Ljubljana Photo Blog

'Tis the season

2007-12-01T18:23:00.000+01:00

Tree that you see on this photo is quite famous. Actually it's unsuccesful delivery came into all national media at the begining of this week. At the photo it is still waiting to be decorated.

Photo was taken by m. Thanks.

Narcissistic cat

2007-11-27T19:14:00.000+01:00

Polishing his black boots.

Flickering windows

2007-11-26T21:31:00.001+01:00

Cold November nights filled with a warm twinkling of the lights in windows.

"My mum...

2007-11-25T19:23:00.001+01:00

... is the most beautiful."

Running

2007-11-24T22:31:00.001+01:00

Capture of one very vivid moment.

Friday night ...

2007-11-23T21:04:00.001+01:00

... along the river Ljubljanica.

Fire

2007-11-21T21:06:00.001+01:00

My friend went by in the middle of the night and caught this scene.

A cat on a cold thick wall

2007-11-13T00:28:00.001+01:00

Fluffy.

Coffee for two

2007-10-28T19:15:00.001+01:00

Coffee for two. Nostalgic, rainy day peers over the window. Autumnal ambiance inside. Music. Janis Joplin, precisely. Soft, intimate murmur floating at the margin of the photo.

"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb... lalala"

2007-10-27T13:53:00.000+02:00

The sheep on the wall :)

In the Cell

2007-10-26T23:39:00.000+02:00

Someone once asked how Hostel Celica looks like inwards. Very orange :)

- view form the Eastern teahouse (where we had coffee) to the Western -

Tagged - skuiki's side

2007-10-21T13:40:00.000+02:00

Skuiki's 4:

S no. 1. As you maybe noticed - skuiki has some little obsessions.

S no. 2. With cats. It isn't known if she is following them or they are following her. Preferred position: cat sitting on her lap when she is working on computer.

S no. 3. With tea. In big, funny mug, hot... and with a lot of palpable words floating around it.

S no. 4. With reflections. It is not about narcissism. It is about soften edges on the water surface.

Tagged - vol. 1

2007-10-20T21:37:00.000+02:00

Hello from sapramiska again! I haven't posted for a while due to a problem with my camera. It's now resolved so you can expect daily updates again ... starting tomorrow.

Ainz from Zurich Daily Photo tagged Skuiki and me ... The occasion is the latest blogging chain on city photo blogs: 8 random facts. Well, I guess it's only fair Skuiki and me take 4 each, so expect the next post from her.

Here are 4 facts about me:

According to some, I should drive a silver car. I'm driving a blue one, though.
According to some, on average, I would sell out for $1,084,347. I cannot comment that since I haven't had the chance to test myself yet.
According to some, I belong in London. I think (for a year or two) they are right.
According to some, I am not pregnant. Last time I checked they were right.

Ok, enough about me, let me pass the task on to the following city photo bloggers:
Karine in Buenos Aires
Carlos in Barcelona
Ham in London
Rob in Stuttgart

Pig, pig, piglets

2007-10-15T22:39:00.001+02:00

They are cute, aren't they? :)

For external use only

2007-10-11T19:53:00.001+02:00

You can see body milk, shampoo, bath oil etc. in the shop-window. Everything they are selling contains extracts from hemp (do not know from which sort :). Make yourself beautiful not high?

Mr. Corner- Guard

2007-10-10T14:21:00.001+02:00

3-D graffiti on the corner of Trubarjeva street.
"Isn't he cool?":)

Bumping in the dark

2007-10-08T14:11:00.000+02:00

"Leave the light switched on, because we are bumping!"

Reflected reflections

2007-10-02T22:43:00.000+02:00

Gallery above river surface - reflections of the buildings on the smooth surface of river Ljubljanica.

Teddy bear

2007-09-29T23:23:00.000+02:00

Not one to make your bed more crowdy. But one to collect sweepings in the ZOO. Garbage can for children :)

"Salt is the ocean that could not leave to the sky.""

2007-09-26T22:53:00.000+02:00

Or in Slovenian: "Sol je morje, ki ni moglo nazaj na nebo." - inscription above the shop-window where sea salt is to be sold.

