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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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  2. B

    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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  3. C

    Barbados

    Barbados is a popular little gay bar.

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  4. Knihy Slovenský spisovateĺ

    Useful maps, hiking guides and picture books.

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  5. D

    Next Apache

    Loads of used English books and a comfy café.

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  6. E

    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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  9. H

    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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  20. R

    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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  23. 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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