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Renovated Casemate Hall at the Ljubljana Castle
At the Ljubljana Castle, we had the grand opening of the last renovated space – the multi-purpose Casemate Hall, which concludes the revitalization project of the castle complex.
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Festival Ruta again in Ljubljana
Between 2 and 7 February 2024, the Ljubljana City Theatre is hosting the international Ruta festival for the third time, bringing together theatres of the capital cities of the countries in former Yugoslavia.
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Cross-country skiing in Ljubljana during winter
As the City of Ljubljana is aware of the importance of physical activity for the quality of life for all age groups, we have designed free programmes for various types of exercise, primarily for beginners.
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The Winter Festival beckons
For the seventh consecutive year, the Winter Festival will enrich winter cultural events with six concerts held between 18 and 23 February 2024. Renowned domestic and foreign musicians will perform on the stage of the cultural and congress centre Cankarjev dom and the Slovenian Philharmonic, and you are invited to join us for an unforgettable cultural experience.
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The year of Kinodvor's anniversaries exceeded all expectations
The year 2023, when three important anniversaries were celebrated in Kinodvor – the centenary of the cinema at Kolodvorska, the twentieth anniversary of the art cinema and fifteen years of the Public Institute Kinodvor – exceeded all expectations in terms of successfulness. In the past year, we recorded 125,913 visitors at 1,990 screenings, including the Film Educational Programme for Young Audiences, for which this was the year with the highest attendance so far.
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The European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week is starting
The City of Ljubljana is joining the European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, which is taking place from 22 to 28 January 2024.
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In memoriam: Acad. Prof. Dr. Stanko Kristl
The Honorary Citizen Prof. Dr. Stanko Kristl, one of the most prominent Slovenian architects, researcher, innovator and humanist, designed, among other things, the diagnostic-therapeutic service facility of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana and the Mladi rod kindergarten in Ljubljana, passed away.
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Another successful year at the Ljubljana Castle
In 2023, Ljubljana Castle had just under 1,200,000 visitors, the railway funicular transported slightly over 540,000 passengers, 331 events and 432 wedding ceremonies took place on the castle premises throughout the year, the occupancy of the Celica Hostel was at 92 percent during the main summer months.
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In memoriam: Jurij Souček
Jurij Souček, an Honorary Citizen of Ljubljana, a great theatre artist and one of the most recognizable voices of cartoons and fairy tales that generations of children grew up with, passed away. We will say goodbye to Jurij Souček at the commemoration session of the City Council of the City of Ljubljana, which will be held on Monday, 22 January 2024, at 13:00 in the Great Hall of the City Hall.
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Ice skating in Pogačar Square
We will be skating and socializing in Pogačar Square this winter as well. The first skaters will step onto the Ice Fairy Tale rink on Monday, 15 January 2024, and the rink will be open until the end of February.
