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  House of the European Union
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  • House of the European Union
      House of the European Union
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  • East Slovak Museum
      East Slovak Museum
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  • St. Elisabeth Cathedral by night
      St. Elisabeth Cathedral by night
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  • Singing fountain by night
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  • Building at Hlavna ulica
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Srdce mesta/Core of the city   Bratislava

Srdce mesta/Core of the city, Bratislava

 93 Reviews  I visited Bratislava in wintertime just after christmas. I highly recommend taking a stroll around the Old Town in darkness. Most of the squares and historic buildings (e.g. St. Martin's Cathedral or... 

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Zaujímavosti/Attractions   Bratislava

Zaujímavosti/Attractions, Bratislava

 15 Reviews  This statue is very interesting for me as I always walk around with at least one camera and take many pictures (maybe now everybody clicks with the digital camera but I'm doing this since I had to... 

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Bratislavský hrad/Bratislava Castle   Bratislava

Bratislavský hrad/Bratislava Castle, Bratislava

 26 Reviews  It's always nice for a city to have a history and that is to have a castle somewhere on high grounds. Bratislava is no exception, it has the Hrad on the hill there. Because in January 2008 it was... 

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Nový most/New Bridge   Bratislava

Nový most/New Bridge, Bratislava

 12 Reviews  The problem with the New Bridge is that it delivers traffics directly to a highway that knifes directly through the center of Bratislava, dissecting the castle from the rest of the city. Cars, trucks,... 

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Kostoly/Churches   Bratislava

Kostoly/Churches, Bratislava

 12 Reviews  The building in this photo really was my favourite thing in Bratislava. It was the first place that caught my eye as we arrived early in the morning and somewhere I photographed two or three times as... 

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Slavin Memorial   Bratislava

Slavin Memorial, Bratislava

 3 Reviews  I mean the soldier crushing the swastika... I took this picture using the poor zoom lens of my expensive camera, and my more expensive arms but all I can see is a sort of flag up there. The good news,... 

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Múzeá/Museums   Bratislava

Múzeá/Museums, Bratislava

 4 Reviews  The Primate's Palace was the only public building ( apart from the National Gallery ) that I got time to visit both outside and inside. Outside it is a substantial and imposing neoclassical structure... 

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Important telephone numbers

by Skipka

Important Phone NumbersPolice 158 First Aid 155 Fire-Service 150 Road-Service 0123 Foreigner’ s Police 0961 011111 Information on Telephone Numbers 120, 121 Information on International Telephone Numbers 0149 Country Telephone Code + 421 Town code for Bratislava 02 and for other see the telephone list http://www.zoznamst.sk/eng/smer_tel_cisla.htmlIf you are calling within Slovakia, there is needed to dial zero, but if you are calling from abroad you don't dial itAt that site you also should find necessary phone numbers such as taxis, museums etc.You should buy telephone cards in magazine shops or in the post offices.

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Religion

by Skipka

However, it should look we are pretending something :) there is a strong influence of religion in our lives. Here in Slovakia major religion is Roman-catholics but there are huge communities also of Lutherans. So, I think that no matter who is where we all believe in God or in something other... but no one of us is without belief...Statistics says this :Roman-Catholics (60,4%), Lutherans and Evangelists of the Augsburg Confession (6,2%), Greek-Catholic (3,4%), Calvinists (1,6%), Without denomination (9,8%), Not specified(17,4%)

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A little bit of politics ..even I hate it ...

by Skipka

Political system: Parliamentary democracy President: elected directly for 4-year-period(now is already elected but not inaugurated president - Ivan Gasparovic)http://www.president.sk/pageMember of EU since May 1, 2004Member of NATO since March 29, 2004The Council of Slovak RepublicThe Chairman Jan Hrusovskyhttp://www.nrsr.sk/english/default.htmThe Slovak GovernmentPrime MInister: Mikulas Dzurinda http://www.government.gov.sk/english/Political parties (representatives in Council): SDKU:http://www.sdkuonline.sk/english/HZDS: http://www.english.hzds.sk/SMER:http://www.strana-smer.sk/en/ANO:http://www.ano-aliancia.sk/?view=article&id=29&lang=enKSS:http://kss.jaso.sk/

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Geographical facts

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Total area: 49 035 km2 Capital: Bratislava Length of state border: 1672 km Population: 5 403 000 (December 31, 2000) Population density: 110,1 (per 1 km2) Time zone: Central European Time (GMT +1 hour)The relief of the country is characterised by great differences. In central and northernSlovakia the countryside is hilly, it is covered with the Carpathian mountain range. The countryside of the southern and eastern Slovakia is low.Neighbouring countries and the length of the border on: Czech Republic (251,8), Hungary (668,6 km), Poland (547,1 km), Austria (106 km), Ukraine (98,5 km)The climate is mild with regular alternation of four seasons of the year. The averagetemperature is in winter - 2? C and in summer +21? C. January is the coldest month with night temperatures -10? C and -15? C, the warmest month is July with a daily maximum temperature of approximately +32? C. However, last...

