Slovakia observation tower
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising
You can see 127 km from here, looking north-east.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 127 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 127 kmFarthest ridgelooking north-east
- 98%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 144Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 131 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 144 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are in April and in August.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Febwest14 min before the sea-level sunset25%
- Marwest14 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Aprwest8 min before the sea-level sunset42%
- Maynorth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Junnorth-west28 min before the sea-level sunset37%
- Julnorth-west26 min before the sea-level sunset41%
- Augwest12 min before the sea-level sunset46%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset40%
- Octwest14 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Novsouth-west14 min before the sea-level sunset24%
- Decsouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset21%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising.
Bridge over Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising is an observation tower in Slovakia, 131 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 127 km away, looking north-east.
144 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Hochwechsel (1,743 m), 112 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 98% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and in August.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Huntry camp Bratislavacampsite · 5.6 km · 3 within 10 km
- Hotel EXPOplace to stay · 0.7 km · 237 within 10 km
- Bratislavanearest town · 1.1 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in BratislavaBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 9 km in a straight lineCar hire at BTS airport (Bratislava)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 27other viewpoints within 5 kmRosslerov lom, UFO, Bratislava Blick and 24 more
- 23named peaks within 5 kmKamzík, Nad Sitinou, Hrubý breh and 20 more
- 19marked trails within 3 kmEuropean long distance path E8 - part Slovakia, Trnavská stovka, Mariánska cesta and 16 more
- 145shelters and huts within 5 kmLúčna besiedka, Skautská besiedka, Podhorská besiedka and 142 more
- 2,007car parks within 3 km
- 8visitor centres within 5 kmTuristické informačné centrum, Zákaznícke centrum Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko, INFO and 5 more
- 818restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmHuntry camp Bratislava, Zlaté Piesky
- 237places to stay within 10 kmHotel EXPO, Hotel Ibis Bratislava, BEIGLI and 234 more
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas30 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising
Slovakia
- 73Viewyas Score
- 127 kmFarthest ridge
- 144Peaks in view
- 131 mAltitude
Kamzík TV Tower
Slovakia · 5 km
- 78Viewyas Score
- 168 kmFarthest ridge
- 948Peaks in view
- 435 mAltitude
Wienerblick
Austria · 64 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 148 kmFarthest ridge
- 267Peaks in view
- 452 mAltitude
Habsburgwarte
Austria · 62 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 137 kmFarthest ridge
- 1,091Peaks in view
- 534 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q837291) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Birdyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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