An EU member since 2004 and a big hit with budget airline weekenders, Bratislava is booming. A project earmarked for completion in 2010 envisages a leisure and office complex, European Riverfront, on the Danube embankment in the compact city centre, and the communist-era train station and surrounding area will be completely revamped. Foreign tourism has increased by a third, the Slovakian capital now has a dozen four-star hotels and the city moved up 12 places to 44 in the Mercer register...
[Bratislava guide]