Nitra wants to become the European Capital of Culture The town plans to build a transportable sauna. (Source: FOTOLIA) Trenčín and Žilina have also applied. Nitra has prepared a 60-page application that represents its vision to turn into a more lively and culture-oriented town. One of its visions includes building a sauna on wheels that can travel across the entire region, the MY Nitra regional newspaper reported. A movable sauna The 2026 ECOC title will be shared with a city in Finland. "That is why one of the projects for Nitra is a sauna," said Marián Tesák, the project manager of Nitra's proposal, as quoted by MY Nitra.