How do they make love?

2007-09-24T21:28:00.001+02:00

Smelly and prickly porcupines at the ZOO in Ljubljana.

Catching sunbeam

2007-09-23T22:12:00.000+02:00

Silent reading scene from the middle of the city. While people are catching sunbeam, leaves on the trees are slowly but definitely turning yellow.

At sunny days as today's...

2007-09-21T12:28:00.000+02:00

... it seems that the summer bubble is still floating over the city.

Let me gently...

2007-09-19T23:40:00.001+02:00

... rock you in this rocking chair :)

Cold and rainy...

2007-09-18T20:21:00.001+02:00

... day here in Ljubljana. To stop somewhere with someone for a cup of hot tea and some warm, friendly words.

Selling eggs

2007-09-17T22:04:00.000+02:00

Another rural view of the outskirts of Ljubljana. The sign simply says "eggs" (and the address of the farm that sells them).

Kiting in Ljubljana?

2007-09-14T23:17:00.000+02:00

Pot spominov in tovarištva.

Working at sunset

2007-09-13T21:44:00.001+02:00

Nove Jarše, South-Eastern edge of Ljubljana.

No matter how high a bird flies ...

2007-09-12T23:45:00.000+02:00

... it has to come down for ... a worm or two ...

A street performer on Metelkova

2007-09-11T20:43:00.001+02:00

Metelkova st. is a very special place, a definitive must-see in Ljubljana. Read more.

Trainspotting ... again.

2007-09-10T20:06:00.000+02:00

These rails are close to my home ... A sight frequented by suiciders and "straight" men looking for casual gay sex - at night. A shortcut to the city centre and a dog walking path - at daytime.

Asleep in his truck ...

2007-09-09T22:48:00.000+02:00

... in the middle of town. "You see our paper every day."

Desperate little cat

2007-09-07T20:39:00.001+02:00

What a gaze.

Open gallery

2007-09-06T21:08:00.000+02:00

Capture of photos of nature in nature - open gallery in park Tivoli.

Ljubljana's first Thai restaurant

2007-09-05T21:02:00.000+02:00

It's called Da Buda and located in the very centre of town. The name is sort of strange and inappropriate, since they also serve meat there ...

What kind of lifes...

2007-09-04T20:49:00.001+02:00

... are going on in reflections?

Green, how I love you green ...

2007-09-03T21:32:00.000+02:00

A boy and a man ... a small bike and a big bike ... and Lorca.

A bit rubbish...

2007-09-02T11:53:00.000+02:00

shoot of a family waiting for something sweet.

A sight in front of the Slovene Writers' Association building

2007-09-01T23:41:00.000+02:00

The statue of Mira Mihelič (1912-1985), an important Slovenian writer, long time member of Slovenian Writers' Association and PEN.

Street-wise

2007-08-31T17:37:00.000+02:00

What a cutie!

Ljubljana's hidden places

2007-08-30T10:52:00.000+02:00

An artsy garage on the otherwise industrial Kurilniška st.

Some like it hot

2007-08-29T12:06:00.000+02:00

"Hot. Also when it isn't turned on." & "Now also models wanna have their refrigerator." Walking advert.

The tunnel

2007-08-28T23:29:00.000+02:00

Beetween the walls of narrow street.

Ljubljana's city centre ...

2007-08-27T21:49:00.000+02:00

... looking like post-war Berlin. But it's for a good cause - Ljubljana's Opera House is being renovated. Picture taken from Tomšičeva street.

Y as yoga

2007-08-26T10:56:00.001+02:00

Breath deeply. Relax. Yoga-time in park Tivoli.

Pure ... architecture

2007-08-25T21:31:00.000+02:00

Ljubljana market - one of the buildings designed by architect Joze Plecnik you can find in the center of Ljubljana.

Another animal motive

2007-08-24T11:16:00.001+02:00

That one by sapramiska.

Time to...

