Abstract:

Smart City solutions are these days applied not only in big, but also in small and medium sized cities in a wide variety of countries worldwide. Also municiplaties in the Slovak Republic are using to a different extent smart city solutions to improve the life of their people. The goal of this paper, based on the premises, that also small and medium sized cities can become Smart City, is to present and analyse good examples of Smart City solutions in the Slovak Republic. The focus will be on the city Kežmarok, which can be considered as a medium sized city and which by implementing existing Smart City solutions from third parties, but mainly by developing innovative solutions directly in the city, can be seen as good example and good practise in the respective field.
Keywords: Smart City, Slovak Republic, Kežmarok, Development.

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