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The Flag of Slovak Republic

by Skipka

As you can see more of the Slavic nations have similar flags because in general these three colors are typical in the symbolics of Slavs. The national flag of the Slovak Republic is composed of three horizontal stripes - white, blue and red (with white at the top, followed by blue and red). In the front section of the national flag is the national emblem of the Slovak Republic. Three colors symbolize innocence, hope and heart. The emblem itself represents the byzantinian cruise of Konstantin and Methodius and three hills represents mountains Tatra, Matra and Fatra.

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Go to Charlie's Pub, it's...

by Clarktr

Go to Charlie's Pub, it's kinda by Tesco, a good time can definitely be had for all. But that's in Bratislava alone, so venture shall you, venture to the crispy Tatra mountains, yes, I used the adjective crispy! Now for a cheap and fun skiing experience, go to a little town named 'Stary Smokovec', the name just rolls off the tounge don't it. Well, to all ye very few who will ever ever read this, go to Slovakia, it's good. I could never think of just one memory, probably the most fondest would be meeting my current girlfriend, she's great! But I think the best is just waking up on some obscure street corner and then straggeling back to the hotel, and rehashing the previous nights events with my cronies

The King of Madagascar

by Skipka

Since my childhood I know about the King of Madagascar, there was a famous tv serie about him and what you should want more as a child. I was eager for adventurous stories from the past and fights etc.. :) well, someone should say I am a boy :) but not. However, we should consider Moric Benovsky as a great VTer because if he should live now his VT map should be quite colorful. :) So, take a time and read a bit of him ... Count Moric Benovsky (20.9.1746 Vrbove - 23.5.1786, Madagascar), a typical representative of the period of the Enlightenment, the development of transport and trade, exploration of unknown regions, French colonel, Ruler of Madagascar, and the first Slovak author of a best-seller, was involved in the history of various countries. After being captured while fighting for the independence of Poland, he was deported to Kamchatka, where he organized his escape. His voyage to...

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Official Currency

by Skipka

So, here you can see colored papers :) called Slovak banknotes. There are 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 Slovak crowns, in Slovak "koruna". If you should wonder who or what is on them I should tell you briefly. 20 contains the Great Moravian Duke Pribina, 50 displays Cyril and Methodius, 100 presents the Master Pavol of Levoca where is the greatest gothic wooden altar in the whole Europe, 200 saves our first codifier of Slovak Mr. Bernolak who tried to establish the proper unified language on Western dialect, 500 is dedicated to Ludevit Stur codifier of Slovak language who based his work on Central Slovakian dialect and it is valid till now (of course with many changes but ..), 1000 presents Andrej Hlinka the priest who fight for Slovak rights, 5000 is telling the story of Milan Rastislav Stefanik, the generalissimo and astronomer, one of the iniciator of establishing the first...

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Official Currency 2

by Skipka

And here are some coins :))) Coins are in crowns and hallers :) so 10 hallers is the smallest :)) then 20, 50 .1, 2, 5 and 10 are crowns. 5 Skk presents first coins on our territory "Biatec".The value of 10 and 20 hallers are already a history. You can change them in the bank but they aren't used anymore. The lowest value is 50 hallers. Check this site

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Romantic place at sunset...

by diamond7

The better in Slovakia is just the nature; I have found this beautiful lake bank, in a little town named Sastin, near from Czech Republic border, on northwest country. Slovakia is a quiet country, so, is a good choose for persons who want relaxing time, or perhaps for couples in love, just for enjoy romantic places like this one…

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Top 3 Hotels in Slovakia

Marrol's Hotel Bratislava  Bratislava

 4 Reviews and 271 Opinions  This is definitely a luxury hotel experience for much less than a luxury hotel price. At check in we... 

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Bristol Hotel  Kosice

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Grandhotel Stary Smokovec  Vysoke Tatry

 2 Reviews and 24 Opinions  A luxurious hotel right in one of the small towns under the peaks of Vysoke Tatry. The forest... 

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Q:  I have to make a bank payment to SLovakia (to buy some coupons from the excellent outdoor adventure company 'Mutton', based in... 

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A: This should be IC, DIC, IC DPH (there are 'haseks' i.e. accents on the 'c', which this internet platform does not process) 

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