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Well, before arriving at the hostel I got lost in Petrzalka, on the other side of the Danube from the old city. This neighborhood is a sea of commie-block and it was very hard to find our way out since we couldn’t find any street-names and since all the buildings looked the same:



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Finally found our way to the city-center, we are going towards the futuristic-looking (well, at least once it was futuristic) Novy Most bridge:



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Bratislava has a street-car system. Notice the lack of car traffic, whether it’s in the city center or outside of it:



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Now photos of the quain old city-center:



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The St. Michael’s gate, once an entrance to the walled city:




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The Hlavne Nam:



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A street artist imitating the statue next to him:



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The Slovak National Theatre:



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The Hviezdoslavovo Nam is a very long plaza, that was probably created once the the canal surrounding the city’s wall were filled with hearth:



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A modern structure in the city center:



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A view of the Danube river from the Novy Most:



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St. Martin’s Cathedral. This is the church where Hungarian Kings were crowned for many centuries. In fact Bratislava had a large Hungarian as well as Germanic community in the past:




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The streets around St. Martin’s Cathedral:



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The Grassalkovich Palace (the palace of the president):



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The contrast between old and new street:



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The view from the hostel (again, notice the contrast between the foreground and the background buildings):



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The Kamenne Nam:



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The red roofs of Bratislava from the tower of the Old City Hall (I suggest the visit of the municipal museum: nice exhibits, interesting interiors, and the view from this tower is superb):



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From the castle looking towards the old city:




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Looking towards the sea of commie-blocks in Petrzalka:



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From the castle looking towards Austria (all the windmills are already in Austria):



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The New Bridge with a restauration UFO on the top. The bridge is unique because it is the longest suspension bridge in the world with only one pillar!

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This is the Dóm Sv. Martina or Cathedral of Saint Martin, the place of coronation of kings of the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Behind the Cathedral is a street where the church organisations are(Malthesian Knights, Charities etc):

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In the background you can see a gothic tower of the Saint Clare's Monastery.




I think that this building is the property of the church and they have no money for reconstruction, so instead of renting it with an agreement for reconstruction, they rather let it decay, like they do with many other buildinngs in Slovakia:

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Now comes the view from under the New Bridge:

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The Old Bridge, built in the 19th century, formely named The Bridge of Frantz Joseph, then destroyed by the Nazis during the retreat and rebuilt by the Red Army. In the background there is a new shopping center, Eurovea:

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A view of Bratislava from the Old Bridge:

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The Old Bridge, lookin to the Petržalka district, the most dense and most populated town/city district in Slovakia, on the area of 69km2 live over 120,000 citizens:


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View from the Apollo Bridge, on the right is the shopping center of Eurovea:

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OK, so Lets move to the Old Town, the historical center of Bratislava.

Firstly, we have here a church of Jesuits:

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Then the Castle at night:

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Austria Trend Hotel, a hotel a few meters from the Hodžovo Square, the place where the Presidential Palace is:


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And a nightlife of the Christmas time in the streets of Bratislava:

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On the last photo is the Michael's Gate, one of the city gates, the other were demolished or destroyed I think the man, or woman, responsible for this is Maria Theresia, who gave orders to demolish the city walls, but the time and the socialist era took its part.

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A bridge over the former water jump:

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Nowadays, there is a nice garden.




The Main Square with the tower of the Old Townhall and the Christmas Market:

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The other side of the square:

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And now some daytime photos:

The Klariská Street:

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IDK what the name of the street is, but it is the street where the Čumil statue is, the parallel street to the Hviezdoslavovo Square, where the Opera House(Old Building of Slovak National Theatre) is. There is the British consulate on the street.


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A church, IDK what it is, but it is right next to the Jesuits Church

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The Presidentual Palace:

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A saint:

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Michael's Gate:

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A gothic monastery on the Main Square:

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A narrow street between the city walls(former), next to the Michael's Gate:


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Atlas, bearing the weigth of the world on his shoulders:

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Opera House:

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Bratislava is known for its statues and urban legends around them, we have the Napoleon Soldier statue on th Main Square, a Paparazzi, Schöne Nazi and Čumil(Voyeur):

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It was a man that instead of working he sat and watched young ladies walking by and smiled on them.

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this is Schöne Nazi, a real man who was walking down the Corso and was very kind, he lived around the 70s.


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A Napoleonic Soldier who stayed in Bratislava for a girl and his army left him behind.

And the Paparazzi, a custom statue made for the Paparazzi Bar:

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I wish there were more bars like thin in Slovakia, who do care not only about the bar, but about the building as well.



The Primacial or Primate's Palace(primate was the prime bishop), it was the residence of Hungar bishops, in 1805 the fourth Peace of Pressburg between Austria and France was signed here after the famous napoleonic Battle of Austerlitz, then it was the place where the opening sessions of Hungarian Diet took place amd the April/March Laws were signed here as well.

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The tower og the Old Town Hall.

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The Good Shepherd's, the narrowest house in the world in the past:


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A statue of somebody on the Castle:

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The Castle:

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with the statue of Svätopluk, the king(although it is questionable if he really had the title of Rex) of the Great Moravia.

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And some photos from the Castle:

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And, last but not least, Bratislava Skyline from the Castle:

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On the left you can see the Slavín, a memorial of soldiers of the Red Army that gave their lifes for Bratislava's freedom.

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Now the view of the Main Train Station.

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Acibishop's palace.

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In the background you can see Petržalka and the windfarm in Austria.

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In the background is the Slovnaft Refinery.

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The Apollo Buisness Center and the Trinity project under construction(nowadays the Trinity I is completed and they are working on the cladding and building Trinity II, they are around the 14th floor. As the name suggests, the Trinity will be a cluster of highrises containing three buildings)

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A model of the National Bank of Slovakia(NBS):

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The atrium of NBS:

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And the exterior:

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Right next to the SNB is the building of Slovak Radio, a building built in 70s and unique for its shape of a upside-down pyramid:


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Not far from the NBS is the building of the City Buisness Center with the building of VUB Bank Tower:

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When talking about the buisness centers, we must not forget to mention the Apollo Buisness Center, named after a refinery, bombed during the WWII that stood on its place and provided work for many citizens of Bratislava, because of what many citizens died during the bombing.

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Not far away from the ABC is the Tower 115 or J&T Tower, the tallest inspired building in Slovakia(if the antenna/spire counts).


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When talking about highrises, the Three Towers are quite popular:

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And Lakeside Park

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And Polus City Center:


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Now let's take a look on Eurovea Galleria, a new shopping center on the riverfront.

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The last one is a statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, a slovak astronomer, minister of war, metheorologist, pilot and general of French Air Force.




And the last dominant of Bratislava I will show you, The Apollo Bridge.

Built in an unique way, constructed in a drydock and transported to its place by boats.

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The Devín Castle, the second castle of Bratislava:

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Bratislava Castle, the first castle of Bratislava

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From left to right: Manhattan, The Corn, Lakeside Park, Millenium Tower I

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Šancová Street and New(UFO) Bridge


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Kamzík TV Tower:

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And the WWII Memorial, Slavín:

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Just some buildings I like

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