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Hostel Celica Wins Excellence Award for Slovenia
The world’s leading provider of youth accommodations and social travel has announced the winners of its annual HOSCAR Awards for 2025 - the only travel awards that specifically recognize excellence in the hostel sector. The winner for Slovenia is the unique Hostel Celica, managed by the Ljubljana Castle.
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LUV Fest in Ljubljana
LUV Fest is a festival of love, art and wandering, which will take place in Ljubljana from 8 February, a day when the greatest Slovenian poet France Prešeren is commemorated, through to 12 March, when by tradition birds start their courtship.
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Outstanding results of the city cinema in 2024
In its sixteenth year of operating as a city public institution, Kinodvor reached a new milestone: for the first time, it recorded over 140,000 visitors.
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Ljubljana Castle successfully completed last year
Ljubljana Castle had been visited by almost 1,300,000 guests in 2024, and the funicular railway transported over 575,000 passengers. With the opening of the last renovated space – the multi-purpose Casemate Hall – the renovation and revitalization of the castle was completed, a major overhaul of the funicular railway was also carried out, the entrance bridge was renovated, and the Gostilna na Gradu restaurant was revamped.
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Play with Me festival receives international URBACT award
The international inclusive festival Play with Me, which we have been preparing for 18 years together with the Association of Inclusive Culture and the Special Education Centre Janez Levec, received the URBACT award and was recognized as an example of European good practice.
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In memoriam: academician Prof. Dr. Vinko V. Dolenc
Honorary Citizen of Ljubljana, academician Prof. Dr. Vinko V. Dolenc, has passed away. We will say goodbye to the Honorary Citizen at a commemoration session of the City Council of the City of Ljubljana, which will be held on Friday, 24 January 2025, at 10:00, in the Great Hall of the City Hall.
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We are preparing a proposal for the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šiška Hill Landscape Park Management Plan
A proposal for a 10-year management plan for the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šiška Hill Landscape Park is being prepared by professional organizations in the fields of nature conservation, forestry, agriculture, water management, environment and spatial planning alongside the competent services of the City of Ljubljana.
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The Ljubljana City Theatre is hosting the Ruta theatre festival again
Between 29 January and 4 February 2025, you can see six top performances by city theatres from six republics of the former Yugoslavia on the stage of the Ljubljana City Theatre as part of the regional theatre festival Ruta. It is an important cultural event that is gaining recognition both on the local and regional levels.
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Ice skating at Pogačar Square
The covered ice rink Ice Fairy Tale is set up on Pogačar Square again this year and will open its doors on Monday, 13 January 2025. You are invited to skate and socialize accompanied by musical rhythms and hot drinks.
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We have already planted almost 1,000 trees this year
In the autumn, we planted 431 trees in the public green areas of the City of Ljubljana, maintained by the public company Voka Snaga.