2007-08-22T11:16:00.001+02:00

purrrrrrrrr... :)

The moon

2007-08-20T12:44:00.001+02:00

Photography by sapramiska

Fish, fish, my camera and myself

2007-08-18T10:17:00.000+02:00

There is no such obsession as one with reflections :)

Reflection

2007-08-16T11:34:00.000+02:00

In the mirror: building on the edge of the Stritarjeva street. In the background: towh hall.

Orange sea

2007-08-15T11:51:00.000+02:00

Another summer motive: Sapramiska's postcard No. 2. :)

Yellow, yellow, yellow...

2007-08-14T11:27:00.000+02:00

Wanna sit on this yellow settee?

Caught thoughts

2007-08-13T14:24:00.000+02:00

A thought caught by Ljubljanica river. Translation: "Where are you? I am waiting!"

Photos courtesy of Urša. Thanks.

Sapramiska's postcard

2007-08-12T10:58:00.001+02:00

Sapramiska is enjoying summer at Adratic sea and there is one of the motives her camera caught.

The Ljubljana Skyscraper/"Neboticnik" (SLO)

2007-08-11T13:35:00.000+02:00

"Neboticnik"/skyscraper is the building at the right side of Slovenska street: building with spire on the roof. When built in 1933 "Neboticnik" was attraction with its height of 70 meters and terrace at the top.

"Mala terasa in spodaj Ljubljana, pomanjšana, da odnesla bi od tu bele hišice v predpasniku. Tukaj s te male terase na sredi Ljubljane ta hip lahko bi dosegel Krim z roko. Sva šla na malo teraso nad širno Ljubljano, da najina vsa Ljubljana bi bila. Na nebotičnik sva odšla, bliže sonca in modrega neba, pozabiva, da premajhna za dva in žalostna sobica je najina."
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"Small terrace and down there Ljubljana, so small
we could carry away little houses in pinafore."
/.../
"We went on a skyscraper, nearer sun
and blue sky
to forget that too small for two
and sad
is our little double room."

(Mala terasa/Small terrace by "Bele Vrane")

P.s.: Translation is mine and not really good. Maybe someone finds better one. :)

Razprodaja. Sale. Sommerschlußverkauf.

2007-08-10T13:17:00.000+02:00

Obviously, also tea and teacups are coming in summer and winter editions. Summer-sale in a tea shop.

Rosy Miklosiceva street

2007-08-04T22:06:00.000+02:00

Colorful street named after Franc Miklosic, a Slovenian philologist.

Man under a green tree

2007-08-02T09:56:00.000+02:00

It is nice to see people relaxing on the green areas in the center of the city. Maybe a man under a green tree is reading Thomas Hardy's novel Under the Greenwood tree :)

Ljubljanica river

2007-07-31T17:10:00.000+02:00

In hot summer days is seems to be very blue and refreshing. Maybe it is just an illusion, but hot edges of the buildings are softening up in reflection on the surface.

Reflection and fake flowers

2007-07-29T12:03:00.000+02:00

Maybe this seems to be a reflection captured in the window of the florist's shop. But is is not. Another empty space in the center of the city and wallpaper with flowers (probably) as a way of informing citizens and municipality that such empty spaces should be used.

Artistic rain

2007-07-26T20:30:00.000+02:00

Another hot and sunny day here in Ljubljana. But one part of Preseren square is getting puddly. When drops of water touch their skin passerby are looking skywards searching for mysterious cloud - but there is none. One a table nearby we can read: "The area with Ljubljana's own weather". Artistic (or not) project by Slovenian painter Zmago Modic.

University of Ljubljana

2007-07-22T14:17:00.000+02:00

The main building of the University of Ljubljana, positioned at the edge of Kongresni square (to see its position from bird perspective: click here). First, provincial mansion was designed by Jan Vladimir Hrasky in 1902 and later remodeled by Josip Hudetz, Czech architec from Vienna.

Graffiti monster

2007-07-19T11:40:00.001+02:00

Graffiti on the wall in Autonomous cultural center Metelkova city.

Ljubljanica river

2007-07-17T23:52:00.000+02:00

It is awfully hot here is Slovenia in recent days. Impression from center of Ljubljana: Ljubljanica river. In summer you can borrow a boat and enjoy the city from another perspective.

