Interesting street art initiative started to pop up in Bratislava, specifically at the bus and tram stops. An unknown person has been installing animal symbols on the public transportation stop signs. As you can see from the pictures below, different animals have been spotted – a cow, a dog, a cat, a bat and some [...]
Art at Bratislava Public Transport Stops
May 25, 2012 at 00:47 :: Filed under Musings :: [*] :: No Comments ::
Cycle The World (You Will, Guys, You Will!)
I received a message from my friends in Vienna about a German couple that is on their way around the world… on bike. They asked me, if I would be able to host them in Bratislava. Am I able to host somebody cycling around the world? That’s a courage I like, so definitely: yes! Andreas [...]
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March 31, 2011 at 23:40 :: Filed under Musings :: [*] :: 1 Comment ::
Why There Is Fear Of New Developments In Bratislava
Bratislava was once a lively city with lots of different neighborhoods mirroring its ethnically mixed population. From 1918 until 1939, Bratislava was a part of the First Czechoslovak Republic, one of the few true democracies in Europe of those times. Enjoying its proximity to Vienna and having a direct tram connection from the city centre [...]
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October 11, 2010 at 21:40 :: Filed under Musings, Politics :: [*] :: No Comments ::
Bratislava: Architects Erring Everywhere You Look
Two Bratislava lessons on urbanism today. These belong to the worst examples of how architects and bureaucracy fail to include the pedestrians in the city planning. Aupark shopping mall with 500m detour for pedestrians coming from the bus stop Ola Fågelmark, of the Technical University in Lund, Sweden, analyzed the pedestrian traffic moving from a [...]
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September 22, 2010 at 00:43 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 2 Comments ::
Reporting My Front Bike Wheel Stolen
I use a bike a lot, mostly as a convenient and very fast way of transportation in Bratislava. My bike is few years old and I was very incovenient leaving it in the public spaces, even when secured with a sturdy U-lock. But after few years I got acquainted with leaving it securely locked without [...]
May 18, 2010 at 23:12 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 5 Comments ::
Bratislava Closes the Old Bridge
City of Bratislava have decided to close the Old Bridge for the public transport starting from Friday’s night (May 15, 2010), leaving open just a narrow corridor for pedestrians. City had closed the Old bridge for individual car transportation in December 2008. Public transportation has been allowed to use the bridge, though. Apparently, the City [...]
May 13, 2010 at 23:24 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: No Comments ::
First Critical Mass in Bratislava
The very first Critical Mass in Bratislava took place on April 30, 2010 in Friday’s Bratislava streets. Although, there were some bicycle crowd’s rides before, this was the first official Critical Mass taking place in Bratislava. We rode something more than 12 kilometres in rather free streets (most of the commuters had already left the [...]
May 1, 2010 at 22:24 :: Filed under Musings :: [*] :: No Comments ::
Bratislava – A City Hostile To Cyclists
I live in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I am an active urban cyclist. And that equals to being a weirdo, here. Bratislava is one hell of a city hostile to the urban cyclists. It offers few recreational cycling paths by the Danube river and then few more mountain paths, but almost none urban cycling [...]
April 26, 2010 at 22:25 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 1 Comment ::
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