LJUBLJANA Travel Agent Manual

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A city full of museums and galleries In addition to its two central galleries - the National Gallery , which houses works by Slovene and foreign artists from the Gothic period to Impressionism, and the Museum of Modern Art , which has a collection of works of art created by Slovenian artists of the 20th century, numerous other galleries, exhibition areas and sales galleries round out the fine arts scene in Ljubljana. National Museum of Slovenia The most valuable items related to the archaeological and historic periods of our national territory. www.nms.si National Gallery Displaying Slovenian art from the end of the 12th century to the first decades of the 20th century and exhibitions of European painters; temporary exhibitions, etc. www.ng-slo.si Museum of Architecture and Design The main Slovenian institution operating in the fields of architecture, urban planning, industrial and graphic design and photography. www.mao.si

Puppet shows and other children’s entertainment Ljubljana’s puppet artists are among the very best in Europe. The city’s most awarded puppet theatres are the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and the Ljubljana Mini Theatre , and its most acclaimed puppet events are the Lutke and Mini Summer festivals . Street Festivals Each summer, the streets of Ljubljana are flooded with eccentric entertainers, daring acrobats and spectacular fire performers brought together by the Ana Desetnica international street theatre festival. Film Ljubljana In Slovenia, all films are shown in their original language in cinemas so visitors can also attend screenings. Apart from the regular programme of mainstream productions, the city also boasts an art cinema (Kinodvor). Two open-air film festivals in attractive locations ( Open-air Cinema Congress Square and Ljubljana Castle – Film Under the Stars ) and three international film festivals ( Ljubljana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival , International Documentary Film

Festival , and LIFFE ) prove that Ljubljana really is a city for film lovers.

Literary trails of Ljubljana

In Ljubljana, the UNESCO City of Literature and the World Book Capital 2010 , there are a number of memorial houses where visitors get an insight into the lives and minds of the creators who lived there. Ljubljana Tourism organises a tour, on which a tourist guide takes you on the routes of poets, writers, national awakeners, and bohemians that left their mark on the collective memory and life of Ljubljana. The exciting story reveals the history of Ljubljana and the life and work of the most important Slovenian creators. www.visitljubljana.com Nowadays, the creative pulse is still strong. Among a number of globally recognised names are the following: philosopher Slavoj Žižek , authors Boris Pahor , Drago Jančar , Brina Svit , Miha Mazzini , writer and illustrator of juvenile books Lila Prap and poets Tomaž Šalamun (died in 2014), Svetlana Makarovič , Uroš Zupan and Aleš Šteger .