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Rusovce Dunaj (Danube) Dunaj MATADOR FACTORY SIGHTS LEISURE TIME MALÝ DRAŽDIAK LAKE SERVICES In 1904, a company was established for production of rubber A lake is a result of gravel extraction in the second half of the STARÝ MOST (THE OLD BRIDGE) goods. Semperit factory, later known as Matador, operated until the POLYGRAF SPORT CLUB MO – SUN: 10.00 – 20.00 20th century. Its irregular shape that is not controlled to a greater ex- The first permanent bridge across the Danube in Bratislava was 90’s of the 20th century. A large area near the train station, where there Between the Old Bridge overpass and the Apollo Bridge, there tent and so the lake can be seen as a naturally developing organism. built in 1889 and was named after the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz are also several unique enamel factory brick halls, is now the address of is a Polygraf Sport Club sport facility. The football stadium, which was It is used for fishing, skating, and you can find an authorised campfire Joseph I. (since 1919 Štefánik Bridge). In 1945, the bridge was destroyed numerous companies, tire repair shops, service stations and warehouses. built in the ´30s, is a home ground of FC Petržalka girls and under 18s places nearby. The lake is bordered to the north by a narrow barrier by retreating German army. In its place, the Red Army Bridge was con- teams. You can rest in the cafeteria, which offers a cheap and tasty ho- behind which there is a last residue of the original Croatian Channel. structed, renamed the Old Bridge after 1989. Due to its insufficient RENTAL me-made food. A small playground with slide and swings, three tennis technical conditions, the bridge was dismantled in 2014 and the new PETRŽALKA CEMETERY courts and beach volleyball playground are also a part of the facility. “old bridge“ with the footbridge for pedestrians, cyclists and a tramline Petržalka Cemetery is not just the final resting place of many child seats dog carriers connecting Petržalka to the city centre was opened in 2016. Petržalka residents, there are also a memorial and a mass grave of children tandem Jewish victims of fascism and memorial to the victims of World War I. road BIKES trekking LEBERFINGER MO – SUN: 10.00 – 24.00 child carriers mountain After the war and the evacuation of German troops in March 1945, guided The history of Leberfinger restaurant dates back to 1759, when five mass graves with 497 bodies inside were discovered behind the BIKE a tavern was founded at a major arterial thoroughfare – Vienna Road. north-west fence of the cemetery of those who did not survive a labor TOURS Renowned for its cuisine, popular dance parties and theatre performan- camp run by the Nazis. Surrounding of the cemetery consists of streets 125 ccm TYRŠOVO ENBANKMENT self-guided 50 ccm ces made the Leberfinger Inn favorite place of Bratislava residents. Since that are remains of old Petržalka. A few original houses and streets MOTO Petržalka waterfront is the scene of many cultural events. It hosts 1948, the building housed a vocational centre for chimney sweepers. give perspective of how Petržalka looked like before its transformation concerts and various cultural and social events. From the Propeler SCOOTERS In 1992, the building burned down and was abandoned. In 1998, the into a housing estate. pier nearly to the Arena Theatre, waterfront turns into sandy be- object was renovated and has been open as a restaurant since then. ach with deck chairs, bars, beach volleyball and other attractions Panenská 30, Bratislava City Center during the summer. On the pontoons and boats anchored on the www.bikebratislava.sk +421948884997 WAR CEMETERY Danube, different premises are situated – restaurant, pub, theater. AU CAFÉ SUN – WED: 10.00 – 01.00 / FRI – SAT: 10.00 – 02.00 War Cemetery from 1916 is located near the Austrian border, Reservation recommended On the waterfront there are also several memorials – Racism and The famous Au Café was opened in 1827 on the Danube riverside close to the BS-8 bunker. There are 331 soldiers of different nationalities Neo-Nazism Victims Memorial, Peace Treaties Monument or Arme- near Vienna Road, which was related to the construction of a boat MOST SNP (THE SLOVAK NATIONAL UPRISING BRIDGE) buried at the cemetery. They are the victims of World War I who died nian Genocide Victims Memorial. bridge over the Danube. At the beginning it was just a café, restaurant BAR + OBSERVATION DECK: 10.00 – 22.00 / RESTAURANT: 10.00 – 23.00 in nearby hospitals and lazarets. VEĽKÝ DRAŽDIAK LAKE services were added later in 1890. Building began to deteriorate in the A gravel deposit dug out in the second half of the 20th century has The SNP Bridge was built between 1969–1972. The bridge is topped ART ´60s until finally demolished in 1966. The idea was to build a congress become a popular recreational spot not just for Petržalka residents. with the UFO restaurant, which is one of the landmarks of Bratislava. hall instead, but the project was never accomplished. In 2003, a new During the season you can meet many fishermen