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Maribor

Maribor

Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria.

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It is the seat of the Urban Municipality of Maribor and the Drava Statistical Region. Maribor is also the economic, administrative, educational, and cultural centre of eastern Slovenia.

Get in

Getting to Maribor

By car, you can travel to the Maribor region from the direction of Ljubljana (Slovenia) on the A1/E57, from the direction of Zagreb (Croatia) on the E59, from the direction of Budapest (Hungary) on the E59/E65/E71/M7, and from the direction of Trieste (Italy) on the E57/E70.

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    Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport

    This airport is Slovenia's second busiest by default, being the only civilian airport with scheduled flights besides Ljubljana.

See

Worth seeing

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    Old Vine

    Guinness Book-certified oldest vine in the world (about 450 years old) growing on the front of the Old Vine House in Lent, the oldest part of the town on the embankment of the Drava river.

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    Judgement Tower
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    Slomškov Square

    One of the most charming squares in the city can be found in the western part of the old town core.

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    Main

    With the Town Hall (Mestna hiša Rotovž), the Plague Column (Kužno znamenje), and the Aloysius church (Alojzijeva cerkev).

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    Castle

    With the Maribor Castle (Mariborski grad), the Maribor Regional Museum (Pokrajinski muzej Maribor) which is in the castle, and St.

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    Maribor Castle & Regional Museum

    Built by Emperor Frederick III in the 15th century to fortify the northwestern part of the town wall containins Regional Museum.

Do

Things to do

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    Mestni Park

    Lent is a district located at the waterfront of Drava river.

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    Piramida Hill

    The easiest way is to walk from the Mestni park (City Park) Pekarna Cultural Centre - An alternative cultural centre in a former military bakery.

Eat

Where to eat

City Grill, Slovenska 18. Mon-Fri 09:00 - 19:30. Freshly-grilled ćevapčiči and other Balkan specialties with friendly service and low prices. ~€4.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.