When someone painted Bratislava's Slavín monument with Ukrainian colours at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the media talked about vandalism; Bratislava Mayor Matúš Vallo called it a ...

Slovakia’s Bratislava, one of Europe’s youngest capitals, was once a test bed for Soviet-era communism’s most ambitious architectural projects. Nowadays this underrated city is still fresh ...

by Rick Steves, May 22, 2024 | Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia and once a nearly desolate ghost town, is one of Europe's great urban success stories. Learn more here.