On the Road Festival

The Travel Festival On the Road Festival inspires people to travel to all corners of the world and explore the unknown. We cordially invite you to 3 days full of inspiration with 50 travel presentations and discussions at DK Ružinov, from 7 to 9 November 2025.

How to walk 8,900 km and not lose all your socks? What to do when in Afghanistan they take not only your backpack, but also your illusions? And can you go to the Maldives for the price of a vacation in Croatia? The best treks in Georgia. Come and get the answers.

The world is full of places you never knew existed. And people who will show you that even the most daring dreams can be turned into reality. The Travel Festival is exactly what it’s all about.

What awaits you at the festival?

50 travel presentations and discussions

7 tips from the organizer:

– Ivka Smolková is the first Slovak to have the Triple Crown – she crossed the Pacific Ridge, the Continental Divide Trail and extended the Appalachian Trail and went from Canada to Florida. 8900 km in 315 days.

– Šebastián Bok returns after a year with new experiences – last time he surprised with an amazing lecture and now he will talk not only about how he was ambushed in Afghanistan.

– Ondrej and Zuzana Brichtovci traveled to Tibet and back in a truck for a year and a half. We met in India for two days and I am very much looking forward to their conversation.

– I am rarely surprised by something, but I really did not know about the large waterfalls in Angola. And that is why I will watch Roland Vízner’s lecture about Angola and Namibia.

– A trip to Africa is still waiting for me one day, so I won’t miss the presentation of Laco Branický, who cycled across Africa, from Slovakia to South Africa.

– After 9 years, Lucia Tužinská, who sailed 13,000 nautical miles on 9 sailboats, will be giving us a lecture again.

– And the last one? That’s very difficult. Unbreakable Ukraine will definitely be strong, Dodo Antala will show unknown places in the Georgian mountains, tropical Guyana will also be interesting. Be sure to also visit at least one presentation by Matej Peluha – his presentations are always a highlight of the festival.

Presentations from the life of a traveler

Bizarre travel experiences from around the world – Milada Konečná
With the wind to the unknown | | 9 sailboats and 13,000 nautical miles – Lucia Tužinská
20 years on the road – Michal Knitl

Africa

By bike from Slovakia to the southernmost point of Africa – Strelkov mys – Laco Branický
Somalia, Djibouti – Matej Peluha (CK Baloo)
Madagascar –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ laboratory of the gods – Filip Hložný and Barbora Horniačková (CK Baloo)
Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia – Filip Hložný (CK Baloo)
Between the Atlantic and the red dunes: Angola and Namibia – Roland Vízner
Volunteering in the African city of Accra (Ghana) – Ema Kurpasová
Uganda – the land of sunny smiles – Silvia Kočková

Australia and Oceania

New Zealand on a motorbike – Veronika Kapcová

Asia

All in – Hitchhiking through Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan (travel stand-up) – Šebestián Bok (CZ)
From the shelter to Tibet on a 43-year-old truck – Ondrej and Zuzana Brichtovci
Saudi Arabia – Matej Peluha (CK Baloo)
With a dog on the Annapurna trek and climbing Mera Peak (6,476 m) – Ondrej and Zuzana Brichtovci
From the Gobi to the Karakoram: 7 faces of Asia – Patrícia Zúberová (supported by the Expedition Fund)
6 months in SE Asia with two children – Lukáš Lajgut
Maldives without a travel package for the price of a holiday in Europe – Martina Magulová

Europe

Adventure beyond the Arctic Circle and green islands in the middle of the Atlantic – Marcel Fronko
The best treks in Georgia where you won’t meet anyone – Jozef Antala
The Karavanke and Fagaras Ridge – Zuzka Jakúbková
Eight months in a caravan, with two children and in the off-season – Viera Bugáňová
Camino de Santiago – a unique pilgrimage along the Atlantic coast – Magdaléna Masárová
Unbreakable Ukraine – Jana Čavojská and Marcel Rebro
538 kilometers along the HRP in the Pyrenees – Michal Knitl
1000 km on foot across Europe (GR20 in Corsica, Tour de Mont Blanc and Norway) – Michal Knitl
Chernobyl – a forbidden zone – Andrej Pastorek
Iceland –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ instructions on how to drown a car – Martin Pročka
Juggling life (France and Spain) – Chiara Sopira

South America and the Caribbean

French Guiana: between monsoon, jungle and (lost) history – Petr Hingar (CZ)
Extreme expedition across the Peruvian Andes – Róbert Tůma
Colombia and Cofáni – Róbert Tůma
Central America: from the Mayan pyramids to the Caribbean – Petra Kováč
North America and Mexico
Eastern Continental Trail – 8900 km on foot from Canada to Florida – Ivka Smolková (supported by the Expedition Fund)
México –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mágico – Alexandra Sashi Čavojská

Program in the third hall

Speak dating (dating – first time at the festival, there is also a link to register in the description)
Camino de Compostela (discussion): Daniela Lukáč, Marianna Podlucká, Gabriel Švec and Magdaléna Masárová
Solo travel (discussion): Petr Hingar, Peter Božík, Šebastián Bok
Australia and New Zealand (discussion): Daniela Lukáč, Michal Koza, Veronika Balážiová
Working abroad, emigration, scholarships, volunteering (discussion): Tina Paholík Hamárová, Majky Molnár, Zuzana Vítková,
Solo women on the road (discussion): Daniela Lukáč, Magdaléna Masárová, Zuzana Vítková
What to eat and not to eat on the road (travel and food; discussion): Zuzana Vítková, Dominika Pišťanská, Veronika Folentová
USA, Canada and Mexico (discussion): Alexandra Sashi Čavojská, Mariana Podlucká, Michal Koza
Autonomadism – traveling by car on long journeys – consultations with Ondrej Bricht (consultations)

Accompanying program:

RAMIVANA – world music – concert of healing tones
Photo exhibition: Miroslav Jurkovič

The Festival Cesto cesto traditionally celebrates adventure, diversity and discovery. It offers viewers and travelers warm meetings, interesting stories, engaging photos, incredible experiences and, most importantly, a lot of inspiration.

Don’t miss it!

If you have traveled somewhere interesting and would like to present in the future, let us know about yourself. We are also looking for volunteers.

We would be happy if you would bring your own glasses, mugs or bowls to the event so that we create as little waste as possible :). Thank you

Location: Cultus Ružinov, Ružinovská street, Ružinov, Bratislava
Date: 07.11.2025 – 09.11.2025
Start: from 16:45 – 20:00
Price: 13 – 125 €

Tickets:

7.11.2025 Friday – 13.00 €
8.11.2025 Saturday – 18.00 €
9.11.2025 Sunday – 18.00 €

7. – 9.11.2025 – 38.00 €

Year-round ticket for all events and online presentations for 1 person – 100.00 €

Children under 12 accompanied by a parent free of charge, children under 18 accompanied by a parent 50% discount on the ticket price on site, disabled and people over 65 years old get a 50% discount on the ticket price on site.

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