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Experience Bratislava in Slovakia in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BratislavaIndividual Sights in BratislavaSight 1: Slovak National Theatre
The Slovak National Theater is the oldest professional theatre in Slovakia, consisting of three ensembles: opera, ballet, and drama. Its history begins shortly after the establishment of the first Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. It is located in the capital, Bratislava.
Sight 2: Umelecká galéria SVÚ
The Slovak Art Forum is a building in Bratislava at Dostoevsky Street 2, built in 1924-1926 for the purposes of the Slovak Art Association. The architects of the building were Alois Balán and Jiří Grossmann.
Sight 3: Kačacia fontána
The Duck Fountain is a national cultural monument located on Šafárik Square in Bratislava. The fountain, together with its individual parts, is registered in the Central List of Monuments. The buildings were declared a national cultural monument on October 23, 1963. According to some sources, it is the most popular fountain in Bratislava.
Sight 4: Palác Robotníckej zdravotnej poisťovne
The Palace of the Workers' Health Insurance Company is an apartment building in Bratislava's Old Town on Sienkiewiczova Street No. 1. The institution was founded in 1892. It is one of the national cultural monuments.
Sight 5: Church of St. Elisabeth
The Church of St. Elizabeth, commonly known as Blue Church, is a Hungarian-Secessionist Catholic church located in the eastern part of the Old Town in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia. It is consecrated to Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II, who grew up in the Pressburg Castle (Pozsonyi vár). It is referred to as "The Little Blue Church" because of the colour of its façade, mosaics, majolicas and blue-glazed roof. It was initially part of the neighboring gymnázium and served as the school chapel.
Sight 6: Divadlo P. O. Hviezdoslava
The Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Theatre (DPOH) is an independent non-profit organization in Bratislava. While it was one of the three headquarters of the Drama Department of the Slovak National Theatre until March 2007, from 17 October 2009 to June 2022 it was the artistic stage of BKIS, then known as the Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav City Theatre (MDPOH). After its restructuring, it has been operating independently since June 2022 and under its historical abbreviation.
Wikipedia: Divadlo Pavla Országha Hviezdoslava (SK), Website
Sight 7: Laurinská brána
Laurinc Gate was a medieval town gate in the historical Old Town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was built in the 14th century and demolished by the order of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in the 18th century together with most of the city walls, because the inner walls were limiting the town's growth. It was named after Saint Lawrence.
Sight 8: Galéria Nedbalka
Nedbalka Gallery is a non-profit organization founded in 2012. The gallery is located in a reconstructed historical building on Nedbalova Street in Bratislava. In accordance with the subtitle of the gallery – Slovak Modern Art, its representatives have set themselves the goal of gradually collecting, systematically processing and presenting works of art of the 20th century with an overlap to the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 21st century, which were created in Slovakia. The focus of the collection lies in painting, but sculpture and graphics are also represented in it.
Sight 9: Františkánska záhrada
The Franciscan Garden is a rectangular-shaped garden that is part of the Franciscan Church and Monastery in the Old Town of Bratislava.
Sight 10: Kostol Zvestovania Pána
The Franciscan Church is the oldest existing religious (sacral) building in the Old Town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The church was consecrated in the year 1297 in the presence of King Andrew III of Hungary. In the past, the church building served for larger gatherings of townspeople or Hungarian nobles. In 1526 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor was elected here to become the King of Hungary. During coronations, kings used to knight nobles as Knights of the Order of the Golden Spur in this church.
Sight 11: City Gallery of Bratislava
The Bratislava City Gallery is a gallery located in Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Old Town. It is the second largest Slovak gallery of its kind. The gallery is housed at the Mirbach Palace and Pálffy Palace.
Sight 12: GUnaGU
Gunaga is an alternative author's theater in Bratislava, founded in 1985.
