Living in Bratislava

If we think about Bratislava as a relocation city, it covers all the needs of an international family. For children, high quality education is provided in various languages.

What do internationals say about living in Bratislava?

Stephanie, France

Slobodan, Serbia

capacity of nurseries in Bratislava

Nursery schools and elementary schools

Bratislava oﬀers more than 140 public and private nursery schools. Learning programmes focus mainly on educational, emotional and physical development and teaching in foreign languages. There are also 5 international private nursery schools oﬀering English, German and French instruction. Bratislava also has a nursery school with Montessori programme.

List of private nurseries

Secondary schools

Slovakia puts a lot of eﬀort into the quality of secondary school education. There is a wide range of grammar schools and secondary schools with specialization (including art and handcraftsmanship). Bratislava is the home of well-known international schools and top ranked bi-lingual schools. These institutes oﬀers bilingual education with programmes in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, but also the Bulgarian and Russian languages.

List of secondary schools

All of these institution provides nursery, primary school and secondary school.

Universities

Bratislava provides a comprehensive choice of educational institutions.

Comenius University, the largest university in Slovakia, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The university is regularly ranked in the international rankings of the best universities in the world.

Bratislava also provides an excellent technical university education through the Slovak University of Technology (STU). STU is a research university involved in numerous international Research & Development projects

The University of Economics (EU) provides comprehensive education in economics and management study programmes.

All of these institution provides nursery, primary school and secondary school.

Career opportunites for family members

In case of relocation, Bratislava is also a good choice for spouses. It is a good place to consider when thinking about growing one’s career.

Bratislava has an extremely fast developing labour market, oﬀering unique career opportunities for people searching for an innovative and challenging work environment.

Our city is also proud to be the hometown of slovak brands which have become worldwide leaders in their field

Quality life in Bratislava

The fact that Bratislava with its size ranks among the smaller capitals brings some beneﬁts, like an easily understandable public transport system, or being a really safe place to live.

Public transport

Buses

Buses also play a substantial role in the public transport system. Limitedstop services run on the longer routes through the city. Night buses operates in Bratislava after midnight.

Trams

Trams are the most popular and fastest form of public transport in the city. They are reliable and on time and generally run from 5:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Trolley -Buses

Some routes in the city center, mainly in its hilly parts, are electriﬁed and serviced by trolley-buses. They have a long tradition in Bratislava and have been operating here for more than 100 years.

Other options for transportation

Geographically, Bratislava and Vienna are connected with river Danube. Therefore, the river plays important role when it comes to transportation between the cities. Twin City Liner is a popular way how to get from one city center to another in only 90 minutes.

Other options for transportation

A city-wide bike-sharing project brings up to 550 yellow bikes to the streets of the capital. You can easily pick a bike, pay online and ride through the city.

Bratislava a safe place to be

In comparison with other big cities, the crime rate here is relatively low. Bratislava does not have anywhere that could be termed as a dangerous quarter. The city center is well-lit at night and is monitored via the camera system of the city police department.

Level of crime index

22.16 low level

0.71

Very high

Safety walking alone during daylight index

0.6

High

Safety walking alone during night index

Health care

Skill and competency of medical staff index

65.2 high

public hospitals

private medical centers

Living in Bratislava

Living in Bratislava