Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy located in North America, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. It has ten provinces and three territories, with Ottawa as its capital city. Canada has two official languages - English and French - with French predominantly spoken in Quebec and parts of New Brunswick, while English is spoken elsewhere except Nunavut where Inuit languages are most common. Geographically, Canada has a mix of flat granite areas and mountainous regions in the west, with climate varying considerably from mild summers to long, cold winters, especially in the northern Arctic.
Scotland is a country located in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 790 islands. Edinburgh is the capital and second largest city, known as a major financial center. Scotland has its own parliament and was the first UK country to ban smoking in public places. Geographically, Scotland covers 78,772 square kilometers and has lowlands where about three-fourths of Scots live, and highlands with the highest peak at 1343 meters. Sports popular in Scotland include golf, cricket, and football, while culturally Halloween, Scottish dialects, and the kilt are important traditions.
Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy located in North America, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. It has ten provinces and three territories, with Ottawa as its capital city. Canada has two official languages - English and French - with French predominantly spoken in Quebec and parts of New Brunswick, while English is spoken elsewhere except Nunavut where Inuit languages are most common. Geographically, Canada has a mix of flat granite areas and mountainous regions in the west, with climate varying considerably from mild summers to long, cold winters, especially in the northern Arctic.
Scotland is a country located in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 790 islands. Edinburgh is the capital and second largest city, known as a major financial center. Scotland has its own parliament and was the first UK country to ban smoking in public places. Geographically, Scotland covers 78,772 square kilometers and has lowlands where about three-fourths of Scots live, and highlands with the highest peak at 1343 meters. Sports popular in Scotland include golf, cricket, and football, while culturally Halloween, Scottish dialects, and the kilt are important traditions.
Paľo Habera is a famous Slovak singer, musician, composer and musical actor born in 1962 in Brezno, Slovakia. He gained fame in the 1980s as the leader of the band Team and has had a successful solo career since then. He is also known for his role as a judge on the TV show Superstar.
Štúr was a Slovak writer, politician, and linguist born in 1815 who played a key role in the Slovak national revival. He received basic education in his hometown before continuing his studies and later became deputy chairman of the Czechoslovak Company in 1835. Štúr died in 1856 after being injured during a hunting trip.
The United Kingdom has a total area of approximately 243,610 square kilometers. It is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth countries. The kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland were in personal union under King James VI of Scots starting in 1603, and various styles of music are popular in the UK, from indigenous folk music to heavy metal, with notable classical composers including William Byrd, Henry Purcell, and Benjamin Britten.
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, was an American author and humorist best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was born in Missouri but grew up in Hannibal, and many of his best-known works were set in the Mississippi River valley. Twain died in 1910 at the age of 74 in Connecticut, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most important American writers of the 19th century.
Ernest Hemingway was an American author and journalist known for his distinctive understated writing style that influenced 20th century fiction. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899 to a physician father and musician mother. Some of his most famous novels include The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Marek Hamšík is a famous Slovak footballer born in 1987 in Banská Bystrica. He currently plays for the Italian team SSC Naples and has represented Slovakia at various youth levels, including qualifying for the under-18 European Championship. Hamšík and his girlfriend Martina have a son named Christian.
4. Vígľaš- História Prvá písomná zmienka o obci pochádza z roku 1393. Obyvateľstvo Vígľaša sa živilo poľnohospodárstvom, včelárstvom a bola tu aj výrobňa syrov. V obci sa nachádza klasicistická zvonica postavená na začiatku 19. storočia. Podobne ako hrad aj táto je vyhlásená za kultúrnu pamiatku. Neďaleko nej si môžete pozrieť technickú pamiatku z roku 1906 – časť súpravy úzkokoľajovej železničky, ktorou sa zvážalo drevo z Kysliniek. Ďalšou pamiatkou obce je vyše 100-ročná budova železničnej stanice. Súčasťou Vígľaša je miestna časť Pstruša, v ktorej môžete nájsť zachovalé domy zo začiatku minulého storočia, vrátane starého mlyna.