Petržalka

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Perhaps because it is so unbelievably ugly, Petržalka has become one of the city's tourist attractions. One international travel magazine even advises readers: "If you only have three hours in Slovakia, see the Bratislava Old Town and Petržalka".

Petržalka is a housing estate on the opposite side of the Danube from the Old Town. Although its seal of arms is a green tree, Petržalka is one of the most notorious concrete jungles in Europe. Some 150,000 people, more than one-third of the Bratislava population, live here crammed into the endless sea of paneláky blocks of flats (paneláky comes from the word 'panel' and signifies the buildings' construction: large slabs of concrete stacked together in a manner similar to that of a house of dominoes).

So far we have steered clear of this scary soviet housing development except to drive by it to get out of the city!

You can also see Nový Most (New Bridge)but usually referred to as the UFO. There is also a very expensive (for Blava standards) restaurant at the top.
This suspension bridge connecting Petržalka and the Old Town was finished in 1972. To clear space for the bridge, the Communist regime demolished two-thirds of the city's Old Town buildings, including the Jewish synagogue, that had formerly stood next door to St. Martin's Cathedral. The Jewish quarter was completely wiped out and a huge highway now runs right in front of the Cathedral.