Thursday, 8 October 2026 – On the last day, the students wrote down what they had experienced. But first, Deputy Mayor Martin Majling welcomed them in the Cikker Hall of the Old Town Hall. Then it was time to say goodbye.
On the last morning, everyone met once more in the town centre. At 9 a.m., Deputy Mayor Martin Majling welcomed the groups from Augsburg, Kraków and Banská Bystrica in the Cikker Hall (Cikkerova sieň) of the Old Town Hall. In a short conversation, the students told him about the places in central Slovakia they had visited and about what they had learned during the week.
After that, the teams stayed in the Cikker Hall to write down their experiences and their new knowledge. They worked on the daily reports and on a joint presentation. The posts on this blog are based on this work.
At 11 a.m., the Polish group left for home, and the German group followed an hour later. After a week with the host families, saying goodbye was hard for many of them.
The week covered 500 years of history: from Jakob Fugger, the richest man in Europe in his time, and the copper of Banská Bystrica to the metals in our smartphones. The students worked, did research and celebrated together in mixed teams from three countries.
The students themselves said that the week was, above all, a fun way to learn about the world of raw materials – or, in the words of one team, “an amazing opportunity to learn in a fun way about how the world of raw materials works.”
Many thanks to ZŠ Moskovská 2, the host families, the town of Banská Bystrica, all our local partners and the Erasmus+ programme, which made IFYC26 possible.