Sight 13: Divadlo Arteatro
Arteatro was a theater located in the historical center of Bratislava in the premises of the Black Raven club near Franciscan Square. The theatre was founded by director Tomáš Roháč and dramaturge Saša Sarvašová in 2008. After Sarvašová left for the post of dramaturge of the Aréna Theatre in 2015, the theatre was led by director Roháč with actor Emil Leeger, until the theatre ceased to exist in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sight 14: Divadlo LA KOMIKA
The La Komika Theatre was established in 2015 as an independent theatre scene. It is based in Bratislava's Old Town on Michalská Street and as such is dedicated exclusively to the original creation of productions by its founder Karol Vosátek. Its auditorium has a capacity of almost 100 seats. The original plans counted on 15 to 22 performances per month and the expansion of the comedy genre to include cabaret. [citation needed]
Sight 15: Kaplnka sv. Kataríny
The Chapel of St. Catherine from 1311, is located in the city district of Bratislava-Old Town, on Michalská Street. It is situated in the development of other houses. The Chapel of St. Catherine is the oldest Gothic chapel in Bratislava. Its construction began in 1311 by the Cistercian monk Francis of Columba. It was completed in 1325, when it was consecrated by Andrew, bishop of the Capital Belgrade.
Sight 16: Museum of Jewish Culture in Slovakia
The Museum of Jewish Culture is a museum in Bratislava, Slovakia, which focuses on the history of the Jews in Slovakia. Opened in 1993, it is a component of the Slovak National Museum, and its director is Pavol Mešťan.
Sight 17: St. Nicholas church
St. Nicholas Church in Bratislava is an Orthodox church situated on the castle hill next to the Bratislava Castle in Podhradie the historical part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The church was built in 1661 by Paul Pálffy's (1589–1655) widow Countess Frances, née Khuen. It is an early baroque building built on the place of original Gothic church below the Bratislava Castle. The church is consecrated to St. Nicholas, the patron of sailors. His statue is situated in the stone niche above the main entrance to the church. The church is a protected cultural monument.
Sight 18: House at the Good Shepherd
The House of the Good Shepherd is a narrow, Rococo-style building in Bratislava, Slovakia, located in the Old Town below Bratislava Castle. It was built in 1760–1765 by notable Bratislava master-mason Matej (Matthäus) Hollrigl. The townhouse was constructed for a local merchant and the lower part of the building was used for commercial purposes, the upper part for living. It is one of the few buildings in the area below Bratislava Castle to retain their original state, mostly due to the demolition of much of the Jewish quarter in the 20th century.
Sight 19: Museum of Clocks
Bratislava Clock Museum – a museum documenting the history of clocks, watches and watchmaking in Bratislava from the late 17th century to the 19th century.
Sight 20: Bratislavské kultúrne a informačné stredisko
The Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre (BKIS) is a contributory organization of the Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava, which is located at Židovská Street No. 1. It was created by merging three municipal contributory organizations: the Municipal Cultural Centre, the Bratislava Information Service and the Park of Culture and Leisure.
Wikipedia: Bratislavské kultúrne a informačné stredisko (SK), Website
Sight 21: Prepoštský palác
The Provost's Palace is a house in Bratislava's Old Town on Kapitulská Street. In the courtyard of the palace there is a sculpture of St. Elisabeth from 1907, which was carved from stone by the sculptor Alojz Rigele on the spot. The palace and the sculpture group are among the national cultural monuments.
Sight 22: Lisztova záhrada
Liszt's Garden is a garden in the Old Town of Bratislava behind the houses on Kapitulská, Ventúrská, Prepoštská and Farská streets near the University Library.
Sight 23: Academia Istropolitana
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The Universitas Istropolitana in Bratislava was arguably the third university to be found in the Kingdom of Hungary and the first university to be founded in the territory of present-day Slovakia. Despite its brief existence (1465–1491), it features prominently in Slovak historiography.
Sight 24: Keglevičov palác
Keglevich Palace is a Baroque mansion on Panska Street 27 in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is included among the National Monuments Reservation of the city and is also listed as a Cultural Real-estate Monument. The last reconstruction was in 1998, involving the roof and facade rendering. Following the reconstruction a new street was named Strakova Street. It is between Venturian Street and Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava).
