The Bratislava public may not want to watch football in great number but the main stadium in the city - Stadion Pasienky is well worth a visit by any British football ground enthusiast - the stadium is a typical East European bowl - Soviet/communist style with the usual athletics track, very similar to the Dynamo Berlin ground in Berlin, but what stands out at this East Bratislava ground is the floodlights - they are just amazing and in the UK would probably end up being listed!
No need for a game to be on to have a close look at the ground as every Sunday a car boot sale is held by the stands. For only 80p you can both pick up a bargain and have a good look round the stadium.
The whole complex also includes training grounds for some of the younger Slovan sides and the complex also has a second local club playing on the east side of the complex, NMSK 1922 and that is well worth a visit to see that fans may have deserted the top clubs but some of the smaller clubs still have good support plus a keen team of volunteers.
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