

Passers-by often halt midstride to scope out the pastries in the window, chiefly the three-inch-tall gibanica (4.50 euros), an apple, poppy seed, raisin and walnut layer cake.

The house specialties are Prekmurje bograc, a traditional goulash of spiced beef, pork and venison (6.50 euros), and bujta repa, a succulent hotpot of pickled turnips and pork (4.50 euros). The terrific Gujzina (Mestni Trg 19 386-8380-6446 prekmurska-gostilna.si), which opened in July, serves dishes from Prekmurje, a region abutting Hungary that is celebrated for its gastronomy. Visitors can peruse works like Tanja Ostojic’s fascinating “Looking for a Husband With EU Passport,” which catalogs the many responses the Serbian artist received to the personals ad she posted, and then watch footage of the early Slovene punk scene in the collection’s dedicated Punk Museum. The most recent arrival, the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (Maistrova Ulica 3 386-1241-6800 mg-lj.si 5 euros, or $6.25 at $1.25 to the euro), opened last November and specializes in cutting-edge multimedia art from Eastern Europe. The city’s new museum quarter has turned several 19th-century barracks that once served the Austro-Hungarian and Yugoslav armies into cultural spaces.

Such juxtapositions contribute to the city’s distinctive character. 15 share a block with boxy Communist office buildings and Art Nouveau mansions from Austro-Hungarian times. Elsewhere, remnants of a Roman wall built around A.D. There are also surprisingly offbeat facets of the city, like Metelkova City, a cluster of clubs and galleries that opened inside a complex of former military buildings after Slovenia declared independence, in 1991. With the country surrounded by Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, the national cuisine is infused with a cornucopia of influences the capital’s latest restaurants are bypassing novelty and getting creative with traditional Slovenian fare. In the last few years, Ljubljana has seen several notable museum openings, a new public bike-rental program and a major renovation of its Hapsburg-era opera house. But this walkable capital (population 280,000) also has a rich cultural scene that would be impressive in a city twice its size. It does not store any personal data.SLOVENIA’S first city, Ljubljana, has its fair share of charming Old World plazas, baroque churches and dramatic castles. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
