Bratislava's attractive Železná studnička park will soon have a new garden restaurant and Swan Pavilion – the projects are taking shape fast. The new garden restaurant in the pretty forest park is on the site of the former Ferdinand Baths (1828, demolished 1970), with pride of place going to a replica of the Swan Pavilion with a tower on the site of the original historical building.

Both are being built by the family company of businessman and politician Alojz Hlina, who named Swan Pavilion’s wings Dorothea and Theresia. The project is detail-focused: the pavilion’s windows were made by a leading Orava company and include 7,000 parts and 900 pieces of glass. Although it already has a backlog of orders for weddings, guests must come by foot, bike or public transport to this beautiful car-free area...