This year, for the sixth year in a row, the Ljubljana Castle, in cooperation with National Geographic Slovenia, will present a high-profile photographic exhibition in the "S" Gallery. This time, 25 moving portraits of animals created as part of Joel Sartore's Photo Ark project will be on display.
The 2019 wedding season will begin at the Ljubljana Castle, where more than 60 different wedding service providers from all over Slovenia and abroad will present themselves this year as well.
For all avid runners, winter is not the time to start. For the most enthusiastic, there is also the 2nd New Year's Chronometer Run at the Ljubljana Castle, which will start this year on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at 12 noon in front of the City Hall in Ljubljana.
Castle Days brings four days of interesting events for the whole family to the Ljubljana Castle in May.
Lovers of running and charity, on the first Sunday of April, you will fight with all your might to run the strenuous hill up to the castle and collect as much money as possible for sick children in the Pediatric Clinic in Ljubljana. Every year, the Hop na grad (2019) run attracts more than 700 runners, who in previous years have collected funds to purchase various devices. This year, the money collected from the entry fees and charity contributions will help buy a device to monitor the cardiorespiratory function of babies who have breathing problems and lose consciousness. Applications are open.
The Bluesland 2019 festival built its foundations on the MotörCity festival in Tolmin, which is unfortunately being cancelled. In contrast to its predecessor, which offered selected blues music to motorcycle enthusiasts as well, Bluesland will be focused solely on music. The already confirmed performers will show their talent, sense of music and skills between June 27 and 29 at the Ljubljana Castle.
The events at Ljubljana Castle in December are lively, and the finishing touch is the most beautiful view of decorated Ljubljana - from the Observation Tower.
On Thursday, in the late evening hours, the Ljubljana Castle glowed in orange shades for the first time, in the tone of the most popular herbal liqueur. Three themed venues at the Ljubljana Castle hosted fans of night parties and numerous media personalities with sophisticated Točaj shows, hot dancers and original cocktails based on the most popular herbal liqueur. A very special surprise was intended for all the researchers who, through the upcoming design competition, will rejuvenate the famous bitter and take root in their hearts.
In the courtyard of the Ljubljana Castle, a cinema under the stars will soon come to life again, bringing a touch of romance to the film scene.
Film pod zvezdami is an annual cinema in the magical setting of the Castle Courtyard, co-organized by Kinodvor and Ljubljana Castle. In the most star-studded cinema in the city, a selection of high-profile films from the past cinema season will be shown again this year, and the schedule will be supplemented by premieres and pre-premieres.
Between July 11 and August 3, Kinodvor and Ljubljana Castle invite you to summer movie evenings in the open air, Film under the stars 2019. In the magical atmosphere of the Castle courtyard, a diverse program of film highlights from the past season will take place, as well as six fresh films, which will be shown for the first time publicly presented on the Slovenian screen. As the opening film, they chose Urša Menart's debut Ne bom več luzerka, winner of the best feature film at the Slovenian Film Festival in Portorož.
At the beginning of July, two exhibitions are opening at the Ljubljana Castle, an art exhibition with works by Lojze Spacal and a photography exhibition with a selection of 50 National Geographic photos.