This year too, in the last breaths of August, we are traditionally promised a real cultural treat. Between August 24 and 26, the old town center will once again transform into the scene of the largest street festival of the Slovenian capital, Nights in Old Ljubljana. Many top domestic and foreign musicians will perform on various stages, and the red thread of this year's program is Slavic culture.
Us mere mortals like to ask for the recipes of the most successful or richest (maybe both) people. In the meantime, let's buy a lottery ticket. In 2004, when Apple was not as strong a brand as it is today, Steve Jobs imagined the rules that he followed on the way to success. He apparently put them together with then-Vice President John Brandon, as they called them “JB's Rules for Success”. Let's look at them.
In 2015, the Greek director Jorgos Lantimos served up the extremely bizarre satire Jastog (The Lobster, 2015), which impressed many film lovers around the world. This year, he prepared a new film for viewers.
A good three weeks after London's Great British Beer Festival, 20 British small and medium-sized breweries will present themselves in Ljubljana, focusing their knowledge and passion on brewing kraft and "real ale" beer. Welcome to the Ljubljana British Craft Beer Festival, which will take place between September 7 and 9 at the Šiška Cinema.
From August 28 to September 10, Ljubljana's burger providers will be selling burgers with the label Dobrodelni burger. The label will be given to burgers specially created for this purpose, which you have not been able to taste until now. From each burger, you will thus donate 1 euro to a selected non-governmental organization.
The long and hot summer will end this year in Ljubljana with a long and hot weekend, when the sky above Pogačarjev trg will once again be filled with intoxicating aromas at the second and last Beer and Burger Fest of the year. On Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, beers will collide here in all their coldness and burgers in all their deliciousness.
A wonderful winter adventure is coming to Zagreb: Disney on Ice will host the Magical Kingdom show in the Zagreb Arena. Between December 8 and 10, 2017, the most popular cartoon characters will line up on the ice platform: Anna and Elsa from the Ice Kingdom, Mickey and Minnie mice, cars from the cartoon of the same name and many others. Tickets for this unforgettable family show are on sale now.
The Slovenian film Rudar is a story about a simple miner who risked everything to do what was right and thus revealed one of the most terrifying secrets of Slovenian post-war history.
Čokoljana is returning to our capital for the fifth time. Čokoljana 2017 will take place this time on October 21, and all chocoholics and sweet tooths will come to Pogačarjev trg at your own expense.
Angelina Jolie, one of the biggest film stars, continues her successful directorial career with her latest feature film First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (2017), where she will tell the true story of activist Loung Ung, who as a child experienced great horrors in her homeland Cambodia.
Between September 12 and 16, the 20th jubilee Slovenian film festival will take place in Portorož, where the highlights of last year's Slovenian film production will be on display. At this year's festival, 84 films from the official program and 13 films from the accompanying program will be shown, totaling as many as 97 films, which testify to the rich film creativity of our filmmakers.
In August, Cukrarna opened its doors in Ljubljana. The tempting, home-made pastry shop of Line Butenko Černe, where you can find lovingly made cakes, pies, wraps, crispy cookies or homemade French croissants. They didn't forget about lean and gluten-free desserts either. The offer also includes fragrant coffee, and for the hungry, gourmet sandwiches or delicious toasts.