True Crime Bratislava

What's the walk about?

Welcome to Bratislava, the compact capital on the Danube, where pastel baroque palaces, cobbled lanes and a white castle with four corner towers look almost too pretty for trouble. But behind these facades the city has seen a ram raid at dawn, a secret-service wiretap scandal, a crackdown on candle-lit protesters and a hate-driven attack that Slovakia now remembers as its first act of terror in modern history. On this walk you stand exactly where it happened. Our journey begins at the gates of the Presidential Palace, where one summer night the security failed in the strangest way.

What you'll see

1. 1

   The Barefoot Intruder - Presidential Palace

   Palace

2. 2

   The Man Who Stepped In - Obchodná Street

   Street

3. 3

   Bloody Wednesday - Námestie SNP

   square

4. 4

   The Battering-Ram BMW - Panská Street

   street

5. 5

   Candles Against Water Cannons - Hviezdoslavovo námestie

   square

6. 6

   The Vanished Synagogue - Rybné námestie

   memorial

7. 7

   The Gorilla Wiretaps - Bratislava Castle

   castle

8. 8

   Words Became Weapons - Zámocká Street

   street