Ljubljana increasingly attractive to tourists with tents and motorhomes

Ljubljana is an attractive tourist destination also for visitors who wish to spend a night in a tent or motorhomes and similar trailers. Problems arise if they want to set up a tent in the Landscape Park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šiška Hill (KP TRŠh) or spend a night in a motorhome parked on a surface not designated for that purpose.

Ljubljana is once again in the finals of the European Capital of Smart Tourism competition

On 7 August 2019, the European Commission announced the finalists of the 2020 European Capital of Smart Tourism competition, which also include Ljubljana. After a presentation in Helsinki, on 8 October 2019 the European Jury will select two winning cities and award four others in the accessibility, sustainability, digitalisation, and cultural heritage and creativity categories.

Nine Film under the Stars screenings sold out; Open-air Cinema coming to Congress Square

Film under the Stars, which concluded on 3 August, had over 16,000 visitors. City Cinema Kinodvor’s evening screenings continue at the Kinodvorišče on Kolodvorska, and the Open-air Cinema is coming to Congress Square.

Influencing climate change in Ljubljana

In the City of Ljubljana, we have outlined the sustainable development with numerous measures and ambitious environmental politics, based on which we won the prestigious title - the European Green Capital 2016. As environmental experts emphasise, this is the path which all cities on our planet must take, since only one city or even a country the size of Slovenia cannot prevent global warming.

Identification of invasive tree species in the natural environment within the summer school

On July 2, 2019, on the second day of the school, the girls who attended the summer school at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana spent together with the employees from the Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources.

Ljubljana to host Velo-city 2020 conference

Next year Ljubljana will host the Velo-city conference, the annual global cycling summit of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), which will take place on June 2-5, 2020.

Software system for plant data collection

Project partner GDi has developed software application for the management of invasive alien plant species (IAPS).

Director of Ljubljana Tourism Petra Stušek elected ECM president

At its annual general assembly in Ljubljana, the association for tourist boards, convention bureaux and city marketing organisations European Cities Marketing (ECM) elected its president, Petra Stušek, M. Sc., Director of Ljubljana Tourism.

Renovation of a former airport in Moste

Within the framework of the public-private partnership with the company BTC we have renovated former airport premises protected as a cultural monument of local significance.

Opening of the Vižmarje Brod Hall

On Wednesday, 29 May 2019, a new sports hall was opened next to Vižmarje Brod Primary School, an important acquisition for the school and the whole surrounding area.