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The Cukrarna Gallery

It was built in 1828 as a sugar factory, and later converted into a tobacco and then a textile factory. Among others, soldiers, the most vulnerable strata of the city, found their temporary home there, as well as Slovenian modernist writers who left there their very unique mark.

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Hiking in the Ljubljana region

Hiking in the Ljubljana region Ljubljana offers direct access to the countryside from the city centre, something that makes it quite unique. Hiking in the surroundings of Ljubljana is one of the most popular ways for the inhabitants of the city to spend their free time. The essence of the project is to develop the hiking opportunities available and bring them closer to foreign visitors to the city.

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European Food Summit

The European Food Summit has set itself the mission of becoming the most important culinary event in the region, helping to build a sustainable future for Europe and promoting Slovenia as an important gastronomic region with its own gastronomic identity and with Ljubljana as its culinary capital.

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Ljubljana Receives the Silver Hospitality Award

Ljubljana Receives the Silver Hospitality Award 19 Nov 2024 Ljubljana received the Silver Hospitality Award 2024 in the My Country 2024 competition, organized by the Tourist Association of Slovenia to recognize Slovenia's most hospitable and attractive tourist destinations. The project Moja dežela – znak gostoljubnosti 2024 (My Country – a Token of Hospitality 2024) is a revamped version of the traditional competition Moja dežela – lepa in gostoljubna (My Country – Beautiful and Hospitable).

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Historical City Centre and Ljubljana Castle

The tour, beginning in front of the Town Hall, takes you through the historical city center, whose unique architecture is the legacy of the Baroque and Art Nouveau periods and, most notably, the work of the famous 20th-century architect Jože Plečnik.  Ljubljana Castle, standing on a hill above the city for about 900 years, is Ljubljana's main attraction.

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Metelkova mesto – Alternative Culture Centre

Metelkova mesto – Alternative Culture Centre © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam AKC Metelkova Mesto is one of Ljubljana’s most well-known landmarks – a centre of alternative culture that emerged from a squat in a former military barracks. It brings together a wide range of creative practices and events.

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Travnar Tourist Farm

Travnar Tourist Farm © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam © Dunja Wedam The Travnar Tourist Farm serves homemade dry-cured meat products, traditional Slovenian dishes, and local specialities made from chestnuts, fruits, and other local produce. Most of the ingredients are produced on the farm. The rest of them are sourced from other local farms. Throughout the year, the Travnar Tourist Farm offers apple juice from the Janče fruit growing area.

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Velike Lašče: THE TRUBAR TRANSVERSAL (Trekking/gravel)

There are a few longer climbs on the tour, but you will be well-rewarded for conquering them with magnificent views. Most of the route runs on paved roads, with some sections on gravel. You end the tour where you started, at Trubar’s Homestead.

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Podpeč Cave

Access to the cave's other halls and several subterranean lakes is only possible for those equipped with caving and scuba-diving gear and guided by speleologists. The most attractive part of the cave is the magnificent Crystal Hall, where only speleologists can go. In the vicinity of the Podpeč Cave there several other interesting karst caves, the best known being the 130-metre-long and 10-metre-deep Kompolje Cave, the Tekavča jama cave, the cave next to the Church of St.

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Young Lions Festival

International festival Mladi Levi is one of the more prominent annual events of the Bunker Institute, bringing the most current stage performers from all over the world to Ljubljana every end of the summer, since 1998. It bears a mark of a demanding artistic profile, placed within the arena of contemporary progressive theatre and takes pride in its reputation for discovering young talents.

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