List of author's articles
Slovak Matters: When I am mimo
From bears to ladders, at least all the accidents make for funny stories.
Slovak Matters: A guide to the Spiš dialect
You may have learned Slovak, but it may not help you much when trying to understand its dialects.
How I came to appreciate (some) Communist-time architecture (from our archive)
The Communist-era architecture of Petržalka isn't so bad. It is, at least, more attractive than the American strip mall.
Brhlovce: At home in a rock (from our archive)
The rock dwellings are Brhlovce’s main attraction.
Do not try this at home, I am a professional tourist (from our archive)
Here‘s what can happen while hiking from Banská Štiavnica to Sklené Teplice.
Špania Dolina: Cultural treasure
A hiker’s heaven and a show-case for folk architecture with well-preserved miners’ houses.
Banská Bystrica: Capital in spirit (from our archive)
A beautiful old town, majestic mountains and a war museum.
Štúrovo: The great misnomer (from our archive)
Esztergom boasts of both an enormous basilica and a popular aquapark.
Komárno: A city on the edge (from our archive)
Europe Place is the embodiment of Komárno‘s pro-European attitude.
Skalica: Hospitable frontier town (from our archive)
Skalica is the most unjustly overlooked city in Slovakia with mediaeval architecture, original pastry and good wine.
Beckov Castle: Cliff ruins
The remains of the castle are perched high atop a 100-metre cliff.
Piešťany and spa: Take it easy
The most famous spa town in Slovakia has attracted visitors for more than two millennia.
Home of the Bloody Countess (from our archive)
Erzsébet Báthory was a barbaric torturer who drained virgin girls of their blood and then bathed in it.
The prettiest castle in Slovakia (from our archive)
A fairy-tale castle with peach-coloured outer walls and impressive neo-gothic turrets, Bojnice castle is a Slovak jewel.
Thank heavens for Trenčín (from our archive)
The prettiest of Slovakia’s big cities is home to the grandest castle in the country.
Presidential treatment (from our archives)
The manor house where all the most important Czechoslovak figures stayed.
Uhrovec: One very important house (from our archive)
The place where two of Slovakia’s most significant historical figures were born.
Nitra: A city of firsts (from our archive)
Nitra will always be one of the most important Slovak cities and tourist attractions for one simple reason: It was the first Slovak city.
To love or to hate Bratislava (from our archive)
Old and new, revered and jeered, the Slovak capital is a fascinating - if not always lovely - mixture of culture and history.
Being a professional tourist
For six months in 2002, I had the best job in the world: As editor of the Spectacular Slovakia travel magazine, I got paid to travel around the country, soak in natural hot springs, hike (and stumble) down snow- and mud-covered trails, scale mountain tops and explore castle ruins, talk to friendly locals in every region, hike from one obscure village to another … and then write about it.
- Thank heavens for Trenčín (from our archive)
- To love or to hate Bratislava (from our archive)
- The prettiest castle in Slovakia (from our archive)
- How I came to appreciate (some) Communist-time architecture (from our archive)
- Slovak Matters: A guide to the Spiš dialect
- Adopting a Slovak child: A beginners guide
- Slovak Matters: When I am mimo
- Last Week: Fico went to Moscow and he has a new talking point
- Pay to play?
- Charges dropped against Fico adviser tied to organised crime case
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Slovak Roots: reconnecting with the distant past and heritage
- Slovakia find rhythm against Slovenia to claim first World Championship win Video
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- Pay to play?
- Last Week: Fico went to Moscow and he has a new talking point
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- Escape from the Slovak depression: Is housing in Austria worthwhile?
- Pay to play?
- Last Week: Fico went to Moscow and he has a new talking point
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- ‘Appeasement emboldens dictators’: Ukraine’s ambassador on Russia, memory and war
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Pay to play?
- Last Week: Fico went to Moscow and he has a new talking point
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Fico to meet Putin in Moscow, defying EU’s united front on Ukraine
- He thought his family died in the Holocaust. Then a phone call changed everything.
- Slovak property prices rise at fastest pace since 2022 as cities lead recovery
- Last Week: Fico went to Moscow and he has a new talking point
- Charges dropped against Fico adviser tied to organised crime case
- Slovakia find rhythm against Slovenia to claim first World Championship win Video
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Former Cardinal Prevost was set to visit Košice and Levoča. Will he come as Pope?
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