Bratislava the capital city of Slovakia

Bratislava - historically Pressburg and Pozsony is the capital of the Slovak Republic and, with a population of about 429,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.It and Vienna are also two of Europe's closest national capitals, at less than 60 kilometres apart.
Bratislava is the political, cultural and economic centre of Slovakia. It is the seat of the Slovak president, the parliament, and the executive branch of the government. It is home to several universities, museums, theatres, galleries and other important cultural and educational institutions. Many of Slovakia's large businesses and financial institutions are also headquartered in it.
The history of the city, long known by the German name Pressburg and by the Hungarian Pozsony, has been strongly influenced by people of different nations, namely by Austrians, Czechs, Germans, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary under the Habsburg Monarchy[5] from 1536 to 1783, and has been home to many Slovak, Hungarian and German historical figures
Bratislava is situated in southwest Slovakia, within the Bratislava Region. Its location on the borders with Austria and Hungary makes it the only national capital that borders two countries. It is only 62 kilometres from the border with the Czech Republic and only 60 kilometres from the Austrian capital Vienna.

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• Bratislava Old Town
• St. Martin's Cathedral
• Grassalkovich Palace
• Bratislava Castle

[olekman12]

wow :) so nice

everything is priettier than Warsaw

[jebus0000000]

I am Polish and I have been to Bratislava. I love Slovakia! The people are nice there and the girls are gorgeous. Wish to go there again some day.

[PetoHe2]

mesto je celkom v pohode, no Trojičný kostol vyzera hrozne!!.. už davno by to chcelo rekonstrukciu...

[MISINA375]

@michalthelion aslo, people, you dont live in a real world, slovaks never committed genocide on hungarians, on slovakia lives half milion of hungarians, and it was not about communists, hitler commited genocide on slovak jews because we were under german control in slovak state 1939-1945

[MISINA375]

@TheCsabika78 Pozsony, Pressburg was a smal harbor city before bratislava´s era, so slovaks made Bratislava so big a beautiful. You cant cry for a county which doesn´t belong to you, Try the realize that Indians cry for a America and claim that coutry is thier WTF

[gyurmikaa]

parlament.... wtf.. :D :D crazy

[gyurmikaa]

This is Bratislava?capital city??? omg xD xD

[michalthelion]

@TheCsabika78 no, it was 52% Jews, 30% Hungarians, 15% Slovaks, the rest gypsies and others. Yes, it was stolen by criminal communists who committed genocide on half a million of Hungarians in Czechoslovakia after the second world war.

[buginene]

certainly not as shown in eurotrip!

[PohjolaNorden]

I was with my friends in Vienna this autumn. We also visited this great city where Finland won ice hockey WC 2011. I liked the town. The center has a spirit of year 1700. Greetings from Finland.

[TheCsabika78]

POZSONY. Not Bratislava. wikipedia:

"Before World War I, the city had 42% German, 41% Hungarian and 15% Slovak population (1910 census)."

So this was also stolen, be proud for it!

[Haselmaus47]

@Haselmaus47 After the 3 years in Reutlingen, one of the first luther protestant Towns he went to Wien Vienna to Frohberger his student Musik Proffessor