here but a lake On the top of the restaurant, there is an observation deck, where building was erected at the same place that more or less respects the and its spacious banks serve primarily as a natural swimming pool you can enjoy panoramic views of the city. original design. These days you can find here a café with a restaurant during the summertime. There are lots of snack bars, restaurants, and have a romantic dinner in their summer garden. tennis courts, beach volleyball as well as hockey playgrounds and also water bikes rentals around the lake. A number of fish species lives ARENA THEATRE in the waters of the lake and there are swans and various species INCHEBA EXPO BRATISLAVA One of the oldest theatres in Bratislava. In 1828, a wooden outdo- of aquatic birds. When sufficiently thick layer of ice is created on The exhibition area Incheba, designed by the architect Vladi- or amphitheater – theatrical arena was constructed just outside J. Kráľ the surface of the lake, you can even skate here in the winter. Every mir Dedeček, was built between 1974 and 1986. Throughout the year, Garden. At almost the exact spot, the Arena Theatre was built in 1898. year, a festive ice swimming takes place here on Christmas Eve. exhibition halls are place of various exhibitions (CONECO, Motor Show, After World War II the theater was abandoned until 1996. At present Bibliotheca, Flora, ITF Slovakiatour, etc.), concerts, conferences and it hosts theatrical performances, concerts and regular live broadcasts social events. The area also includes a hotel and an office building. from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Behind the theater building, PETRŽALKA BUNKERS 15.00 – 19.00 a brick water tower can be found, serving as the theatre water supply Due to the ever intensifying threat from the Nazi Germany, the for- in the past and the tower brick house of its engineer stands nearby. tification system was being build up along the Czechoslovak border CHORVÁTSKY KANÁL (CROATIAN CHANNEL) from 1933. As the only integrated section of Czechoslovak border ORBIT OF PETRŽALKA It is an artificial channel built during the construction of housing fortification, Petržalka fortification reached high stage of comple- Even a newly built housing estate could not exist without pubs, as ROWING CLUBS estate and partly follows the route of the original Croatian branch tion of combat readiness. 16 from the original 25 heavy objects and th they are necessary resting place after a hard day‘s work as well as an th of the Danube that flowed through here back in the 18 century. Back in the 19 century, Petržalka side of the Danube was the several cable chambers have been preserved in the line that begins important points of social contact. Therefore, a network of pubs bearing The initial function of the channel was draining the underground place of sports. You could find not just football pitches and tennis courts at the Lafranconi Bridge continues along the border with Austria, While having a walk, you come across a large number of works names inspired by the elements of the solar system was established water, but in the course of time it turned into a unique bio-corridor here, but there were also a number of shipyards. While the only still passes through a housing estate along the Croatian Channel and of art that complement the public space. In between blocks of flats, at on the terraces in the ´80s. Some of them have already disappeared, providing refuge to many plants or animals, some of which belong functioning is a shipyard east of the Old Bridge, you will not want to ends near the Danube opposite Slovnaft . The majority of bunkers important junctions, in front of the public services buildings and inside some have retained the names but modernized their interior (Comet, to endangered and protected species. miss out two unique buildings of rowing clubs right next to the SNP survived the construction of housing estate and some of them are of them (schools, health centers, post offices, etc.), you can discover Neptune, Orion). And there are a few exceptions which have barely Bridge. The first was commissioned for the Slovak Rowing Club and currently in the care of voluntary organizations whose members various statues, sculptures, mosaics, and reliefs. At the time of the hou- changed. Not just facilities themselves but also the regular customers designed by the architect Emil Belluš, the second one for the German try to reopen them as public museums. Such is the BS-8 bunker, sing estate development an Act was in effect (1963–1989) that required and their atmosphere remains the same. Such examples are Jupiter pub Rowing Club was designed by the architect Josef Konrad. Both buildings, located in the vicinity of war cemetery or objects BS-4 and BS-6 at the builder to allocate a certain percentage of the price of construction on Gessayova Street and Meteor pub on Rovniankova Street. Do not be built in 1931, are a unique example of functionalist architecture in Slo- the Danube embankment near the border with Austria. (0.5 to 2%) to support the artistic installations. In Petržalka, you can