Situated between Ruzomberok and Banska Bystrica Vlkolinec is one of the best examples of traditional rustical architecture of its kind in the region. Some houses are used as cottages (weekend houses), some are still settled by aborigines. There are many open air museums in Slovakia. But even if some villages preserved their architecture, this is the most compact unit. Listed on UNESCO world heritage list there are 45 homes which are mostly inhabited. The settlement is composed of typical hand hewn timber houses. On narrow parcels of land, there are buildings that merge with gardens to form the well preserved system of terraced fields you see all around the settlement. Buildings are arranged in rows; each beginning with a dwelling house, followed by the cowshed and stables and a barn at the end of the yard. The present population of Vlkolinec reaches 20. In the village there is also a museum - Farmer´s house featuring the original dwelling, and the information centre.





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Church of the Visit of the Virgin Mary of 1875


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The wooden Bell Tower of 1770 built with wooden logs


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The colors of houses walls includes mostly blue, white and yellow


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