Bratislava City Days 2018
The Municipality of Bratislava opens its doors to all Bratislavians and visitors. Free entrance to city museums and attractions, free sightseeing tours, free tours by historical tram and many other interesting programmes and events. The event takes place in April 2018. Around the end of April, the mayor of the town was traditionally elected in Bratislava, based on a charter of the King Andrew III on granting municipal privileges in the course of a relatively long historical period.
Bratislava City Days Programme:
Primate’s Palace:
- Open House Day at the Mayor’s
21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M.– 6 P.M., Primate’s Palace – Visitors can see the Mayor’s office, talk to the Mayor Ivo Nesrovnal, his deputies, and get acquainted with their work
10 A.M. – 5:30 P.M., Mirror Hall of the Primate’s Palace
Students of Bratislava’s elementary art schools perform for Bratislavians
22nd April, 2018, Sunday, 10 A.M. – 5:30 P.M., Mirror Hall of the Primate’s Palace Students of Bratislava’s elementary art schools perform for Bratislavians
Music programme
21st April, 2018, Saturday, 11 A.M. – 8 P.M., Primate’s Square
- Fanfare concert, Brass Band Bratislava
4 P.M.– 4:30 P.M., Balcony of Primate’s Palace
- City market at the Primate’s Square
21st April – 22nd April, 2018, Saturday and Sunday, 10 A.M.– 10 P.M.
- Exhibition of the works of the members of the Bobbin Lace Club “Priadka”, the Regional Center of the ÚĽUV in Bratislava.
21.04. – 22.04.2018, Saturday and Sunday, Mezzanine of the Primate’s Palace
Sightseeing cruises on Danube:
21st April 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M. – 4 P.M., Ship Martin, pontoon no. 1 /at Propeler/
Regular free trips on board of the ship Martin starting every hour from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., last cruise starting at 3 P.M.
Duration of the cruise: 45 minutes, entry 15 min. prior to the cruise.
TICKETS – FIRST CONTACT WORKPLACE
– Services for Citizens, City Hall, ground floor, 18th April 2018, 9 A.M.
St. Martin’s Cathedral
- Concert for Bratislavians
21st April, 2018, Saturdays, 6 P.M.
Programme:
W.A.Mozart: Te Deum KV – 141 for choir and orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnifi cat for soloists, choir and orchestra and organ
Georg Frideric Händel: Let thy hand be strengthened for choir and orchestra and organ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa solamnis in C KV 337 for soloists, choir and orchestra
Cast:
Bratislava choir
Cappella Istropolitana – chamber orchestra of Bratislava
Ladislav Holásek – conductor
Martina Masaryková – soprano
Denisa Šlepkovská – alt
Matúš Šimko – tenor
Martin Mikuš – bass
Peter Mikula – organ
MAIN SQUARE
- Videomapping on the front of the building of the Old Town Hall, 20th April, 2018, Friday, 9 P.M.
Programme on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Bratislava City Museum
MICHAEL’S GATE
- Unsealing of the city gates, 21st April,2018, Saturday, 10 A.M.
All Bratislavians are kindly invited to enter the city.
Cast: Guild of old martial arts and crafts
ZOO BRATISLAVA
21st April – 22nd April, 2018, Saturday and Sunday, 9 A.M. – 6 P.M.
(last entry at 6 P.M., ZOO open till 7 P.M.)
– Tour: 9 A.M. – 6 P.M.
– 11 A.M.– 5 P.M. horseback riding
– Mayor of Bratislava baptises new cubs
– 10 A.M. – 11 A.M.– Municipal police – cynology and riding (meadow
over the free area for horses in the space under the rhinoceros’ area)
COURTYARD OF THE CITY LIBRARY
- Bratislava Book Exchange 19th April, 2018, Thursday, 8 A.M., Klariská 16
Opening ceremony of the 12th charity event in cooperation with Bratislava libraries (Duration: 19th – 25th April, business days 8 A.M. – 7 P.M., weekends 10 A.M. – 6 P.M.)
THE CITY LIBRARY
- Bratislava – a city that reads, 21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M. – 6 P.M.
Open House Days at the City Library and its workplaces:
– Fiction and foreign language literature, Laurinská 5
– Non-fiction literature, Klariská 16
– Literature for children and youth, Kapucínska 3
– Literature on art and music, Kapucínska 1
Borrowing, registration of new members for free.