afraid to enter. People are friendly and if you invite them for a “round“ vakia. Although the Slovak Rowing Club occupies its premises until find almost seventy different works of art. In addition to several works they will be pleased to have a chat with you and might even ask you to these days, the building of German Rowing Club is slowly deteriorating. made in the fashion of socialist realism, there is a large number of truly play a game of cards with them. progressive realizations from the ´80s represented across the housing CHURCH OF ST. FAMILY estate, many of them by major Slovak artists. This church entered the history of Petržalka on September 14, SAD JANKA KRÁĽA (JANKO KRÁĽ GARDEN) JUPITER MO – SUN: 10.00 – 22.00 2003, when the Mass served by Pope John Paul II took place here in It is the oldest public park in Central Europe. Founded in 1774-76, COMMITMENT TO THE POLITICAL PARTY the park replaced the original alluvial forest. Under the influence METEOR MO – SUN: 9.00 – 21.30 front of nearly 250 000 people. The square was later named in honor A statue by Ján Hučko from 1982 is a typical example of engaged of the Pope and you can find here also his bronze statue. of Baroque classicism, it was designed into the shape of octagonal star (called Sternallee – Star Alley), later in 1832 was his disposition socialist art. It represents a man holding a Soviet flag (with hammer adapted into English landscape garden. There are a many different and sickle) on his chest. LODGE AND CHAPEL IN STARÝ HÁJ (OLD GROVE) species of trees and shrubs with some exotic trees among them. LOST IN THOUGHT OR ZEN GIRL A large area of today’s Petržalka was studded with alluvial forests, Nearly two hundred years old London plane trees with girth up to A bronze sculpture from 1989 by Vladimír Havrilla depicts a me- some of which were then transformed into parks and groves, managed six meters are truly something special. Park is complemented by the ditating, kneeling woman on three stony blocks. by foresters who lived in lodges. One of the lodges stands near the ra- NÁMESTIE HRANIČIAROV (BORDER MEN SQUARE) elements of small architecture – on the central axis in the eastern cecourse until now. It was called Kokešova lodge and in the past it was part of the park you can find the upper part of the Gothic tower from This square is one of the more significant landmarks of Petržalka. SPRING a popular spot among the folks of Petržalka and also Bratislava as part the Franciscan church, moved here after an earthquake in the late It is often also referred to as its center. Police Headquarters are A stone statue of abstracted lying woman is the work of Peter of their Sunday‘s trips, as it provided quality catering services. Opposite 19th century. In the middle of the park a white statue of Janko Kráľ located here and a variety of shops and services can be found on Roller made in 1989. CHURCH OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS the lodge, there is a chapel with a stone cross hidden inside, fitted stands out from among the flowerbeds. There are twelve circle-shaped the terraces of houses. In the newly reconstructed park, there is Built in 1932, the church and vicarage was commissioned by the by people of Bratislava as a memorial to the great flood in the 1809. meeting points with the benches around the perimeter and a ball also a cornerstone of Petržalka, laid in April 1973. GIRLS architect Vladimir Karfík, working almost exclusively for Tomáš Baťa, sculpture of zodiac signs in the centre of each one of them. In the who helped with the implementation of the whole project. Using southeastern part of the park, there is a fountain depicting three A massive sculpture in the middle of the park, consisting of carved prefabricated parts (Baťa factories are made of) and with a minimal WALL FOR ANTI-TANK GUN doves. Along the perimeter of the southern and eastern parts of the figures of women, created in 1986 by Juraj Hovorka. budget, the project was finished in three and a half months time. Near Jantárová cesta (Amber road) on a meadow near the hos- SLÁVIA STU EQUESTRIAN CLUB park as far as to the Vienna Road, stands a preserved bastion built by METAL TREE The three-nave church with a basilica layout represents the ideals pital, a wall from reinforced concrete with a loophole for anti-tank gun Behind the University of Economics, the Slavia STU equestrian Austro-Hungarian army against Napoleon‘s army that „visited“ the of functionalist approach to architecture without any “unnecessary“ sticks out of the ground. Two such walls have also been preserved near club is located, where a prestigious international show jumping com- area twice, in 1805 and in 1809. Numerous military history clubs from A sculpture of tree from the early ´80s by Anton Vranka and Oľga decorative elements. The interior has retained the original features the BS-8 bunker. However, this one is interesting because of its location petitions Grand Prix Bratislava takes place every year in August, Their all across Europe participate in a battle reenactment that takes place Vranková is made from metal parts leaning one