• Location: Námestie osloboditelov
• Foundation: 1909
• Demolition: 1939

On the 30th May 1909 the Kino Uránia, one of Košice’s first cinemas, opened its doors for the first time. Soon after it had been renamed to Bio Radio. It was located on today’s Liberation Square where the shopping centre Aupark can be found.

The cinema – which was mainly built due to the initiative of city counsellor and film enthusiast Lajos Ékes Körmenda – had a capacity of more than 700 seats, the tickets were divided into three price categories. Instead of lengthy drama productions, Kino Uránia preferred to show documentaries, news and scenes from everyday life.

In the last years of its activity, Kino Uránia had become less popular, and it was pejoratively called “rats’ cinema”, as the small rodents had slowly overtaken the building. In 1939 the cinema stopped operating and was subsequently torn down.

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