Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy)
is a neighborhood of
Karlova Ves borough of
Bratislava
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, the capital of
Slovakia
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. It is located in the
Bratislava IV
Bratislava IV is an okres (district) of Bratislava in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. It is the largest Bratislava district and covers the north-western parts of Bratislava, including the boroughs of Devín, Devínska Nová Ves, Dúbravka, Ka ...
district. Geographically and historically it constitutes a much larger area of the entire valley of the river
Vydrica, including its upper part located in the
Little Carpathians mountains and the area of
Patrónka
Patrónka is an area in the western part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, it is also the name of a major transport junction within the area and an important bus stop. Patrónka is located at the boundary of Bratislava I Old Town and Bratis ...
.
In the present, Mlynská dolina features two faculties of the
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics and the
Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies and university
dormitories housing up to 15,000 students, the largest of its kind in Slovakia. The area features the
Bratislava Zoo, headquarters of the former
Slovak Television housed in one of the tallest buildings in the city, the
Botanical Garden of the Comenius University, one of the largest
cemeteries
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in Bratislava,
Slávičie údolie and many upscale residential areas. Mlynská dolina is served by the
D2 motorway.
Places and student organizations at Mlynská dolina dormitory complex
Mlynská Dolina is called „a student town“ because nearly anything needed for everyday life can be found at one place, including grocery stores, restaurants, clubs, sport fields and sport centers, a medical clinic or several student organizations' meeting places. Few companies have their local offices at Mlynská Dolina dormitory complex. Several times a year Mlynská Dolina hosts a local festival (e.g. Amos Fest) or a concert.
Mlynská Dolina dormitory complex is a place where several student organizations have their local offices:
Integrity Life, z.ú. (Czech and Slovak student organization), UPC MOSTY (Lutheran University Pastoral Centre), UPeCe (Catholic University Pastoral Centre), UKC (University Cultural Centre), RUŠ (Mladosť Dormitory Students' Association), etc.
See also
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Boroughs and localities of Bratislava
Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is divided into five national administrative districts ( sk, okres: I, II, III, IV, V) and into 17 boroughs ( sk, mestské časti; literally: city parts, also translated as (city) districts or wards). ...
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Geography of Bratislava
Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is situated in Central Europe and it is located in the extreme south-west within Slovakia. The city borders Austria in the west and Hungary in the south making it the only national capital in the world to ...
References
External links
Mlynská dolina on a map of Bratislava
Boroughs of Bratislava
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