Slovakia Pavilion

Slovakia signed the first Participation Contract of the entire Expo 2027 on 12 November 2025, at the EXPO 2027 Playground. The contract was signed by Danilo Jerinić, director of organizer EXPO 2027 d.o.o., Serbia's Commissioner General Jagoda Lazarević, and Slovakia's Commissioner General Lukáš Parízek, and assigns Slovakia a medium-category 'M Pavilion' space.

That space is Hall 6 of the Expo site: 648 m² spread over two above-ground floors. National tourism organization Slovakia Travel ran an architectural design competition, verified by the Slovak Chamber of Architects, with submissions due via e-procurement by 14 May 2026. The competition brief estimated roughly €414,000 excluding VAT for the design services themselves, and around €3.85 million excluding VAT for the subsequent construction works — figures that are estimates from the tender documents, not a final build cost.

The pavilion's public concept, presented alongside the competition, is 'Slovakia – A Playground of Opportunities,' with the slogan 'Where Game Turns into Opportunity.' Since mid-May 2026, Slovak companies have been able to register to take part in the country's Expo 2027 program. The competition was won by the Bratislava collective EXPO LINE with the design 'Living Playground', announced on 9 July 2026; nine bids were received, six of them non-compliant. EXPO LINE took the design-services contract at €375,000 excluding VAT.

“the first step towards creating a pavilion that will not only be visually attractive, but also a strong story about Slovakia as a country of opportunities” — Lukáš Parízek, Slovakia's Commissioner General for Expo 2027, on the architectural contest [source]

“Our ambition is to present Slovakia as a modern and self-confident country that can address the world not only with content but also with form. The pavilion will be a key element of this presentation.” — Matej Fekete, director of Slovakia Travel [source]