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The Nová Tržnica market hall, on the edge of Bratislava's city centre, is now a national cultural monument.

Nová Tržnica market hall in Bratislava is declared a national cultural monument

The building has been dubbed the ‘mini-Pompidou Centre’.

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between November 10 and November 20, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

The only Slovak hotel ship is anchored in Bratislava. Now you can peek inside

The Albertina is 110 meters long, 7.5 meters high and 11.4 meters wide.

Visualisation of the new project of the former maternity hospital.

Former hospital in Bratislava centre to be turned into luxury residence

The maternity hospital was built between 1882 and 1884.

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between November 3 and November 13, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

The view from the roof of the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava.

Slovak National Gallery gears up to reopen after extensive refurbishment

The gallery will open its renovated Bratislava premises in mid December.

Beekeeper Tomáš Blaškkovič is taking care of bees on the roof of Einpark Offices in Bratislava's Petržalka borough.

Is honey from your office roof the best in the world?

Urban bees in Bratislava produce unexpectedly tasty – and healthy – honey.

Sandberg

Rare fossil site in Bratislava gets camera surveillance

The camera also provides views of the countryside around Sandberg

Illustrative stock photo

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between October 27 and November 6, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

Bratislava mayor Matúš Vallo (right) and Nové Mesto borough mayor Rudolf Kusý (left) are the two leading candidates for the future Bratislava mayor.

A last-minute guide to the Bratislava mayoral election

After many promises pledged, one of either Matúš Vallo or Rudolf Kusý, both well-known local politicians, is almost certain to become the next mayor of Bratislava.

Zuzana Čorejová as Carmen

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between October 20 and October 30, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

Salma Al Henami with her friend Paulína.

In this Slovak Muslim’s family, Islam is taboo and many hold anti-Islamic views

Al Henami loves both of her homelands, even if most Slovaks are not accepting of her Muslim community.

Illustrative photo.

In Bratislava, significant drop in demand for flats

The decrease comes on the heels of rising interest rates and inflation.

The site of the shootings in Bratislava.

Police ponder terrorism charges over shootings at Bratislava gay bar

The victims were not known to the gunman, investigators believe.

What the murder of two LGBT+ people in Bratislava reminds us of

It would hardly come as a surprise that the motive of the murder was hate.

Gunman who killed two people in Bratislava found dead

Juraj K., a radicalised Bratislava student, is behind the shooting.

A covered dead body following the October 12 shooting outside a gay bar on Zámocká Street near Bratislava Castle.

Two people dead after a shooting in central Bratislava

The incident happened outside a well-known gay bar near the castle, police not ruling out hate crime.

Some 800 people visited the Kolo reuse centre during the first day.

One person's trash is another person's treasure. Bratislava gets first reuse centre

Items available include a well-preserved rubber boat and a valuable violin.

A scene from "Dozens of Norths", a 2021 film by Koji Yamamura.

A talented director makes depressing animated films

Koji Yamamura, an Oscar-nominated animation director from Japan, was a guest at this year's Biennial of Animation Bratislava.

The less than lovely sight that currently greets visitors to Bratislava's main railway station.

Bratislava’s main railway station is getting a facelift

Full modernisation is still some way off.

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