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Center District, Ljubljana

The Center District, or simply the Center, is a district of the City Municipality of Ljubljana in the centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

Center District, Ljubljana
Center District, Ljubljana · Wolfgang Moroder
The place

The Center District, or simply the Center, is a district of the City Municipality of Ljubljana in the centre of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It has an area of about 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Center District, Ljubljana

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Ljubljana

    The University of Ljubljana, abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students.

    400 m · Slovene public university · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ljubljana Castle

    Ljubljana Castle is a castle complex standing on Castle Hill above downtown Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is a key landmark of the town.

    400 m · castle in Slovenia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Stožice Stadium

    Stožice Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was designed by Sadar + Vuga architects and is the biggest football stadium in the country.

    3.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ljubljana Cathedral

    Ljubljana Cathedral, officially named Saint Nicholas's Church, also named Saint Nicholas's Cathedral (Slovene: stolnica sv.

    200 m · cathedral · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National and University Library of Slovenia

    The National and University Library, established in 1774, is one of the most important national educational and cultural institutions of Slovenia. It is located in the centre of Ljubljana, between Auersperg Street, Gentry Street, and Vega Street, in a building designed by the architect Jože Plečnik in the years 1930–31 and constructed between 1936 and 1941.

    600 m · national library of Slovenia republic · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Dragon Bridge

    The Dragon Bridge is a road bridge located in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It crosses the Ljubljanica River.

    300 m · arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Triple Bridge

    The Triple Bridge comprises three bridges spanning the Ljubljanica River in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It connects the historical medieval town on the southeastern bank with the central Prešeren Square on the northwestern bank.

    100 m · stone arch bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design

    The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ljubljana, Slovenia, listed in 2021. The site encompasses selected the most prominent works of Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana with their original function.

    1 km · World Heritage site in Slovenia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    National Gallery of Slovenia

    The National Gallery of Slovenia is the national art gallery of Slovenia. It is located in the capital Ljubljana.

    500 m · art museum in Ljubljana · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Žale Central Cemetery

    Žale Central Cemetery, often simply Žale, is the largest and the central cemetery in Ljubljana and Slovenia. It is located in the Bežigrad District and operated by the Žale Public Company.

    2.9 km · cemetery in Ljubljana, Slovenia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Center District, Ljubljana

Airports
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 19 km · Klagenfurt (KLU), 67 km · Trieste (TRS), 84 km
Stations
Ljubljana railway station, 1 km
  • Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Center District, Ljubljana
    2471 km · quickest by road, 44h 9m · €320–445
  • Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste → Center District, Ljubljana
    2535 km · quickest by air, 10h 3m · €370–580
  • Rijeka(Omišalj) → Center District, Ljubljana
    2451 km · quickest by road, 43h 21m · €310–435
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Center District, Ljubljana

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Center District, Ljubljana. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's connected by a short corridor to the old Terminal B, now used for charter flights.
  • Go nextRijeka in Croatia (2 hr 30 min) for the Istrian peninsula, ferries to the Adriatic islands, and transport south to Zadar and Split.

From Wikivoyage: Ljubljana, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    357 km
  2. 02
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    402 km
  3. 03
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    433 km
  4. 04
    MljetHR

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    440 km
  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    521 km

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