Sight 25: Pálffyho palác
Pálffy Palace is a city palace and a national cultural monument of the Slovak Republic, registered under the identification number 101-37/1, located at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18 in Bratislava in the Old Town district.
Sight 26: Kaplnka Kristovho tela
The Chapel of Corpus Christi is a small Baroque sacral building located on Panská Street No. 11 in the historical center of Bratislava in the district of Bratislava I.
Sight 27: Balašov palác
Balaš Palace is a palace in Bratislava at Panská No. 15.
Sight 28: Palác Uhorskej eskontnej a zmenárenskej banky
The Eskontná banka building is an Art Nouveau palace in the very center of Bratislava in the central part of the Main Square in the Old Town. It is one of the national cultural monuments.
Wikipedia: Palác Uhorskej eskontnej a zmenárenskej banky (SK)
Sight 29: Man at Work
Čumil is one of the most famous statues in Bratislava and one of the biggest attractions in the city center.
Sight 30: Jesenákov palác
The Jesenák Palace is a three-winged Baroque palace in Bratislava, built for Baron Ján Jesenák on the foundations of an older medieval house. On the corner there is a stone cartouche with the coat of arms of the original owner. The house had supporting pillars facing the square, which were removed at the end of the 19th century. In the pillars, they found secondarily used Romanesque capitals.
Sight 31: Maximilian Fountain
The Roland Fountain is a Roland statue and the most famous fountain in Bratislava, Slovakia, as well as one of the city's important landmarks. It is located in the Old Town, in the Main Square.
Sight 32: Palugyaiho palác
Paluďai's Palace is a house and a national cultural monument on the corner of the Main Square and Zelená Street in the Old Town of Bratislava. In Bratislava there is another palace with the same name Paluďai Palace (Pražská).
Sight 33: Mariánsky stĺp
The Marian Column on Franciscan Square is a Baroque building monument located in front of the main entrance to the Church of the Most Holy Saviour on Bratislava's Franciscan Square.
Wikipedia: Mariánsky stĺp na Františkánskom námestí (Bratislava) (SK)
Sight 34: Kostol Najsvätejšieho Spasiteľa
The Holy Saviour Church also called the Jesuit Church, is an originally protestant church from the 17th century on the Franciscan Square in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. Today, the church belongs to the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuit Order.
Sight 35: Bratislava City Museum
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The Bratislava City Museum is a museum in Bratislava, Slovakia, established in 1868. Its headquarters are located in the Old Town, near the Main Square at the Old Town Hall. The museum is owned by one of the 11 allowance organizations of the City of Bratislava.
Sight 36: Apponyiho palác
Apponyi Palace is a prominent monument in Bratislava, Slovakia, adjacent to the Old Town Hall. Its address is Radničná 577/1.
Sight 37: Ganymedova fontána
The Ganymede Fountain is a neo-baroque fountain located on Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava.
Sight 38: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, also called the Church of the Canonists of Notre Dame in Bratislava, is part of the complex of the Notre Dame Canonry School in Bratislava in the Old Town district, near the historic building of the Slovak National Theater.
Wikipedia: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie (Notre Dame) (SK)
Sight 39: Slovak Philharmonic
The Slovak Philharmonic or Slovak State Philharmonic is a Slovak symphony orchestra based in Bratislava. Founded in 1949, the orchestra has resided since the 1950s in the Baroque-era Reduta Bratislava concert hall constructed in 1773.
Sight 40: Reduta
Reduta is a neo-style building on the corners of Mostová, Palackého and Medená streets in Bratislava between Hviezdoslavovo Square and Ľudovít Štúr Square.
Sight 41: Maldeghemov palác
Maldeghem's Palace is a palace in Bratislava's Old Town at 12 Hviezdoslavovo Square, next to the Nester Palace.
Sight 42: Most SNP
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Most SNP, commonly referred to as Most Slovenského národného povstania or the UFO Bridge, and named Nový most from 1993 to 2012, is a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the world's longest bridge to have one pylon and one cable-stayed plane.
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