Vlkolínec is about 10 km away from Ružomberok along a narrow road through the city district of Bílý Potok. The village of Vlkolínec represents the best preserved and most comprehensive urban complex of original folk buildings in Central Europe. The village was declared a monument reserve by the Slovak government in 1977 and on December 11, 1993 it was inscribed on the World Heritage List
One of the legends says that the name of the village Vlkolínec is derived from the occurrence of wolves in this locality; the coat of arms of the village is a heraldic rose with a coniferous tree on the grass. Probably the first written mention of the village of Vlkolínec is from 1376, when it is mentioned as one of the parts of the town of the “streets” of Ružomberok.
Folk architecture is typical for mountain homesteads, wooden log houses of the mountain type with plaster of pastel colors (white, blue, light ochre), the roofs are covered with wooden shingles
A modified stream flows along the settlement axis of the upper part of the settlement of Vlkolínec from north to south in wooden gutters. There is also a museum building in the village – the Peasant House, of the Liptov Museum in Ružomberok, with an exhibition of original housing, the use of household objects, and agriculture. There was also a school in Vlkolínec, which provided education probably from the 17th century.
At present, the village of Vlkolínec is still alive with a population of 35 permanent residents, who live in 18 houses out of a total of 55 houses.
