ALTERNATIVE LJUBLJANA WALKING TOURS
Are you looking for alternative tours and top things to do in Ljubljana? You have come to the right place! Alternative Ljubljana brings you the top-notch Ljubljana points of interest in a mixture of academic expertise and local street credibility. Our walking alternative tours mix the best Ljubljana sights and unique aspects of the city with cultural attractions. This is Ljubljana from a community-conscious perspective.
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ALTERNATIVE LJUBLJANA BIKE TOURS
Go beyond the Old Town with the upcycled bicycles from the ex Rog factory. The relaxed carbon-free rides on our alternative bike tours discover the pearls in districts off the beaten track. Find your way out of the city center to explore the secret local stories told by experts from the field.
Our private and free alternative tours of Ljubljana, organized by the Institute for Urban Questions, reveal quirky local stories and contemporary grass-root initiatives of Slovenia’s capital city. Are you wondering what to see in Ljubljana? We are on the hunt for unique and little known aspects of Ljubljana, while at the same time appreciating its architectural sights. We regularly offer guided free tours in Ljubljana and private walking tours in Ljubljana.
MEET THE TEAM
BOŠTJAN
guide
SUZANA
Guide, Artist, Activist
NEJC
Guide, Stencil Wizard
KATJA
guide, music buff
MOJCA
guide
MOJCA
guide, multicrafter
TIM
Workshop Magician
LENI
guide, photographer
TIM
Workshop Magician
Tim is a graffiti writer, muralist, illustrator, puppet maker, and clothing designer. After his apprenticeship under the supervision of the painter Zmago Puhar, Tim dedicated his energy to art. He established and curates the “Turbo Gallery” showcasing young and unrecognized local artists. Tim is also an active member of the youth association SubArt where he regularly leads all sorts of workshops for youngsters and kids. Tim’s craft include juggling with materials and techniques such as silkscreen printing, knitting and clothing fabrication, theater puppets making and, last but not least, he is expressing his magic at regular street art and graffiti workshops.
NEJC
Guide, Stencil Wizard
A photographer and visual artist, Nejc is deeply connected to urban and analogue culture. Since he took his first photo of graffiti he’s become addicted to street art in all its forms. Combining his artistic passions, he started creating stencils out of his own photos. In time he came up with a unique street art style while also working in graphics and photography. Nejc is interested in developing a contemporary artistic approach that puts forward an emotional response to social issues. He’s always on the lookout for new creative ways of reacting both to his subjective visions and to his objective surroundings. You can check out his work on his website! Apart from being a member of the Ljubljana Alternative Tours team, he is a concert and live events photographer at Kino Šiška cultural centre.
KATJA
Guide, Gig-goer
An archaeology graduate, Katja is interested in both humanities and science. She is not a part of any subcultures, subcultures are a part of her. Once a streetpunk band frontwoman and still a regular gig-goer, Katja is coming from one of Ljubljana's most (in)famous neighbourhoods. Long-term street art fan, squatting and DIY activism supporter, gardener, dog owner, oriental dancer, and enthusiastic reader. Art and creativity are soul food, treat yourself to it.
LENI
Guide, Photographer
A fan of graffiti and street art for as long as she can remember. Can’t take her eyes off the walls in every city she visits. Got even a better personal insight into this colorful world when she interviewed local graffiti artists for her bachelor thesis in geography. As a fan of street photography and landscape photography Leni is used to get up at strange hours to capture the mystic of the morning light. In constant search of Ljubljana’s photogenic locations Leni co-founded photo workshops (@trips4photos) and is the Ljubljana photo walk guide.
Mojca
Guide, multicrafter
Activist in various grassroot culture and youth organizations became an NGO project manager by chance. Paper muddler by day reserves her evenings for live music events. Always sticking her nose into every sticker at the back of traffic signs, this street art appreciator will take you round the best gallery in town – the streets.
Suzana
Guide, author, activist
An award-winning writer, translator, sociologist, and long-standing LGBT+ activist, Suzana Tratnik has helped shape Ljubljana’s queer cultural landscape since the 1980s. She is a co-founder of the lesbian group ŠKUC-LL and has written fiction, essays, studies, and memoirs exploring marginal lives, identity, and urban experience. She is the co-author of the LGBT+ Tour that bring together documented history and lived memory, introducing the people, meeting places, struggles, and unexpected episodes behind Ljubljana’s LGBT movement. With her sharp observations, humour, and first-hand knowledge, Suzana reveals a city that cannot be found in conventional guidebooks.
Boštjan
Guide
A PhD in history, with a taste for Ljubljana’s overlooked, uncomfortable, and wonderfully absurd past, Boštjan Plut knows that the most memorable stories are rarely found on commemorative plaques. As the creator of the Ljubljana Wicked Tour, he digs beneath the city’s respectable surface to uncover tales of plagues, public houses, strange cures, crime, superstition, revolts, worker's struggles, and everyday survival. Armed with all sorts of knowledge, sharp humour, and an eye for detail, Boštjan turns the streets of Ljubljana into a lively archive of human ingenuity, misfortune, and misbehavior.
Mojca
Guide
A licensed tourist guide, translator, English lecturer, and dance-movement therapist, Mojca brings together language, movement, and a deep curiosity about places related to the history of LGBT Ljubljana. Equally comfortable among city streets, cultural histories, and the symbolic landscapes of forests, she enjoys looking beyond familiar landmarks and revealing the less visible stories beneath them.
Eye-opening experience!
Ljubljana sights are different from Monday. I see the city in another dimension. I think the free walking tour was my red pill in the Matrix movie.
Excellent alternative tour of the city!
Great alternative tour of Ljubljana. The guide gave us lots of information about street art, graffiti gallery and also the different types of street art. It’s not just about kids writing on walls. Definitely would recommend this free tour while in Ljubljana.
A brilliant way to explore Ljubljana!
I set up the street art bike tour with my fiance. Our guide provided tons of information, not only about the street art, but the context of the art and history of the area, Ljubljana’s sights and Metelkova.
Street art free tour in Ljubljana!
An absolutely stupendous free walking tour in Ljubljana. Will take this free tour of Ljubljana again and recommend to friends!
