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Try the Urbana-Ljubljana Tourist Card

Jan.30.2012

The city of Ljubljana has developed a convenient way for tourists to see the sights with the Urbana-Ljubljana Tourist Card. Available in 24, 48, and 72-hour typ...

Ljubljana Contemporary Art Museum Opens

Jan.6.2012

Ljubljana has recently opened a striking new building, home to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MSUM) in the Metelkova Museum Quarter. Partnered with the already...

Winter Holidays in Ljubljana

Dec.04.2011

The centre of Ljubljana transforms into a winter wonderland this December, its streets illuminated with white Christmas lights across the city. The biggest at...

International Film Festival Underway

Nov.5.2011

The 22nd edition of the Ljubljana International Film Festival is about to kick off in the Slovenian capital, with hundreds of films to be screened at cine...

Biennial of Graphic Arts Kicks Off

Oct.2.2011

Ljubljana's International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC) is currently hosting the 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts. The event kicked of on the 23rd of September w...

Explore Ljubljana By Double Decker Bus

Sep.3.2011

The city of Ljubljana has launched an open-top double-decker bus to promote easy and comfortable sightseeing across the city. The bus, known as Happy Johnny (...

Google Transit Launched in Ljubljana

Jul.31.2011

The city of Ljubljana has incorporated public transportation schedules into Google’s Transit web service, allowing locals and tourists an easy way to find route...

Unesco World Heritage lists Ljubljana Marshes Sites

Jul.7.2011

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has included a number of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in the Alpine area in its famed list, including two sites i...

Rent a Bike in Ljubljana

Jun.5.2011

A new bicycle rental system has been introduced in Ljubljana, allowing for a cheap and convenient (and healthy!) method of transportation for locals and visit...

Ljubljana Festival Among Best in World

Apr.1.2011

British music magazine Songlines has listed Ljubljana’s Druga Godba world music festival as amongst the top 25 across the world. As one of the oldest music fest...

Slalom World Cup Events Wrap Up

Mar.9.11

The Slovenian winter sports town of Kranjska Gora, located in the Julian Alps, is where one event of the Alpine skiing World Cup series takes place every year...

Extensions for Ljubljana's Botanical Gardens

Feb.6.2011

One of the best kept secrets in Ljubljana is the relaxing (and free) oasis known as the Botanical Gardens, a garden with a 200-year-old history which has rece...

Gold Medal for Ljubljana Pavilion

Jan.9.2011

Slovenia’s pavilion, dedicated to the city of Ljubljana, was awarded the gold medal for creative interior design (in the category of up to 2000m-squared pavilio...

Winter Season of Lights in Ljubljana

Dec.6.2010

The people of Ljubljana don't just accept winter - they celebrate it! The entire month of December in particular is filled with special events along the beautif...

When Robots Attack - In the Name of Science

Nov.7.2010

The University of Ljubljana has been making headlines in the science and technology community for a rather unusual experiment taking place by its researchers. ...

No Pants? No Problem! For Slovenian Reporter

Oct.2.2010

A Slovenian newsreader was caught on camera with no trousers in September. The television anchor was dressed in a smart suit jacket, shirt, and tie, but it wasn...

A smart card makes it too easy

July.29.2010

The Ljubljana Tourist Board has launched Ljubljana Tourist Card, a card which allows tourist to ride buses and grants access to a number of sights around the ci...

Airport renovated, plus new link to Barcelona

Jun 1, 2010

The main airport in Ljubljana was renovated in mid-April to provide for new runways and taxiways, improvements in flight control and better security throughout ...

Airport to be closed in mid-April

Mar.23.2010

Leaving every traveler with anxiety and what seems simply unimaginable for JFK or Heathrow, Ljubljana’s airport will shut down all traffic between 7th and 21st ...

Christmas and New Year's in Ljubljana

Dec.16.2002

The holiday season is finally upon us, and just as any city with a Christmas tradition, Ljubljana is dressing up for the occasion. By now, the city is filled wi...

Tread Your Way Back Up The Tower

August.04.2009

To much fanfare Ljubljana Castle's Outlook Tower (Razgledni stolp) reopened last week after a major renovation and re-fit closed it last October. Now visitors ...

New Slovenia Summer Guide

July.06.2009

If you’re reading this, then it’s a fair guess that you’re planning a break to one of Europe’s smallest but loveliest countries. And we’re obviously delighted ...

Bluetooth's Tourist Tips

June.13.2009

Got Bluetooth? Then if you're arriving in Ljubljana at the Jože Pučnik Airport you can get up to the minute tourist information zapped to your mobile just as s...

Street naming stirs up old memories

May.09.2009

Memories of Slovenia's troubled past were re-awakened last month after the city's council decided to re-name a street 'Titova Cesta', after Tito the president o...