Romeo and Juliet

2007-07-15T10:57:00.000+02:00

In Ljubljana we also have many Romeos and Juliets so it is not a surprise to catch a scene of two cats reciting verses to each other. Stray cats are a common view in Ljubljana as the municipality does not have a plan for them and volunteers cannot cope with them all on their own. So they are left unsterilized and often with various diseases wandering around, multiplying and soon dying.

Sinister clouds

2007-07-14T19:55:00.000+02:00

Ljubljana clouds. The skyscraper on the left is the World Trade Center in Ljubljana.

Photo courtesy of Luka. Thanks.

Motorway

2007-07-13T10:50:00.000+02:00

A look at the motorway around Ljubljana, the road with the most traffic in Slovenia, around 50.000 vehicles a year.

Sorry for low quality, the cell phone was the only thing at hand while tripping in the forests around Ljubljana at the evening.

Empty restaurant

2007-07-11T01:17:00.000+02:00

An empty space of a closed restaurant on the Tavcarjeva street. It is not so obvious from the photo but windows are filled with photos of the joyful and lifeful restaurant and thus making a statement and warning about an empty space in the center of the city which nobody care for. There is also a message written on the left window which calls responsible in the City of Ljubljana for a solution of such and similar situations when spaces in city are left empty because there are no plans and strategies for transition periods between past and future uses. The message is also proposing a solution - temporary use.

The rope

2007-07-09T13:45:00.001+02:00

Deep self-reflection, art or just vandalism around the Statehood Day (June 25).

Sorry for low quality, the cell phone was the only thing at hand.

The cell

2007-07-08T15:49:00.001+02:00

Behind this wall is hiding Youth Hostel Cell, artistically renovated former military prison (that is where the name comes from). It is positioned near railway station in Ljubljana, in Autonomous Cultural Center Metelkova City.

Joyful poet with a petulant gaze

2007-07-05T20:44:00.000+02:00

This statue is standing in the centre of Preseren square representing Slovenian poet France Preseren (1800 - 1849), one of the most important Slovenian artists. His poem named "Zdravljica" was latter set to music and made into the Slovenian national anthem. The 8th of February, date of his birth is celebrated as national holiday and every year at this date prizes for most importan artists and artisticts works on national level are awarded.

You can listen to "Zdravljica" ("A Toast") and other poems in Slovenian and English here. (Recitation by Stane Sever - SLO and Vanessa Redgrave - ENG).

Statue is one of the popular meeting points for people from Ljubljana and that is why Preseren (his surname meaning: Joyful) is always surrounded by crowds sitting at pedestal of the statue.

And where is he staring to? If you come to Ljubljana check that Presern is staring into a window of his muse, Julija Primic. Many of his poems were dediceted to her as well one of his masterpieces Sonetni venec ("A wreth od sonets") with acrostic Primicovi Juliji in "Magistrale". ("the Master theme")

Reflections in the dark

2007-07-04T23:44:00.000+02:00

Sustarski bridge crossing Ljubljanica river in the centre of the city. "Sustar" is in the Slovenian language archaic word for shoemaker.

Pop TV Headquarters

2007-07-03T18:10:00.000+02:00

Pop tv - the commercial programme that, with right-wing invasion of national tv, became almost an underground alternative for tv viewers.

Preparing for rain

2007-07-02T23:40:00.000+02:00

There is something melancholic about rainy Ljubljana, especially if it rains in the summer. Picture taken from Glinškova ploščad.

Ljubljana castle

2007-07-01T23:20:00.001+02:00

Overlooking the city centre.

Second world war memories

2007-06-30T23:06:00.000+02:00

Gramozna jama. This is where the occupator troops were shooting people during the second world war. The monument was made by sculptor Boris Kalin - in memory of 141 hostages who were shot there during the war.

Skateaway

2007-06-29T20:45:00.000+02:00

The boys were playing football (or soccer as some call it) as the little girl watched.

" ... for all the world like an urban toreador
she had wheels on on her feet ... " (Dire Straits, Skateaway)

Modern gallery

2007-06-28T23:32:00.001+02:00

(Post)modern.

