Things to do in Bratislava
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Charlie Centrum
Charlie Centrum is a cinema that occasionally shows Czech and Slovak classics; next door is an associated night club.
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Aulandia
Aulandia has family-friendly pools and water slides, as well as a more adult spa zone where skimpy terry-cloth wraps (and hitting on strangers) are required. Take bus 80, 83 or 93 from Zochova across the New bridge one stop to AuPark.
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Barbados
Barbados is a popular little gay bar.
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Knihy Slovenský spisovateĺ
Useful maps, hiking guides and picture books.
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Next Apache
Loads of used English books and a comfy café.
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Café Antik
A mixed gay/lesbian/straight hang-out is Café Antik.
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Interpress Slovakia
Foreign newspapers, and Bratislava periodicals in English.
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Spider Club
Spider Club is a bar during the week and a disco on the weekend.
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Divesta Diétna Jedáleň
Central buffet with constant queues for its healthy vegetarian food.
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Babylon Music Club
Live music acts range from hip-hop to reggae to ska to local folk-rock.
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Slovak Philharmonic
The state orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic can be seen at Reduta Palace.
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Artforum
Great Slovakia-oriented English-language section, art books and literature.
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AuPark
One of the city's biggest shopping malls is AuPark, south across the Danube.
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Čajovňa Pohoda
Exotic teas, and more potent brews, are on offer in this nonsmoking tea room.
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KGB
Drink a dark and smoky toast to a statue of Stalin under a Soviet flag at KGB bar.
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Polus City Centre
One of the city's biggest shopping malls is Polus City Centre, northeast of the city.
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Milan Dobeš Museum
Milan Dobeš Museum is a cool little contemporary museum that hosts international exhibits.
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Reduta Palace
Reduta Palace houses a theatre where you can see the state orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic.
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St Martin Cathedral
In the old town, St Martin Cathedral is Bratislava’s finest Gothic structure.
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Čokoládovňa
This tiny 'chocolate café' has cocktails, coffees and desserts made with the dark ambrosia.
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City Gallery of Bratislava
The City Gallery of Bratislava has two palatial show spaces: Mirbach Palace and Pálffy Palace.
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Mirbach Palace
Mirbach Palace, built in 1770, is a beautifully restored rococo building housing older baroque art.
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State Puppet Theatre
The fun State Puppet Theatre puts on shows, pretty much daily at 10:00, and sometimes again at 14:00.
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Sparx
This cavernous bar (once a big beer hall) has live music Thursdays and becomes a disco at the weekend.
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Apollon Club
The gay dance club in town is Apollon Club, with two bars and three stages. Thursdays are for boys only.
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