Bratislava used a beer bell to end late-night drinking in public places
Anna and Peter discover more spellbinding and unknown facts about Bratislava in this episode. Join them and you will learn why beer has long been considered liquid bread. Photo: TASR Book: Po stop...
12 Des 201915min
Tour de Miletička: A former abattoir became Bratislava’s famous open-air market
James Thomson takes Peter on a tour around the biggest and best-known open-air market in the country, Trhovisko Miletičová, or simply Miletička. What will they find there? Photo: TASR
5 Des 201921min
10 facts about Bratislava you did not know
Anna and Peter will reveal where you can find the oldest Bratislava cinema and introduce you to a few forgotten Bratislava greats, including the iconic Schöne Náci. The latter even has something in co...
28 Nov 201918min
Vápeč and Kršlenica: Easy hikes easily accessible from Bratislava
Ľubo Mäkký of Hiking.sk returns to Spectacular Slovakia to give listeners easy hiking tips in western Slovakia. He will take you to spectacular hills: Vápeč of the Strážovské vrchy range and Kršlenica...
20 Nov 201917min
The Velvet Revolution: Optimism, companionship, and freedom
Ľubica Lacinová, a researcher at the Centre of Biological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, recalls communist times and the Velvet Revolution (Nežná revolúcia). Photo: TASR ...
14 Nov 201917min
The definitive guide to learning Slovak
With complicated grammatical rules and verb forms, Slovak is a tough language for foreigners to learn. But there's hope! Listen to student Ali to find out which Slovak-language courses you can take in...
6 Nov 201915min
Let's get a bit spooky. It's Halloween time
How does a fun-loving American and her family celebrate Halloween in Slovakia? With a strobe light dance party, indoor trick-or-treating and some pumpkin carving of course! Experience a multicultural ...
30 Okt 201911min
Černová: The massacre that Slovaks take no notice of
Anna and Peter will travel back in time, to the year of 1907, this week. Back then, people in the settlement of Černová, nowadays a borough of Ružomberok, demanded their native, Andrej Hlinka, consecr...
23 Okt 201917min
