Practical information
Practical information

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Good to know

Useful apps

Check out the useful mobile apps you can use during your stay in Ljubljana: https://www.visitljubljana.com/en/visitors/travel-information/useful-mobile-apps/.

Taxis & Bikes

Shopping centres & Supermarkets

  • ALEJA shopping mall, address: Rakuševa ulica 1
  • Citypark Ljubljana (BTC shopping area), address: Moskovska ulica 4
  • in the city centre there are several supermarkets (Mercator, Spar, Hofer, Lidl)
  • NAMA (department store), address: Tomšičeva ulica 1

Sports facilities & activities

  • FITCITY Fitnes center | Gym & Spinning® Ljubljana, address: Nazorjeva ulica 4a
  • Clever fit Ljubljana Situla, address: Vilharjeva 36
  • SUP spot Bananaway - located in Špica kafe, address: Gruberjevo nabrežje 20
  • WOOP (Fun Park, Carting, Bowling, Escape Rooms, Glow golf) - BTC shopping area
  • Squashland Ljubljana, address: Pesarska cesta 8
  • Kolezija (city swimming pool), address: Gunduličeva 7 & Laguna swimming pool complex, address: Dunajska cesta 270

Ljubljana Festival & Film Under the Stars 

https://ljubljanafestival.si/en/calendar/

https://www.kinodvor.org/en/film-under-the-stars/

Medical Centres & Pharmacies

If you need to visit a doctor, it is best to turn to Health Centre in Ljubljana. Location in the city centre - address: Metelkova 9. In case you urgently need a dentist, this health center is on duty also on Saturdays and Sundays.

If you come from EU country or from one of these countries - Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland - with European Health Insurance Card you will be treated in Slovenia for free or at reduced costs. Any other international helath insurance can be used as well - you might have to pay for the check-up, but then you should be able to request a refund from your health insurance provider back home.

Take Care in Nature

When you are in the forest or by the water, you should watch out for ticks. We recommend that you use appropriate repellents and, when you get back from the forest, check yourself thoroughly and remove any possible ticks early enough. In the summer, mosquitoes can also be a great nuisance near water surfaces.

Quality Drinking Water

We are proud of our clean, quality tap water which is perfectly safe to drink from any tap. There are many public fountains around Ljubljana, and they even have their own app to easily locate them. Tap water is often served to you even at the catering establishments, when you, for example, order a cup of coffee, with wine, food and similar.  

Slovenia – one of the safest countries

  • take care of you belongings and do not leave them in visible places, e.g. in the car,
  • do not carry more cash on you than you need,
  • store valuable belongings and larger sums of money in safes,
  • avoid dark, quiet streets in the dark,
  • lock your car and park it in well-lit public parking spaces,
  • make copies of all your documents, plane tickets, passes, bookings, etc. This facilitates identity proving and arranging replacements for any documents that you lose or are stolen. 

Smoking ban

In Slovenia, smoking is banned in all closed public and work premises, i.e. also in the catering and accommodation establishments. You must be at least 18 years old to buy tobacco products. This makes Slovenia one of the European countries with the most stringent restrictions on smoking.

The tastes of Slovenia are tastes of differentness

In Slovenia, the way to a person's heart is through their stomach. Love tastes like dishes from no less than 24 gastronomic areas and three wine-growing areas. Local mineral waters have also always been served on Slovenian tables, and recently beers from local Slovenian microbreweries have also attracted interest. The tastes of Slovenia are different in the Alps than they are on the Adriatic coast, they are different in the Karst Region than they are in the Pannonian Plan, yet each region also has its own distinct gastronomic areas. Slovenia has no less than 170 typical dishes! The major characteristic they have in common is that they are made from locally produced ingredients. Discover protected and special Slovenian cheeses, meat products, sausages, oils, honey, and other food. Taste dishes in various parts of Slovenia, prepared in a distinctively local manner. Taste Slovenia >>