Košice
The second largest city in
Slovakia, after the capital
Bratislava, and another industrial centre of the country (but also a university town).
I haven't been there yet, but I know that
“Authentic Slovakia” run so-called post-socialist tours there. And if their
equivalent tour in Bratislava is anything to go by, the ones in Košice are bound to be pretty good too.
I'll report back in more detail once I've managed to go on one of these tours next time I'm further east in Slovakia (there are other reasons to visit the area, especially
Dukla Pass).
Location: in the east of
Slovakia, some 15 miles (25 km) north of the border with
Hungary and a good 40 miles (65 km) west of the border with
Ukraine.