A shelter in Ljubljana

2007-06-27T12:21:00.000+02:00

Positioned on Vojkova st., Bezigrad, right in the middle of apartment blocks. I wonder if the kids play there.

I want to ride my bicycle

2007-06-26T12:03:00.000+02:00

Not a very good photo, but a really funny motive, don't you think? Captured right in front of my apartment on Parmova st.

The same Lucky Strike kiosk :)

2007-06-25T22:14:00.000+02:00

Just to justify the fact that I call this a photo blog ...

A Lucky Strike Kiosk

2007-06-24T14:15:00.000+02:00

Positioned on Vojkova st., Bezigrad.

Windows Butterfly 1.0

2007-06-23T22:39:00.001+02:00

A butterfly sticker on one of the basement windows on Aškerčeva st.

Boris Kidric watching over Ljubljana

2007-06-22T20:05:00.000+02:00

The monumental statue of Boris Kidrič, positioned behind Cankarjev dom.

Wooden bicycles

2007-06-21T21:29:00.001+02:00

Parked close by three bridges called "Tromostovje" crossing Ljubljanica river.

Collage

2007-06-20T20:40:00.000+02:00

Mowing the lawn. The soccer pitch, actually. The golden wall in the background belongs to the Ministry of Defence building.

Putzfrauen

2007-06-19T22:05:00.000+02:00

Enjoying a cigarette in front of Secondary School of Civil Engineering, Land Surveying and Economics Ljubljana, Dunajska.

Sharp

2007-06-18T23:45:00.000+02:00

Another graffiti - this time sharp one. You can find it on one of the buildings forming AKC Metelkova mesto (Autonomous Cultural Center Metelkova City).

Beginning of summer in Ljubljana

2007-06-17T22:16:00.000+02:00

Another snap-shot from center of Ljubljana: this street is called Stari trg (Old square) and that is probably quite a funny name for long ally that ends with small square with fountain in the middle. All coffee and teahouses are spreading out on street what is making street vivid and crowded. Summer-like :)

Saturday is the market day

2007-06-16T16:16:00.000+02:00

Saturday is probably the most colorful day in Ljubljana: streets are swarming with people - tourists and locals, carrying bags full of vegetables and fruit from market in the old part of the city. And on their way to lunch or coffee they are stopping by stands on art market. On photography you can see tree with good fairies on one of market stalls at Sustarski bridge.

Parking

2007-06-15T20:48:00.000+02:00

They parked their vehicles and left for coffee.

Modern wooden hut

2007-06-14T19:35:00.000+02:00

On the outskirts of the city area and on the boarder of the forest - modern wooden hut.

Pure blue sky...

2007-06-13T23:07:00.001+02:00

... and a little bit of iron(y).

Forgotten piece of childhood

2007-06-12T22:46:00.000+02:00

This photography was taken after another rainy afternoon in Ljubljana. Toboggan slide was waiting for children all clean and fresh, while I captured it from third floor of apartment block at Glavarjeva street, Bezigrad. Center of Ljubljana is hidden behind trees.

Trainspotting

2007-06-11T18:24:00.001+02:00

Remains of the socialist state. Apartment blocks on the outskirts of Ljubljana, Bežigrad.

The Stalker

2007-06-10T21:25:00.000+02:00

A little late for the latest theme photo ... but still ... the view from my window.

Another crazy building

2007-06-09T21:57:00.000+02:00

Nande Kortnik is the architect who provided building design for this commercial beauty on Dunajska rd.

An orange building frozen in time

2007-06-08T16:15:00.001+02:00

An interesting building overlooking the busy Dunajska rd. The clock appears to have stopped at 00.00.

Beneath her window

2007-06-07T21:39:00.001+02:00

Beneath her window is title of Slovenian movie directed by Metod Pevec. Actually, window on this photography is mine :) I went out to take another shot, because I was not satisfied with the first one. Here in Ljubljana day was rainy again . But surprisingly sky was deep blue when I looked up. Common maybe, but I pressed trigger.