Normally when I tell friends and colleagues that I'll be traveling, the responses range from, "Can you pack me in your bag?" to "I've always wanted to go there." But their responses to my planned trip to Bratislava were completely unexpected and curious: "Bratislava? Why are you going there?" "Bratislava is so dirty and boring." "You should rethink your trip and head to Prague or Vienna instead." It turns out that Bratislava's negative reputation is completely undeserved. I spent four full days in Slovakia's capital and easily could've spent another five days or so bicycling along the Danube, hiking around the Devin Castle or in Bratislava Forest Park, taking in the sun along the man-made beach that's set up along the river each summer, enjoying the city's well established coffee culture, and sipping fine wines.
It's a petite capital that's replete with Art Nouveau detailing and peppered with contemporary art galleries, including one, Nedbalka, that's referred to as a mini Guggenheim and the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum that's dramatically set on a peninsula in the middle of the Danube.
Art also appears in some of the unlikeliest places in Bratislava. These photos are just a sampling of my findings in this picturesque, creative city.
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It's a petite capital that's replete with Art Nouveau detailing and peppered with contemporary art galleries, including one, Nedbalka, that's referred to as a mini Guggenheim and the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum that's dramatically set on a peninsula in the middle of the Danube.
Art also appears in some of the unlikeliest places in Bratislava. These photos are just a sampling of my findings in this picturesque, creative city.