against another and such as the altar, benches and confessionals and is dominated by right in the middle of a housing estate. The wall was built by the Ger- tradition dated back to 1965. The area is adjacent to the Slavia Agrofert in the park every June on the anniversary of Bratislava bombardment. holding together without the use of bolts or welds. MO – SUN: 10.00 – 22.00 (SAT: 10.00 – 23.00) a wooden cross by Bratislava sculptor Alojz Rigele. man army between 1944–45 as part of the so-called Southeastern Wall. sports center and Tarpan restaurant. LIPA PUB MONUMENTAL MURAL “PEACE” Opposite the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross stands a low Seven huge side walls of 12-storey block of flats were once covered building where Lipa Pub has been situated since the ´60s. It is the CURIOSITIES by monumental murals but began to disappear under the external only original public house that survived demolition of old Petržalka VILLA OF THE ENAMEL FACTORY PRESIDENT SPORTS ACTIVITIES wall insulation. The only one has been preserved when repainted and its change into housing estate. Opposite the railway station, in the shadow of the recently built In the 19th century, the Petržalka bank of the Danube was booming on the newly insulated facade in 2015. Its title is Peace and was Vienna Gate Centre lies a brick building. It is a villa built in the early with tennis clubs, shipyards, football fields. Although the situation is designed by Jozef Porubčin in 1985. 20th century with the use of fachwerk technique (half-timbered walls) a bit different today, Petržalka still has a unique potential to become and it was a property of the president of the Sphinx enamel factory. a sports and recreational hotspot of Bratislava, as it was in the past. FOOD Shipyards on the waterfront face the constant threat of closing down, There is a plenty of catering establishments in Petržalka, you can find due to the planned construction opposite Eurovea. But Petržalka part here anything from gourmet food, fast food, ordinary restaurants, pizze- of the dam barrier is popular among cyclists and skaters. Veľký Draž- rias to renowned places offering high quality standard of services (Liviano diak surroundings offer many opportunities for sports (tennis, beach and Fou Zoo). Try for example a restaurant on Fedinova Street. Do not volleyball, swimming, rowing, etc.). You can jog around the lake (its be fooled by the its name Pizzeria Tiffany – sure they have pizza on perimeter is about 2 km), practice Street Workout on its north side or the menu, but that also includes delicious Serbian specialties such as play a game or two of pétanque on the Danube riverside next to the cevapi, pljeskavica or karadjordjeva steak. The chef is of Serbian origin Au Café restaurant. and the restaurant has a pleasant and original atmosphere. If you are RACECOURSE up to “street food“, do not miss a stand at Námestie hraničiarov where SKATEPARK they prepare for you a great take away “Petržalka langoš” (deep fried VIEDENSKÁ CESTA (VIENNA ROAD) Petržalka horse racing tradition dates back to 1902. The current flat bread with filling). Ice cream, sold in kiosks at many places in Petr- From the Old Bridge along the waterfront passes the Vienna Road. racecourse was opened in 1960 and today belongs among the major PETRŽALKA BOWLING CENTER In the past, it was the only connection to Vienna, therefore it played žalka, is a great choice during the summertime. racecourses in Central Europe. During the season (from April to Oc- MON – THU: 14.00 – 24.00, FRI: 13.00 – 24.00, SAT – SUN: 11.00 – 24.00 an important role in the history of Bratislava. Since 1914, so called tober), races with international participation are held here almost Vienna tram line led through here, connecting Bratislava to Vien- PIZZERIA TIFFANY (srbské špeciality) MO – SUN: 11.00 – 22.00 every Sunday. Wooden take away stalls, playground, restaurant and PÉTANQUE na. Its operation lasted until 1946 and the line became one of the bars are part of the racecourse grounds. Throughout the year, va- symbols of the First Republic Bratislava. PETRŽALSKÉ LANGOŠE MO – SUN: 12.00 – 22.00 rious events such as Easter Markets, Petržalka Days, Gourmet Fest, KART ARENA MON – FRI: 10.00 – 24.00, SAT – SUN: 10.00 – 24.00 Kite-Flying Festival and other are held here. OÁZA MO – SUN: 10.00 – 24.00 SUBWAY JUNCTION LIVIANO MO – FRI: 11.30 – 22.00 In the southernmost part of Petržalka, where once stood a Janí- kov dvor, two tunnels were built in the eighties as part of the intended FOU ZOO MO – FRI: 11.00 – 23.00 / SAT: 12.00 – 23.00 / SUN: 12.00 – 20.00 underground transport system project, which were to serve as a depot TO-DO TAKE A DIP IN THE WATERS OF GO FOR A PICNIC AT THE BANKS INVITE A BUNCH OF CARD PLAYERS IN JUPITER VISIT A FLAT IN ONE OF BET ON junction at the end of the line. In 1990, construction of the subway was LIST DRAŽDIAK LAKE AND SUNBATHE OF MALÝ DRAŽDIAK LAKE PUB FOR A GLASS OF BEER OR ”BOROVIČKA“ THE BLOCKS OF FLATS HORSES GASTRO TECHNOPOL MO – FRI: 11.00 – 14.30 closed out and the tunnels of about 300 m have remained uncompleted until these days.