...And End Up In Another COUNTRY! Join Me On A Whistle-Stop Tour Of Slovakia's Awesome Capital City.

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  @MichalBrat · 2 years ago

  The fountain you liked on the Freedom square has been restored since 2023. It starts working in April and is quite popular for families with kids.

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  @jarekweckwerth1390 · 2 years ago

  The Iron Curtain ran between the former "communist" countries of the Warsaw Pact and the West. Czechoslovakia absolutely was part of the Warsaw Pact, along with five other countries and the USSR. That border would have been totally impenetrable 35 years ago. Alicja will tell you more ;)

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  @WestonMike · 2 years ago

  Fun fact. <br>The blue church featured was designed in 1773 by Josiah Wedgwood. <br>😉

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  @AxisCapricorn · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPVolnlWhm0&amp;t=1865">31:05</a> In Slovakia, there is no production of Ford cars, only transmissions. Bratislava is the place of production of Škoda Citigo and Superb, SEAT Mii, Audi Q7 and Q8, Porsche Caenne and Volkswagen Passat and Touareg, Volkswagen up! and also the electric version of the e-up! Bentley Bentayga and Lamborghini Urus bodies are also produced here. Citroen C3 and Peugeot 208 brands are produced in Trnava, Land Rover Discovery in Nitra and Kia Ceed, Kia Sportage and Kia Venga vehicles in Žilina.

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  @ternilapilli · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m guessing I&apos;m not the only one who opens up Google Maps to help follow along with your epic long walks in these videos.<br><br>And googling the EuroVelo 13 Iron Curtain Trail... woah what an amazing project. &nbsp;Others have answered but this interface between East and West absolutely was a hard border. &nbsp;My mother and her family managed to cross somewhere south of there in 1956 from Hungary to Austria in the midst of the chaos of the Hungarian Revolution before it was shut down. &nbsp;I was lucky enough to visit Hungary as a child in 1989 literally days before the curtain started coming down - it&apos;s amazing how it&apos;s gone from a huge deal to get in and out (if you were permitted to do so) to just passport stamps to today where you can just wander over that border on foot and there&apos;s nothing.

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  @Bob8091 · 2 years ago (edited)

  What is it with &nbsp;borders that brings the &nbsp;child out in us? Skiing in Austria the border was a simple stone. Of course me and my friend played the &quot; Just going over to Switzerland.&quot; <br>&quot; Have a good trip.&quot; &nbsp;A second or two later. &quot;I&apos;m &nbsp;back.&quot; 😊

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  @ExiledStardust · 2 years ago (edited)

  They speak German in Austria. &nbsp;And no, they don&apos;t speak Slovak in Austria unless they are Slovak. &nbsp;Source: me. &nbsp;I lived in Vienna for 2 years and often drove to Bratislava. &nbsp;It&apos;s a lot cleaner than it used to be. &nbsp;Yes, Austrians like to shop in Bratislava. &nbsp;(Weirdly, Slovaks love to shop in Austria too.)

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  @anjavonpfeil4312 · 2 years ago

  I remain impressed by the distance you walk during your visits to different countries - as steady as a metronome! 🚶‍♂🚶‍♂🚶‍♂

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  @paulinemably9572 · 2 years ago

  I’m Welsh but I’ve lived in lovely Bratislava for over 12 years (near Slavin which is a lovely area of the city). I love how much of BA you were able to see but just one correction: the fountain in Slobody Namestie or Freedom Square does indeed work. It hadn’t worked but our wonderful Mayor has really done a lot for tidying up the city and he renovated it and in the summer loads of small kids, including my gal, play in it and it is glorious! Our city is nice in January but simply glorious in July!

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  @jaynorris3722 · 2 years ago

  I love the way you ask us questions. Like if we are all walking along with you. I catch myself answering you.😁<br>Thank you and your lady for the wonderful videos. Yous go places I can only dream of.

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  @Bunz69er · 2 years ago (edited)

  Steve, you are one heck of an &apos;armature&apos; cinematographer. &nbsp;Some of your shots and sequences are just excellent, and as always your points of view and likes and dislikes are more than acceptable.

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  @thesc0tsman1 · 2 years ago

  “Goodbye castle of disappointment” made me chuckle more than it should of! 😂😂

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