in the High Tatras below Slavkovsky stit, the first large hotel in the range, with period public rooms, a dining hall and timber detailing.
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Hammam Thermal Spa, Trencianske Teplice
Hotel & interiors
Turkish bath completed in 1888 in a spa town, with a tiled bathing hall lit through three glazed cupolas and Moorish arcades and decoration.
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Hotel Devin
Hotel & interiors
Functionalist hotel of 1954 on the Danube embankment by the architect Emil Bellus, a protected landmark whose interiors have been used by production companies before.
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Piestany Spa Island
Hotel & interiors
Island spa quarter on the Vah with thermal springs at 67 to 69 degrees, mud baths, colonnade buildings, an open air thermal pool and a landscaped park with fountains.
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Former Spa at Sobrance
Hotel & interiors
Decaying spa grounds in eastern Slovakia with empty Soviet era buildings and the surviving Varady villa from the earlier spa period.
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Houses and apartments in Slovakia 4
Private houses, villas, apartments and period interiors available for filming, from workers' housing to architect-designed homes. Houses and apartments across Europe.
Mlada Garda Student Dormitory
House & apartment
University hall of residence of 1954 by the architect Emil Bellus, a large symmetrical block with courtyards, canteen and long repeating room corridors.
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Apartment in the Centre of Bratislava
House & apartment
First floor apartment of 200 square metres reached by lift, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large open plan living room, kitchen and dining area with high ceilings.
200 sq m, lift access, three bedrooms, two bathrooms plus guest toilet, air conditioning, high speed wifi.
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Original 1930s Villa, Palisady
House & apartment
Detached 1930 house in the Palisady district of the Old Town, partly altered in the 1970s and otherwise unchanged, offered to productions with parking at the house.
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Zehnhaus Colony
House & apartment
Workers' housing colony of 1902 on Palarikova Street, ten symmetrical blocks with bare brick facades, high windows and tall rooms, listed as a national cultural monument.
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Historic towns and streets in Slovakia 4
Old towns, squares and streets that can double for a period without dressing out a modern skyline. Historic towns and streets across Europe.
Banska Stiavnica
Historic town & street
UNESCO listed mining town in central Slovakia, with a preserved medieval core on steep slopes, two castles, mine buildings and artificial water reservoirs.
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Bardejov
Historic town & street
UNESCO listed town in eastern Slovakia with a walled Gothic centre, a long market square of burgher houses and an eighteenth century Jewish suburb.
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Bratislava Old Town Streets
Historic town & street
Compact medieval centre of narrow lanes, squares and Baroque townhouses, largely pedestrian and close to the Danube.
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Levoca
Historic town & street
Walled town in the Spis region with a Renaissance square, town hall, Gothic church and streets of preserved merchant houses.
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Film studios and backlots in Slovakia 3
Sound stages, backlots, water tanks and virtual production volumes you can hire, with the crew base and power that go with them. Film studios and backlots across Europe.
A4 Studio
Studio & backlot
Film and television stage of 70 by 30 metres and 9.5 metres high, about 2,100 square metres in total, with LED video walls, an Unreal Engine wall, Spidercam rig and parking for 600 cars.
Stage 70 x 30 m, 9.5 m height, 2100 sq m plus support areas, LED video walls, studio lighting, sound, Spidercam, hotel and restaurants nearby, parking...
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Koliba Studios
Studio & backlot
Slovakia's largest studio complex at the foot of the Small Carpathians, with sound stages, technical buildings, stores and 87,000 square metres of grounds used by broadcasters and production companies.
Shining Studio
Studio & backlot
Studio and lighting rental base in Stupava north of Bratislava, listed by the Slovak Film Commission under studios and equipment rental.
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Castles and estates in Slovakia 3
Castles, fortresses, manor houses and country estates, usually with grounds, outbuildings and period interiors in one place. Castles and estates across Europe.
Bojnice Castle
Castle & estate
Romantic castle rebuilt in the nineteenth century in French style, a national cultural monument with decorated interiors, a park, a cave beneath it and a zoo alongside.
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Orava Castle
Castle & estate
Castle on a rock above the Orava river combining Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque work, on several levels linked by stairs and terraces.
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Spis Castle
Castle & estate
One of the largest castle ruins in Europe, built from the twelfth century on a limestone hill, with several courtyards, curtain walls and open views over the Spis plain.
Seen in: Dragonheart, Kull the Conqueror, The Last Legion, The Lion in Winter
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Bars, restaurants and shops in Slovakia 3
Cafes, bars, restaurants, markets, shops and shopping streets, the everyday interiors a schedule eats through quickly. Bars, restaurants and shops across Europe.
Nivy Market and Bus Station
Bar, restaurant & shop
Shopping centre with an indoor market hall and restaurants built over the international bus station, with a planted roof used as a public park.
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Salvator Pharmacy
Bar, restaurant & shop
Working pharmacy in the Old Town with Baroque fittings more than 300 years old, a national cultural monument used for period filming.
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Sky Bar Bratislava
Bar, restaurant & shop
Bar and restaurant on two upper floors above Hviezdoslav Square, with a glazed terrace and an open terrace in summer looking over the city centre.
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Villages and countryside in Slovakia 2
Villages, farmland, meadows and rural roads: open country with somewhere to put a unit base. Villages and countryside across Europe.
Cicmany
Village & countryside
Village of dark timber log houses painted with white geometric patterns, with 136 houses in the protected area and a folk architecture museum.
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Vlkolinec
Village & countryside
UNESCO listed hamlet in the Velka Fatra with log cottages, a wooden bell tower and unpaved lanes, kept as a folk architecture reservation.
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Hospitals, prisons and institutions in Slovakia 2
Working and disused hospitals, clinics, prisons, barracks and asylums: corridors, wards and cells that are close to impossible to fake convincingly. Hospitals, prisons and institutions across Europe.
Concrete Military Bunkers, Vysoka pri Morave
Hospital, prison & institution
Line of abandoned 1930s Czechoslovak border bunkers on flat ground along the Morava river, set 150 to 400 metres apart, modelled on French fortifications.
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Fortress of Komarno
Hospital, prison & institution
Large Austro-Hungarian fortification system on the Danube, with sixteenth century cores, nineteenth century casemates, barrack blocks, earth ramparts and long brick corridors.
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Modern architecture in Slovakia 1
Contemporary buildings with a strong shape: museums, concert halls, campuses, glass towers and brutalist concrete. Modern architecture across Europe.
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum
Modern architecture
Modern art museum on a spit of land in the Danube south of Bratislava, with white gallery halls, a sculpture park and a roof terrace over the river.
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Mountains and wilderness in Slovakia 1
Mountains, moors, volcanic ground, glaciers and empty terrain, where access and weather decide the schedule. Mountains and wilderness across Europe.
Strbske Pleso
Mountains & wilderness
Glacial tarn at 1,346 metres in the High Tatras, 19.8 hectares in area, frozen for about 155 days a year, with hotels, ski jumps and mountain paths around it.
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