Bratislava Coronation Days Programme

Three days of festivities will bring an attractive programme, reminding how it looked in Bratislava during the coronations. Choose from themed guided city tours, see the coronation procession and return back to the knights’ times.

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Friday to Sunday

🚶Guided Tours on Coronations

Discover the coronation history of Bratislava through the eyes of our knowledgeable guides. The former royal city will come to life again, immersing you in its illustrious past. Follow in the footsteps of kings and delve into the rich royal heritage. Enjoy the coronation atmosphere during the free tours – all the tours are booked, thank you! 

Saturday, historic Center

👑Hungarian Royal Crown Returns to Bratislava

You can see a faithful replica of the Hungarian royal crown, created by the family of jewelers of Mikuš Diamonds, in the premises of the charming Old Townhall. The Hungarian royal crown is one of the oldest preserved jewels in Europe. Her presence guaranteed stability in Hungary, but her fate was an adventurous journey around the world. Thanks to the Mikuš Diamonds family workshop and the Bratisalva City Museum, you too will have the opportunity to see its replica. The intention was to make this crown jewel, which carries many stories, available to the public at least for a while.

10:00 – 17:00 Old Townhall (Stará radnica)

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⛪St. Martin’s Cathedral for the Public

Come and see the exceptional architecture and decoration of the most significant and largest church in Bratislava. St. Martin’s Cathedral, whose history dates back to the 11th century, was the coronation church of Hungarian monarchs from 1563 to 1830. The presbytery, where the Hungarian kings and royal wives were crowned, will be exceptionally accessible to visitors (via the “small” entrance to the cathedral, which is not normally used). The visitors will also have the opportunity to admire the wall-mounted list of crowned monarchs. Due to the sanctity of the place, it is necessary to enter it appropriately dressed (with covered shoulders). Visitors will also be able to visit the crypts in the underground of the cathedral.

Friday & Saturday 9 – 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. – 8 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., free entry

🍾 Wine tasting at the National Salon of Wine

Guided tasting with the theme of coronations, taste 2 samples of Frankovka blue rosé 2023 dry Cisárska Villa Vino Rača and Frankovka blue red 2019 dry Palugyay Villa Vino Rača. Plus a tasting of 4 types of Frankovka Modra red wine for a bargain price of 6.00 euros. Why so much Frankova you may ask, well it is said it was favorite wine of the empress Maria Theresa.

Friday: 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 – 1:15 p.m., Saturday: 12:00 – 12:15 p.m., Sunday: 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Apponyi’s Palace – Underground, reservation

🍷Coronation-themed wine tasting

Experience the rarely accessible historical cellar from the 17th century beneath the Jeszenák Palace (now Hotel Palace apartments). In honor of the 300th anniversary of Maria Theresa’s birth, a limited quantity of special rosehip wine is produced each year. Moreover, the rosehips were harvested around Kopčany and Holíč Castle, which served as her summer residence. During the coronation days, you can taste the unique wine made from frozen rosehips (for a fee) and enjoy three Slovak grape wines for free.

Daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tmavá degustácia, Michalská 3

🦹The story of the stolen crown

Try the free encryption game for kids and adults on mobile and for free. Can you track down the crown jewels and save the coronations?

Daily 00:00 – 00:00 Historical center

🚂 Rides with Prešporáčik

Enjoy Bratislava with an expert interpretation from the comfort of a typical old-timer with a 10% discount on the spot or at: manager@tour4u.sk and +421 948 785 704.

Daily 09:00 – 18:00 Arrival in front of the historical building of the Slovak National Theater – Hviezdoslavovo námestie

🍰 Royal dessert

Don’t miss a dessert fit for kings and queens. With the password JOZEFPRVY (Joseph I.), guests will have a 20% discount on this dessert and coffee.

Daily at Café Devín, Riečna 4

Friday, August 16 2024

📷 Photo point with artificial intelligence

Take a picture of yourself as a king or a queen in a period costume using artificial intelligence.

4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Mute witness, Bratislava Castle – by the statues of Constantin & Method

👸Renaissance Festivities

Enjoy the charming and exciting performance Renaissance pictures, special guests, during which a guest from abroad will visit Hungary with his entourage. The courtiers’ competition for the favor of the ladies and all the guests present will be full of fencing, dancing, melodious period music and poetry, but also the noble art of hunting performed by the royal falconer. A herald will guide you through picturesque Renaissance pictures full of joys and vicissitudes of court life.

6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Bratislava Castle – Eastern Terrace

Saturday, August 17 2024

🎨 Creative workshops for children – family coats of arms

During the Bratislava Coronation Days 2024, BIBIANA invites you to an exciting discovery of history. We will learn the basics of heraldry and create our own coats of arms for our family or ourselves. We will try different combinations of colors, symbols and patterns and create family crests. Please register here.

10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1 p.m. Bibiana

📷 Photo point with artificial intelligence

Take a picture of yourself as a king or a queen in a period costume using artificial intelligence.

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Mute witness, Bratislava Castle – by the statues of Constantin & Method

👑👑👑Grand Coronation Procession

Join the coronation procession! Starting from Bratislava Castle, you will accompany a procession of approximately 200 members dressed in exquisite historical costumes through the streets of Bratislava.

You will be able to accompany the magnificent coronation procession through the streets of Bratislava from the Bratislava Castle. In the ceremonial coronation procession, however, you will also have the opportunity to glimpse the predecessors of the crowned Jozef I – symbolically, in the form of royal portraits, carried by the nobility and warriors representing the periods of individual monarchs.

In addition to the king and nobility, the procession led by flag bearers and drummers will also include the clergy, bearers of the royal insignia, falconers and numerous swordsmen and dancers.

15:00 – 16:00 Bratislava Castle – Streets of the Old Town – Main Square

🫅Commemoration of the coronation of Joseph I.

This year we commemorate the coronation of the minor Prince Jozef I from 1687. In the ceremonial coronation procession, however, you will also have the opportunity to glimpse his predecessors – symbolically, in the form of royal portraits carried by the nobility and warriors representing the periods of individual monarchs. After the procession from the Bratislava Castle, you can look forward to rich program of dancing, fencing, falconry.

4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Main square, for free

👸Possonia: Bratislava in Florence

Film screening

During the Bratislava Coronation Days, the story of the coronation will also appear on the movie screen. In the heart of Florence, Italy, you can find the painting of the city of Possonia. This name hides one of the oldest depictions of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. How did the painting end up on the walls of the first courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio, today’s Florence Town Hall, once the Medici family’s palace? Dozens of stories unfold in the context of the painting, including the act of the coronation of Maximilian I. We get to know not only the circumstances of its creation, its restoration, but also the appearance of Bratislava, the former place of coronation of Hungarian kings.

7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Cinema Mladost, Hviezdoslavovo námestie, reservations are full atm, but you can try your luck in person

Sunday, August 18 2024

🛡️Family Coat of Arms – Personal Symbol

Creative workshops for children and parents, where children will create their family coat of arms and learn something about their history and significance. The workshops will run every hour. Please register here.

10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m. Bibiana Children Museum

🎼Organ Concert

Enjoy the unique atmosphere of St. Martin’s Cathedral during an organ concert performed by Daniel Gabčo and Kristína Gabčová. The concert will feature works by J.S. Bach and others.

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. St. Martin’s Cathedral, free entry

* The programme is subject to alterations, thank you for understanding.

*Dear visitors, photographic and/or video recordings may be made during the event for the purpose of promoting Bratislava as a tourist destination. By participating, you agree to the possibility of making and using these photos and recordings.