Film and TV locations in Ljubljana
23 places to shoot in Ljubljana, Slovenia: 5 offices, schools and public buildings, 4 theatres, arenas and venues, 3 studios and backlots and 11 more. 17 have a photo and 2 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Offices, schools and public buildings 5
- Theatres, arenas and venues 4
- Film studios and backlots 3
- Industrial and derelict locations 2
- Hospitals, prisons and institutions 2
- Bars, restaurants and shops 2
- Transport and infrastructure 2
- Hotels and interiors 1
- Houses and apartments 1
- Cities and skylines 1
Arena Stozice
Theatre, arena & venue
Indoor arena of 2010 sunk into a former landfill, with a shallow domed roof, tiered seating for basketball and concerts and a football stadium in the same park.
Cukrarna
Industrial & derelict
Nineteenth century sugar refinery on the Ljubljanica rebuilt as a gallery, keeping the long brick shell around a tall open hall crossed by steel walkways and bridges.
Grand Hotel Union
Hotel & interiors
Secession hotel of 1905 on Miklosiceva cesta, with a domed corner, a mirrored Grand Hall used for balls and congresses and long period corridors and staircases.
Hostel Celica
Hospital, prison & institution
Austro-Hungarian military prison in the Metelkova barracks turned into a hostel, where twenty cells keep barred doors and thick walls along vaulted corridors.
Ljubljana Central Market
Bar, restaurant & shop
Plecnik's riverside market colonnade between the Triple Bridge and the Dragon Bridge, with open stalls on Pogacarjev trg, a covered arcade and a fish market below.
Ljubljana Railway Station
Transport & infrastructure
Main station of the Slovenian network north of the old town, with a long low concourse building, through platforms under canopies and the bus station on the same square.
Ljubljana Town Hall
Office, school & public building
Civic hall on Mestni trg rebuilt in Venetian Baroque style, with an arcaded inner courtyard, a stone staircase, a council chamber and a clock tower over the street.
Metelkova Mesto
Hospital, prison & institution
Former Yugoslav army barracks in central Ljubljana, squatted since 1993 as an autonomous cultural centre with painted facades, small clubs, studios and a sculpture yard.
Museum of Contemporary History, Cekin Mansion
Office, school & public building
Baroque mansion in Tivoli Park with a symmetrical front, stucco ceilings and period rooms, in use as the national museum of twentieth century history.
National and University Library of Slovenia
Office, school & public building
Library completed by Joze Plecnik in 1941, with a rough stone and brick facade, a dark marble entrance staircase and a top lit reading room lined in wood.
Neboticnik
Bar, restaurant & shop
Thirteen storey tower of 1933 with a spiral staircase, a period lift lobby and a top floor cafe and open terrace looking across the rooftops of central Ljubljana.
Plecnik House
House & apartment
The architect Joze Plecnik's own house in Trnovo, left as he used it, with a round glazed extension, a study, a workshop and a walled garden of columns and planting.
Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Office, school & public building
Museum in the Metelkova barracks quarter combining a restored nineteenth century block with a glazed new wing, holding open depots and large neutral exhibition floors.
Slovene National Opera and Ballet Theatre Ljubljana
Theatre, arena & venue
Neo-Renaissance opera house of 1892 with a horseshoe auditorium, tiered boxes and a painted ceiling, joined to a modern backstage block with rehearsal rooms.
Slovenian Railway Museum
Transport & infrastructure
Working roundhouse at Parmova ulica with a locomotive turntable, halls of preserved steam engines and carriages, and exhibition buildings on signalling and track.
Triple Bridge and Presernov trg
City & skyline
Plecnik's three part river crossing joining Presernov trg to the old town, with balustrades, stairs down to the embankment and the pink Franciscan church behind.
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University of Ljubljana Main Building
Office, school & public building
Former provincial parliament of Carniola on Kongresni trg, now the university rectorate, with a stone staircase, a ceremonial hall and panelled offices.
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Cankarjev dom
Theatre, arena & venue
National congress and culture centre under Republic Square, with a large main hall, several smaller halls, wide marble foyers and an underground car park.
Center Rog
Industrial & derelict
Former Rog bicycle factory beside Trubarjeva cesta, reopened in 2024 as a public production centre that keeps the concrete frame and adds workshops, studios and a yard.
Krizanke Summer Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
Former Teutonic Order monastery reworked by Plecnik into an open air theatre, with an arcaded courtyard, cloister galleries and a movable roof over the stage.
RTV Slovenija Television Centre
Studio & backlot
Headquarters of the national public broadcaster on Kolodvorska ulica, holding multi camera television studios, control rooms, radio recording rooms and scenery workshops.
Studio 303
Studio & backlot
Shared production space at Cesta 24. junija in the Crnuce district, built as one open multi purpose room with an infinity wall for video, photo and audio work by small crews.
Infinity wall shooting set, sound design and voice recording room, video editing and colour grading, camera and lighting rental.
Viba Film Studio
Studio & backlot
State run national film base in the Stegne industrial zone of Ljubljana, with two sound stages of about 665 and 476 square metres plus set building, wardrobe and prop departments.
Two stages of 665 m2 and 476 m2, set construction and paint shops, wardrobe and prop stores, four audio suites, video mixing room, 45 seat screening...
What Slovenia pays back
Slovenia runs the Cash rebate for investment in audiovisual production, worth Up to 25%. Work out the net value on your own spend in the incentive comparison.
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