Culture

- National and University Library in Ljubljana. The building, constructed in 1941, represents one of architect Jože Plečnik's most monumental works. Photo: Grega Wernig
Almost every Slovenian is by nature a writer, painter, cook, dancer, wine-maker, musician, director, actor, blogger or engraver. They know how to create art out of everything they love. In addition to artists with various skills and crafts that have been handed down from generation to generation, Slovenians are also successful in many modern art forms accessible to all generations.
Cultural events are unbelievably well attended – various festivals (especially in the summer months) thrill visitors who come from near and far. Theatre and concerts are popular, Slovenians love to read and are proud of their cultural tradition. We should mention France Prešeren, a poet who became the pride of Slovenian poetry and author of Slovenia’s national Anthem, Zdravljica. The anthem appeals for the coexistence of nations and is a zdravljica, or toast, to all people of good heart.
Features
France Prešeren - poet, writer, thinker

February 2013
Prešeren’s work is a necessary, inevitable and eternal part of Slovenian cultural tradition.France Prešeren – poet, writer, thinker – won a position in Slovenian society more reminiscent of a natural phenomenon than of a...
Vladimir Bartol, the Author of Alamut

February 2013
Marking the 110 anniversary of Vladimir Bartol's birth, "Alamut", an internationally acclaimed novel by Slovenian author Vladimir Bartol (1903-1967), will be made into a film. The announcement was made by publishing house Založba...
Kamila Volčanšek

January 2013
Cankarjev dom hosted the 10th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, an event which gives special pleasure to visitors. Illustrations are an important part of Slovenian artistic creativity and have a long tradition of the highest...
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November 2012
An old, three-hundred-square-metre middle-class apartment in the centre of Ljubljana was for one month turned into an environment for the unconventional ideas of young Slovenian creators.
Statistics
Public libraries (2009) 59
Professional theatres (2009) 29
Professional orchestras (2009) 19
Museums and exhibition grounds (2009) 170
National budget for culture as % of GDP (2009) 1.8
Source: Statistical Office of the RS
(Slovenia in Figures 2011,
Statistical Yearbook )
Culture.si covers information on cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services in Slovenia, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage. Culture.si offers an up to date address book that can be searched by the region, discipline or type. Culture.si strives to broaden and promote international cultural cooperation, as well as knowledge and recognition of Slovene culture.
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Ljubljana - Unesco's World Book Capital 2010

From April 2010 to April 2011 - a total of over 300 events took place as part of the Capital programme.


