Wandering around Bratislava’s Old Town, you’re bound to bump into, or trip over, one of the city’s street statues.

I suppose everyone will have their favourite, but Cumil seems to be the most popular (see featured image above). ‘Cumil’ translates to ‘Watcher’, but what’s he watching? His head is sticking out of a manhole and some say that he’s looking up women’s skirts – who knows? He’s been run over a couple of times and so the authorities have put a ‘Man at work’ sign up. You can find Cumil at the junction of Laurinska and Panska.

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Originally posted 2021-10-25 11:20:52.