Ljubljana lies in a basin between the Karst and the alpine regions at 298 metres above sea level. We like to say it is sufficiently large to contain everything that a capital should have, and small enough to preserve the individuality of its inhabitants. It is a city with a soul, featured by the Baroque Old Town which is nestled at the foot of Castle Hill, the Art Nouveau mansions as well as some of the masterpieces of the world renowned architect Jože Plečnik.
If one is to believe the legend, then the founder of Ljubljana was the Greek prince Jason, together with his companions, the Argonauts. According to the legend, Jason and the Argonauts, while fleeing from King Aites, from whom they had stolen the golden fleece, sailed from the Black Sea up the Danube, from the Danube into the Sava, and from the Sava into the Ljubljanica.
Around about here Jason encountered a terrible monster, which he fought and slew. This monster was the Ljubljana dragon, which now has its permanent abode on top of the castle tower on the Ljubljana coat of arms. At a national referendum held on December 23, 1990, the people of Slovenia voted for independence and sovereignity and on June 25, 1991, the Republic of Slovenia proclaimed its independence.
With this, Ljubljana became the capital of the new state, the heart of the political, economic, cultural and scientific life of the Slovene nation.
The significant mile stone for Ljubljana was Slovenia's accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004.
Ljubljana, with only some 276.000 inhabitants, combines the compactness of a small city with the facilities of a metropolis and, compared with other European capitals, remains a city on a human scale.


Ljubljanica river (360°)

Tromostovje (360°)

Market (360°)
 


Population : 277000 
Height above sea level : 298 m

beside a river 



Average summer temperature : 20 °C
Average winter temperature : -2 °C


Automobiles : It is easily accessible by car: from Villach (A) E 651 from Klagenfurt (A) E 652/E 61 from Graz (A) E 57/E 59 from Trieste (I) E 61/E 70 from Zagreb (HR) E 70 from Budapest (H) E 57/E 71  
Railway : It is easily accessible by train: Munich-Salzburg-Villach-Ljubljana-Zagreb (Eurocity Mimara) Vienna-Graz-Maribor-Ljubljana (Emona) Geneva-Venice-Ljubljana-Zagreb (Simplon Express) Budapest-Ljubljana-Venice (Drava) Zagreb-Ljubljana-Jesenice (Eurocity Mimara) Information: Railway station Trg OF 6 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 291 33 32 E-mail: potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si Internet: http://www.slo-zeleznice.si 
Bus : It is easily accessible by bus: Bus station Ljubljana Trg OF 6 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: 090 42 30 E-mail: avtobusna.postaja@ap-ljubljana.si Internet: http://www.ap-ljubljana.si  
Airplane : AIRPORT Aerodrom Ljubljana -Brnik Brnik 4210 Brnik Tel.: ++386 4 206 10 00 Fax: ++386 4 206 11 09 E-mail: info@lju-airport.si Internet: http://www.lju-airport.si Rent-a-car, banking and postal services, panorama flights. Information on lost and found baggage -Adria Airways flights ++386 4 236 34 62; other air carriers ++386 4 206 19 81 TRANSPORT TO THE AIRPORT Travel Hotujec 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 70 887 766 Fax: ++386 1 832 43 00 E-mail: info@shuttlenet.com From the main hotels, reservation required. Bus from Adria Airways terminal Trg OF 6 (ob Avtobusni postaji Ljubljana) 1000 Ljubljana Departures every day at 6.30, 10.00, 12.40, 14.05, 17.00, 18.45, 22.30 Bus station Ljubljana Trg OF 6 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: 090 42 30 E-mail: avtobusna.postaja@ap-ljubljana.si Internet: http://www.ap-ljubljana.si Departures (lane 28) weekdays at 5.20 and every full hour from 6.10 till 20.10; Saturdays and Sundays and at 6.10 and from 9.10 onwards every odd hour till 19.10 AIRLINES Aeroflot Dunajska 21 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 436 85 68 Fax: ++386 1 436 85 93 E-mail: aeroflot-lju@siol.net Internet: http://www.aeroflot.com Aeroport Brnik tel. ++386 4 206 15 89 ČSA Letališče Brnik 4210 Brnik Tel.: ++386 4 206 17 50 Fax: ++306 4 206 17 51 E-mail: csa-lju@siol.net Internet: http://www.czechairlines.com British Airways Letališče Brnik 4210 Brnik Tel.: ++386 4 206 17 44 Montenegro Airlines Letališče Brnik 4210 Brnik Tel.: ++386 4 201 91 60 Fax: ++386 4 206 91 61 E-mail: monte.airas@siol.net Internet: http://www.montenegro-airlines.cg.yu Adria Airways Gosposvetska 6 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 231 33 12 Fax: ++386 1 232 16 68 080 13 00 free of charge telephone number-only within Slovenia Adria Airways & Austrian Airlines Dunajska 58 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 436 12 83 Fax: ++386 1 436 12 82 Lufthansa Gosposvetska 6 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 434 72 46 Fax: ++386 1 232 66 72 Air France Kuzmičeva 5 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 436 40 68 Fax: ++386 1 436 40 69 Swiss International Airlines WTC, Dunajska 156 1000 Ljubljana Tel.: ++386 1 569 10 10 Fax: ++386 1 569 10 00 


Post Office : Ljubljana 
Slovenska 32 
++386 1 426 46 68 
Bus station : Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana 
Trg OF 4 
090 42 30 
 
www.ap-ljubljana.si 
Railway station : Železniška postaja Ljubljana 
Trg OF 6 
++386 1 291 33 32 
 
www.slo-zeleznice.si 
Car Rentals : Kompas 
Trdinova 9 
++386 1 434 01 47 
Tourist Information Center : Turistični informacijski center Ljubljana 
Stritarjeva 2 
++386 1 306 12 15, 306 12 35 
 
www.visitljubljana.si 
TIC 1 : Turistični informacijski center Ljubljana 
Trg OF 6, (Železniška postaja) 
++386 1 433 94 75 
 
www.visitljubljana.si 
TIC 2 : Slovenski turistični informacijski center 
Krekov trg 10 
++386 1 306 45 75 
 
www.visitljubljana.si 
Police : Policijska postaja center 
Trdinova 10 
++386 1 432 03 41 
Medical center : Zdravstveni dom Center 
Metelkova 9 
++386 1 472 37 00 
Dentist : Zobozdravstvena služba 
Kotnikova 36 
++386 1 300 96 60 
GPS Northing (N) : 46,0516 
GPS Easting (E) : 14,5061