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Category Archives: Culture
The Dedalus Book of Slovak Literature
I have spoken up before about the absence of Slovak literature translated into English. Ask for it in Bratislava’s English language bookstores and you get strange looks or apologetic shrugs – almost as if, with such a readily available abundance … Continue reading
The Unsung Charms of Košice – A Perspective on Slovakia’s Second City
This week’s post comes courtesy of Karen McCann, author of Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home, which within weeks of publication became the number one best-selling travel book on Amazon. Karen recently spent three months on trains, … Continue reading
Posted in Cool buildings/castles, Culture, EAST SLOVAKIA, KOŠICE
Tagged european city of culture, hlavna kosice, kosice, kosice cathedral, kosice railway station, kosice theatre, kosice trains, Košice 2013, plague column, raiders of the lost ark, saturday night fever, singing fountain, slovak trains, st elizabeths cathedral, st urban
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How to Butcher A Pig Like A Slovak
You can’t get much more Slovak than butchering a pig, as food blogger and photographer Naomi Hužovičová reveals… In the dark of an early winter’s morning, Deduško (Grandpa) shuffles out into the cold. While the rest of the household is still sleeping, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food & Drink, Slovakia (General)
Tagged goulash, jaternicky, klobasa, mozgy, pig, podbradnik, slovak food, tlacenka, traditional slovak food, zabijacka, zabijackova kasa
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Bratislava Clock Museum
Back in the 19th century, it turns out, Bratislava (aka Pressburg to German speakers or Pozsony to Hungarian speakers) was one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of clocks – and the Hungarian Empire’s go-to destination for purchasing high-quality timepieces. It was … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Culture, History, Museums/Galleries
Tagged beblaveho, bratislava, bratislava attractions, bratislava castle, bratislava clock museum, bratislava jewish quarter, bratislava museums, bratislava old town, clock museum, dom u dobreho pastiera, house of the good shepherd, hungarian empire, mikulasska, Pozsony, prague, prague astronomical clock, pressburg, zidovska
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Inside the Upside-Down Pyramid
The Slovenský Rozhlas, or Slovak Radio Building, is known by Bratislava tourists mostly only as a bizarre addition to the city skyline. And it is bizarre – in shape, at least. It’s an upside-down concrete pyramid, for Chrissakes: it … Continue reading
Modra’s Hotel of Ceramics
I like a hotel to reflect, subtly but with pride, the culture of the place it’s in. And Modra, a beguiling town famous for its beautiful pottery, wine and colourful 19th-century townhouses, is touchingly showcased in its best hotel, sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation - Hotels, Cool buildings/castles, Culture, Food & Drink, Museums/Galleries, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged Austro-Hungarian Empire, ceramics museum, cerveny kamen, furmanska krcma, hotel majolika, ludovit stur, majolika, Male Karpaty, modra, modra ceramics, modra hotel, Small Carpathians, Small Carpathians Wine Route, smolenice, western slovakia, western slovakia hotels
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Majolika, Modra
New year, new porcelain purchase? Well, maybe it should be a consideration. For anyone wanting to bring home a memento of their time in Slovakia, this renowned ceramics shop in the beguiling little town of Modra 28km northeast of Bratislava … Continue reading
Embers
Somewhere, in an unspecified location in the wild Carpathians, an ageing General and his long-estranged friend Konrad are preparing for one final dinner together. It’s been 41 years since they last met up like this, and – one feels – … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Slovak Books/Literature, Slovakia (General), Slovakia in the Media
Tagged Austro-Hungarian Empire, books, budapest, budapest cafe, carpathian mountains, embers, european city of culture, hungarians in slovakia, kosice, Marai novels, sandor marai, Slovak literature, Slovak writers
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