Postojna Cave
updated 15 hours ago
The 20,570 metre-long Postojna Cave system is the longest cave system in Slovenia as well as one of its top tourist attractions, visited by over 500,000 visitors per year. The 5.3 kilometre-long trail is opened to the public which makes Postojna Cave the longest publicly-accessible depth of any cave system in the world. Its Grand Hall can receive up to 10,000 visitors and often serves as a concert venue.
The caves are also home to the endemic olm (proteus anguinus), the largest trogloditic amphibian in the world. Part of the tour through the caves includes a pool with some olms in it, making this one of the rare places in the world where the olm can be seen by tourists.
Plečnik House
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Now a small yet highly intriguing museum, the Plečnik House is the former abode of Jože Plečnik (1872–1957), one of the most important and certainly the most well known Slovene architect. As of 1974 devoted to this European architectural great, the museum houses the collection of Plečnik's personal artefacts as well as (since 2015) a study centre, a permanent exhibition on the architect's life and work and a space for temporary exhibitions related to Plečnik's work, his contemporaries or his influence on today's creative sector. However, the house itself is a testament in its own right, having been used as some sort of a prototype ground by its illustrious owner.
Slovenski kulturno-informacijski center na Dunaju (SKICA Dunaj)
updated 3 days ago
Slovenska kulturna centra (oziroma SKICI) na Dunaju in v Berlinu v letu 2026 praznujeta vsak svojo obletnico. SKICA Dunaj je bila ustanovljena leta 2011, torej deluje že 15 let. Pet let pozneje je bila v Nemčiji ustanovljena še SKICA Berlin, ki letos obhaja svoje prvo desetletje. Oba centra sta kot skupni projekt Ministrstva za kulturo ter Zunanjega ministrstva Republike Slovenije izrednega pomena za promocijo in prepoznavnost sodobne slovenske umetnosti in kulture v tujini.
Aljažu Arihu, dolgoletnemu kariernemu diplomatu, ki je vodenje dunajske SKICE prevzel v letu 2021, smo zastavili nekaj vprašanj. Predstavil je delovanje centra, predvsem avstrijska partnerstva, prizorišča in festivale, ki omogočajo uspešno promocijo umetnosti in kulture vseh zvrsti v mednarodnem prostoru.
Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art
updated 3 days ago
Established in 2003, the Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art is the main summer visual arts event in the Ptuj region. Since 2009, it represents one of two branches of the Art Ptuj Festival, the other being the Arsana International Music Festival.
The Art Stays Festival traditionally consists of a shorter condensed festival and a longer exhibition featured at several locations in Ptuj, including at partner institutions Ptuj – Ormož Regional Museum, Mihelič Gallery and Ivan Potrč Library Ptuj.
Zagorje National Liberation War Collection
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Opened in 1994, the Zagorje National Liberation War Collection charts the course of the Second World War in Zagorje ob Savi through the display of arms, equipment, documents and photographs from the period. A special exhibition presents the instruments of the Zagorje Miners' Brass Band which the musicians took with them when they joined the partisans. The collection is housed in the renovated Weinberger House at the main square of Zagorje ob Savi.
RUTA festival
updated 4 days ago
The RUTA regional theatre festival, founded in 2019, connects six theatres from six countries of former Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Croatia. Its mission is to strengthen cultural ties across national borders and to create a space for artistic collaboration. In order to achieve this goal, the festival takes place in all six cities during the year, bringing to the public the plays from all the theatres involved. In Slovenia, the festival traditionally takes place in January and February and is organized by the Ljubljana City Theatre. The plays are accompanied by discussions with their creators. In addition, the festival also organizes the meetings of actors and production teams with the audience.
Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA)
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Established in Vienna in 2011, the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre in Austria (SKICA) promotes Slovenian achievements in the arts, culture, science and research, while fostering cultural exchange between Slovenian and Austrian audiences and institutions.