SNP SQUARE
21st and 22nd April, 2018, Saturday and Sunday, 2 P.M. – 6 P.M.
Chapel of St. James – guided entry to the ossuary under the chapel
JAKUB’S SQUARE
Dobrý trh Jakubák/ Good Market Jakubák/, 21st April,2018, Saturday
SUMMER READING ROOM AT ČERVENÝ RAK
21st April,2018, Saturday, 2 P.M., Michalská 26
Guiding dogs training
– What dogs have to learn to become reliable
helpers of visually impaired people?
– in cooperation with the Training School for Guiding Dogs
21st April,2018, Saturday, 2 P.M
The Path of Light
– one-day photo exhibition focusing on life
of visually impaired people in cooperation with the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union
22nd April,2018, Sunday, 10 A.M. – 6 P.M.
Bratislava – a city that reads
Non-fiction literature department
– Open House Day at the City Library
– borrowing
– registration of new members
TYRŠOVO NÁBREŽIE / RIVERBANK
Garbage collectors among us, 21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M. – 6 P.M.
– Garbage truck tour
– Drum show using garbage from a landfill (empty containers and the like)
– Photobooth – take a picture of yourselves in a garbage collectors’ uniform with various accessories
– Make a gift from waste – creative workshops
– Exhibition
– Accompanying program – drum and circus workshop
for children, children’s dance performances, face painting
- Happy bus IDS BK, 21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M. – 5 P.M.
The Happy bus is full of fun for kids and adults alike! Take a picture inside the bus or join the fun competition.
PETRŽALKA FORTIFICATION MUSEUM
21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M. -8 P.M., 22nd April, 2018, Sunday, 10 A.M. -4 P.M.,
The museum located in the building B-S 4 “Lány” is focused on the pre-war Czechoslovakia and its unique fortification system.
Place: Viedenská cesta, at the border crossing Petržalka – Berg, a short walk from the parking lot, about 5 minutes (follow signs).
Transportation to the museum will be provided by the historic bus Karosa ŠL 11 marked as H 25.
Departures from below SNP Bridge (platform 3): every hour, starting at 10 A.M. till 4 P.M. Departures from the parking lot at the border crossing: every hour, starting at 10 A.M. till 4:10 P.M.
Bus route: SNP bridge – Einsteinova – Viedenská cesta – border crossing Petržalka – Berg and vice versa. It is possible to board and exit the bus at the stop Einsteinova (both directions).
Departures from the parking lot at the border crossing – every hour, starting 10:20 AM till 4:20 PM Bus route: SNP bridge – Einsteinova – Viedenská cesta – border crossing Petržalka – Berg and vice versa. It is possible to board and exit the bus at the stop Einsteinova (both directions).
PARTIZÁNSKA LÚKA (ŽELEZNÁ STUDIENKA) /PARTIZÁNSKA MEADOW (IRON WELL)
- Forester days 2018, 21st April, 2018, Saturday, 10 A.M.– 5 P.M., Železná studienka, Kamzík
All-day programme for children and adults alike – children will learn about forest, its plants and animals, job of foresters and nature conservationist through games and various competitions.
Walking tours in English and German
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Saturday, 21st April 2018 |
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| 2 P.M – 3:30 P.M. | 1,5 hr. | Bratislava – Pressburg – Pozsony A tour of the historic city center in English, Dušan Fiala, Ľubica Tomaštíková,Meeting point: at the well, the Primate’s Square |
| 2 P.M – 3:30 P.M. | 1,5 hr. | Bratislava – Pressburg – Pozsony
A tour of the historic city center in German, Eva Mojtová, Eva Trúchla Meeting point: at the well, the Primate’s Square |
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Sunday, 22nd April 2018 |
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| 2 P.M – 3:30 P.M. | 1,5 hr. | Bratislava – Pressburg – Pozsony
A tour of the historic city center in English., Mrs. Janetta Jánošková Meeting point: at the well, the Primate’s Square
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| 2 P.M – 3:30 P.M. | 1,5 hr. | Bratislava – Pressburg – Pozsony
A tour of the historic city center in German. Mrs. Mária Hoťková Meeting point: at the well, the Primate’s Square |
