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Best of Ljubljana; search or filter for all 20
Center (Ljubljana flagship store)
Rogaška Crystal has hand-blown and hand-cut glassware in Rogaška Slatina since the 1600s, and keeps a flagship store in central Ljubljana for shoppers who don't make the drive east. Pieces range from stemware and vases to chandelier crystal, each cut according to techniques passed down through generations of glassmakers.
Best for Crystal stemware and cut-glass gifts
Trg republike 2, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
An antiquarian bookseller offering old and used books, prints and maps.
Stari trg 30, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
An art gallery with exhibitions and an online selection of artworks.
Ljubljana city center
Založba Beletrina, one of Slovenia's leading literary publishers, runs its own bookshop in central Ljubljana where staff host regular readings and author talks. The shelves lean toward Slovenian fiction and poetry in translation, reflecting the publishing house's own catalog as much as outside titles.
Best for Slovenian literature and author events
Tavčarjeva ulica 11, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
A record shop selling new and used vinyl alongside audio equipment and art prints.
Stari trg 10, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
A shop specializing in potica, the Slovenian rolled cake.
Riverfront, Ljubljana
Design Corner Ljubljana, a self-organised nonprofit gallery at Filipov dvorec in the city centre, sells and promotes contemporary Slovenian design, and also runs an event series called Oblikovanje v središču.
Best for Contemporary Slovenian design
Ljubljana
Based in Ljubljana-Dobrunje, Slovenia, FerMedica has produced honey and bee products for 30 years, including natural Slovenian honey, Medica honey liqueur, beeswax candles, propolis, pollen, royal jelly and painted beehive panels. Its honey liqueur won a gold medal at the Great American International Spirits Competition in New York in 2021.
Best for Slovenian honey and beehive panels
Prešeren Square, Ljubljana / Online
The 1903 Urbanc House — Ljubljana's art-nouveau jewel on Prešeren Square — houses Galerija Emporium's floors of designer fashion. The most beautiful shop building between Vienna and Trieste.
Best for Fashion in Ljubljana’s art-nouveau palace
Old Town, Ljubljana
GUD shop, at Stari trg 4 in Ljubljana and trading since 2015, sells Slovenian and international home furnishings, office supplies, jewellery, bags, eyewear, textiles and stationery, including brands My Jewellery and Sticky Lemon.
Best for Curated design gifts and homeware
Mestni trg 7, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
A shop selling honey, flavored honey and other honey-based foods.
Idrija (day trip from Ljubljana)
Founded in 1876, the Idrija Lace School keeps the bobbin-lace tradition of this mining town alive, training around 500 students a year and selling framed lace pieces through its own shop. The 'Quick Silver' line borrows patterns from Idrija's mercury-mining history, translating them into lace panels priced for serious collectors.
Best for Framed bobbin lace and lace-making courses
Ciril-Metodov trg 13, Ljubljana / Slovenia
A design shop selling homeware, jewelry and paper goods.
Vodnikov trg and Pogačarjev trg, Ljubljana / Slovenia
A central market with outdoor stalls and covered market spaces.
Ljubljana (studio & courses)
Vid Polončič trained under UNESCO-recognized traditional potters before opening Lončič, where he throws stoneware alongside hand-built portable pottery wheels of his own design. His pieces have gone into collections for IKEA and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, and he still teaches wheel-throwing courses out of the Ljubljana studio.
Best for Handthrown stoneware and pottery wheels
Ljubljana, Online
The Museum of Architecture and Design's trgovina carries Slovenia's design story — from Plečnik to the present — in books, objects and editions.
Best for Slovenian architecture and design retail
Center Rog, Ljubljana
Matej Štefanac, at Ajdovščina 4 in Ljubljana, designs and builds lighting and furniture in aluminum, steel, stone and Slovenian oak, including the Pendulum lamp, the recycled-PET-felt Gravità acoustic chandelier made from 267 recycled 0.5L PET bottles, and the sliding PLUSminus task lamp. All pieces are designed, built and assembled in Slovenia with spare parts kept in stock for repair.
Best for Designer lighting and furniture
Ljubljana
Operating in Ljubljana since 2014 from a showroom on Miklosiceva street, the shop sells Slovenian-made products including olive oil, honey, cheese, chocolate, wines, craft spirits and rakija, alongside books, natural cosmetics and home goods. It also offers personalized corporate gifts and same-day local pickup.
Best for Made in slovenia gourmet gifts
Pokopališka ulica 13, 1000 Ljubljana / Slovenia
A design workshop making bags and objects from reused materials; visits are by arrangement.
Center Rog, Ljubljana
URSKAS's AERA collection uses delicate silver pieces made with 3D-printing technology in insect-inspired forms, including pendants, hoops and earrings priced between €95 and €125. The studio also makes insect brooches, described as a simple statement piece, for €26.
Best for Insect-inspired silver jewellery
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