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New markings for parking places in Petržalka.

Bratislava launches registration for regulated parking scheme

The city-wide parking policy will start in the first three zones on January 10, 2022.

Trenčín covered in Christmas lights on November 29, 2021.

Weekend: Ježiško's Christmas Post Office is open, expecting letters from around the world

Make yourself comfortable and explore what has been going on in Slovakia in the past days.

Zebras in the Bratislava zoo.

A giraffe, zebra, llama, or camel. Would you date them?

Bratislava Zoo offers Christmas dates with animals.

Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen loved travelling, but he did stay long in Bratislava

Yes, Andersen visited Bratislava. The rest is just fairy tales

The famous Danish author found inspiration for The Little Match Girl in the Slovak capital, people have been told for years.

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Waydanovský House, today Martineum, after reconstruction.

Historical house near Bratislava cathedral no longer needs to hide behind Van Gogh

The Waydanovský House, now Martineum, will serve as the background facility for St Martin's Cathedral. Take a look at how it looked in the past and now.

Cinemas and other cultural venues can re-open as of Monday.

No popcorn here! Bratislava’s well-known cinema has been on the scene for a decade

Being welcoming towards minorities or disadvantaged groups is a given for the cinema.

The new observatory between Marianka and Rača

New animal observatory set in nature opens near Bratislava

The wooden structure is located between Marianka and Rača.

The interactive exhibition Elements of Art is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Žilina Music Conservatory on November 18, 2021.

Weekend: US basketball players score big in Slovakia

A potential Christmas present, one hike, nice sports stories, and more. Dive into reading this week's roundup.

Slovakia's only LGBTI sports club, Lotus Flowers, brings the LGBTI community and their allies together, and even some anti-LGBTI people.
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Slovak gay sportspeople live among us

A decade ago, gay people founded their own sports club, Lotus Flowers, in Bratislava.

The fountain in its current shape and visualisation of its refurbishment.

The biggest fountain in Bratislava will gush water again

The Družba fountain on Námestie Slobody Square will be renovated after 40 years. Take a look at what its dilapidated interior looks like before the reconstruction.

Singer Anthony Kiedis during the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 3, 2019.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Bratislava next summer

Tickets for their June 2022 concert are now on sale.

The 2021 Slovak Film Week will be held at Cinema Lumiere on 4 Špitálska Street in Bratislava.
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Bratislava will celebrate Slovak films that premiered in 2020

People can vote for the best 2020 Slovak film productions by December 5.

US opera singer Lawrence Brownlee during his 2012 concert in Bratislava.
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With high C's, US opera stars may blow the roof off Bratislava's Reduta

Opera singers Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres will perform in Bratislava in early December.

The Christmas markets in Bratislava will not take place in 2021.

Bratislava Christmas markets cancelled due to pandemic situation

Sellers would not make any profits under the currently-set conditions.

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Almost 2,800 flats were completed in Bratislava in 2020

The pandemic did not affect the construction of new residential real estate in the capital last year.

Aerial view of Bratislava from May 2021.
The new five-kilometre-long track is part of the SNP Heroes' Trail, which stretches from the Dukliansky priesmyk pass in the east of Slovakia to Devín Castle.

Bratislava runners and hikers enjoy a new Forest Park trail

The quickest way to reach the path is from the Horáreň Krasňany area.

The seat of the European Labour Authority in Bratislava

Young EU agency officially moves to Bratislava. Expectations are high

The authority will play an important role in tackling the latest labour market challenges, EU representatives agree.

The remnants of the Iron Curtain in Bratislava.

A Trabant, a milk truck and hitchhiking. People who made it across the Iron Curtain

People running from the Communist-era Czechoslovakia searched for holes, either physical or those in the guarding system.

The company Film Europe opened its first cinema Edison Filmhub in 2019 in Prague, the Czech Republic.

America’s greatest inventor will return to Bratislava. A new cinema will bear his name

The first Edison Filmhub opened in Prague in 2019, and the second will open in the Slovak capital next year.

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