Come To Ljubljana, Helsinkians!

30.03.2009

Yesterday, direct flights to Ljubljana were re-opened by Finnair. The line will only operate during the summer season (until October 23) and it's going to fly 4...

Pre-Columbian Mexico In Ljubljana

20.02.2009

In March Ljubljana will host some of the most exceptional archeological finds from the pre-Columbian era in Mexico. The exhibition, "Pre-Columbian Mexico: Eter...

Lose It In Ljubljana!

20.01.2009

After the "Reader's Digest" magazine conducted an honesty test in the largest cities in over 30 countries, some really great news for the Ljubljana citizens hav...

International Film Festival

28.11.2008

The 19th edition of the Ljubljana International Film Festival was a great success. All screenings were attended - tickets sold out a few weeks before the event....

Philharmonic Turns 100

Feb.8.2008

Travellers with a taste for classical music will find some intriguing things on the menu this year. Ljubljana is celebrating the centenary of the Slovenian Phil...

Ljubljana Man On A Mission

Nov.13.2007

No one was more surprised than the Ljubljana Life team to find out that our very first editor, Kris Mole, long time resident of the city, was embarking on a see...

Slovenia Unearthing WW2 Past

Oct.23.2007

A new program of the Slovenian government has recently been illuminating the secret, literally buried legacy of mass slaughter in Slovenia after the end of WWII...

Torrential Rains Ravage Slovenia

Sept.24.2007

Friday, September 21st was declared a day of national mourning in Slovenia after a brief but unusually violent storm on Tuesday afternoon brought the heaviest r...

City With a Heart of Gold

Aug.02.2007

Say you were just walking along, humming a tune, watching the girls go by when you spot a cell phone sitting idly, unattended by anyone. Would you pick it up an...

New Downloadable Ljubljana PDF Guide!

May.31.2007

After months of our cyber mailboxes overflowing with the likes of, "My gosh Ljubljana Life! I love you so much I just want to take you everywhere! If only I cou...

New law on bilingual signs

Feb.02.2007

The Austrian Constitutional Court published several new rulings which expand the list of towns and villages in the province of Carinthia that ought to have bili...

Adijo to the Tolar

Jan.01.2007

After 15 years, the first Slovenian currency, the tolar, will gradually disappear from wallets and ATM machines to be replaced by the single European currency, ...

Ljubljana Police chief pays the price

Nov.28.2006

The police chief of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana has been sacked over the handling of anti-Roma protests at the weekend. Hundreds of residents of Ambrus, a...

Slovenian Gypsies face hostility

Nov.14.2006

The agony of a group of Roma, driven from their homes by a Slovenian mob last month, continued, as new protests flared in order to prevent them from settling in...

Ljubljana elects new mayor

Oct.23.2006

An independent candidate who is a foe of the ruling center-right coalition was elected mayor of the capital, Ljubljana, dealing a blow to the government that to...

30 years for murder

Oct.06.2006

The Ljubljana District Court sentenced 38-year-old Silvo Plut to 30 years in prison for the brutal murder of Ljubica Ulcar and the attempted murder and maltreat...

The rescue of Tomo Kriznar

Sep.24.2006

Tomo Kriznar, the Slovenian human rights activist who became President Janez Drnovsekís special envoy to the western Sudanese province of Darfur, has finally re...

Slovenes on trial in Sudan

Aug.05.2006

The government of Slovenia says a special presidential envoy to Sudan is to be tried on charges of espionage and entering Sudan illegally. The envoy, Tomo Kri...

EU warns Slovenia on Euro prices

Jul.15.2006

The European Commission is urging Slovenia to take measures to prevent shops from using the adoption of the euro to push up prices. The commission wants Slove...

Slovenia claims Lipizzaner as its own

Jun.14.2006

Slovenia's 20-cent euro coin... Slovenia is using its adoption of the euro currency on 1st January 2007 as a chance to press its claim as the true home of the...

World Cup fever hits Ljubljana

It's that time again where the whole world forgets about their internal and personal problems and instead focuses their attention to football's World Cup. The...

Wizz Air Launches Flights from Ljubljana Airport

May.08.2006

Wizz Air, the biggest no-frills airline in Central and Eastern Europe, launched flights from Ljubljana airport to London's Luton and Brussel's Charleroi airport...

More Foreign Carriers for Ljubljana Airport

Jan.19.2006

The company running Slovenia's main airport has concluded 2005 with a record 1,218,896 passengers, an increase of 16.3% over the previous year. Aircraft traffic...

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Try the Urbana-Ljubljana Tourist Card
The city of Ljubljana has developed a convenient way for tourists to see the sights with the Urbana-Ljubljana Tourist Card. Available in 24,...