Urban spot

Even in Ljubljana, fairy tales live in Mačja kavarnica, which can be found on Nami's renovated fairy-tale fifth floor, which is dedicated to children's daydreams. In the Mačja kavarnica, the youngest and even the slightly older sweet tooths will be satisfied with a wide range of sweets from Domača peke, a rich...

We students were the ones who took the "first pizzeria in town", as they like to boast in Parma these days, as our own. Although Parma is a pizzeria that resists the modern trend of thin dough and light toppings. In Parma, the pizzas are thick, richly coated and baked in an electric oven, in those legendary ovens from which...

"There is no better beer in Kranjska than what Adam Ravbar brews! To verify this rumor, come and see Rodica. Once you try it, you will sing his praises all day long." This is how we are greeted by verses in the first Slovenian private brewery and pub in Rodica near Domžale, where since 1991 the brewing...

Tivoli Castle is a little-neglected gem of Ljubljana, located in the heart of the greenery of Tivoli Park, but at the same time it is almost in the center of the city. However, the hustle and bustle of the center does not disturb its tranquility, and this is why Ljubljana's Tivoli Park entered this spring with a new story - Art caffe Tivoli. At the end of Jakopičev...

With the flood of Chinese restaurants in Slovenia, we got another new acquisition that invites us with a slightly different approach. Restaurant Mongolia is supposed to be a Mongolian restaurant, but the flavors go a little further, to Chinese and Japanese restaurants, so we will also come across sushi, which is especially...

"U Ljubljan', pr Šestic', is one cute girl," says the Slovenian national song. And if a restaurant is mentioned in a national song, then it must be something special. And Šestica is certainly special, because the first appearance of the house was already in 1670, when it was used as an eternal memory and a clear image of Ljubljana...

In the premises of the city's former largest bakery at Grajské trg 6 in Maribor, known for many years by the people of Maribor under the name Kruh čejlo, after the recent renovation of the bread and pastry shop and the bistro with a cafe, a new restaurant, Pri Florjanu, has opened its doors inside the building. Matjaž Ivanc, owner of the restaurant and...

Probably the Room in the middle of BTC City, where we can sit outside in the sun when the weather is nice, is one of the few oases where we can take refuge during the bustle of work. At the Alley of Youth, as they call it, they surprised us with another novelty. We will not only go to Soba for coffee. In the middle of May, a new salad bar was opened in Soba, where you can...

Sometimes the city is really busy, and that's when we look for hidden corners of the city cores, where we can forget about the outside world and enjoy good music in the greenery. Jazz club Gajo has long been a well-known chillout location in Ljubljana, and their summer garden in the garden of the Society of Slovenian Writers for the Ljubljana Opera is great...

Maksimilian, the brother of Franco Jožef, emperor of the Habsburg Monarchy, was made emperor of Mexico in the middle of the 19th century and created an army of 6,000 imported soldiers - Mexicans, among whom were also many Slovenian boys. Today it is not talked about much, but the memory of them lives on, ...

Despite the somewhat bad reputation of Ljubljana's Fužina, it is possible to find a pleasant corner right there, at the end of Fužina, where you can spend active hours with your little ones or sit in the garden and drink coffee in peace. Peter Maver is the owner of the Sombrero bar, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary this year. Despite the fact that in Sombrero...

Movie Caffe is that social corner in the lower part of the Ljubljana Coliseum, where the actors gather after the premieres and where it is the most lively before and after the film screenings. Why not, because the ambiance with a movie theme is created for a movie atmosphere. Scenes from the most cult movies follow each other on the walls and...