Zlaté Piesky

Zlaté Piesky (literally Golden Sands) is a lake and a summer resort in northeastern Bratislava, Slovakia, near the D1 motorway.

The lake is approachable for visitors by public transport (bus, tram) as there is a nearby "Zlaté Piesky" stop.

The lake was created back in the 50s, as a surface gravel mining pit, filled with groundwater.

On 28 July 1976, Zlaté Piesky witnessed one of the most tragic airplane crashes in the history of Czechoslovakia.

A Czechoslovak Airlines plane en route from Prague to Bratislava failed to land at the nearby airport and crashed into the lake.

Zlaté Piesky in summer 2009