Not only fame and prosperous cities belong to our past. We have lived in times where now we are happy to say, they are gone. Communism in the form of grey buildings and architectural monotony you will see during the bus tour of the city.

With a guide who will tell you interesting stories and will speak about old times when in the streets of the city only Skoda, Lada and Trabant cars could be seen, the children wore pioneer uniforms, during all socialist holidays, the city was decorated with flags and communist slogans and in front of the shops there were long queues for oranges and toilet paper and you could buy jeans only in special stores.

During the tour you will see Slavin Monument of the Soviet Army that liberated Bratislava in 1945. From the terrace of the Parliament, you can have a view of the "concrete jungle" - the largest prefabricated housing estate in the republic called Petržalka.

The orientation in the prefabricated housing estate is almost impossible. Petrzalka inhabitants like to joke and say that the streets are therefore so winding so that the imperialists tanks attacking the socialist Czechoslovakia got lost in the winding streets of the city, located directly at the Austrian border.

You won´t miss the Freedom Square, where mandatory demonstrations were held nor the atypical building of the Slovak Radio in the shape of an inverted pyramid. Typical residential buildings of the 50s and 60s line the former street named after the communist victory in February 1948 and there is also the former residence of the secret police called "Stalin's Castle". Who once entered the building could ´t leave so soon. Also the House of the Trade Unions as well as the Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising are sites of our communist past.

Today's House of Culture Istropolis has walls panelled with Cuban marble, a gift of President Castro.

Also, many historic buildings were used by the Communist Party and its subordinate organizations. Also, current presidential palace at that time was the House of Pioneers. Pioneers were quite like Boy Scouts, except that it was based on communist ideology. The children went on holiday in blue uniforms and had red scarves around their necks.