SLOVAKIA | Travel | General information
Slovakia is situated in Central Europe and has common borders with Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary. The capital of Slovakia is Bratislava. Vienna and Bratislava are the closest capital cities in the world with the distance between them only 60 km. Budapest is 200 km from Bratislava, Prague 300 km and Brno 200 km.
There are big temperature differences in Slovakia, in winter the temperature is -15°C and in the summer it is +30°C, so in the winter you can play ice-hockey on frozen lakes and in the summer you can sunbathe, swim or sail in the same places.
Regional and Local Transport
The public transport system in cities and towns is reliable. There is a network of trams, buses, and trolleybuses (trolleybuses are connected to an electric wire running over their route), which form the municipal public transport. There is no underground in Bratislava or any other city in Slovakia. There are taxis in all the larger cities and towns.
Student Discounts
All young people aged 15-26 years (including foreigners) who travel by trains are eligible for a Junior discount. You can buy the Junior card at any railway station, but you have to submit your ID card or passport. To get discounts when travelling you can buy ISIC or EURO>26 cards, see