The Soteska cultural quarter is a centre of culture in and around Gregorčičeva Street in Ljubljana, where art, gastronomy, and local artisan crafts come together.
The start of the project dates back to 2019, when various cultural actors from Gregorčičeva Street and the surrounding area came together after years of occasional collaboration. Together they strive to transform Soteska from a transit street into a lively community destination, held together by diverse cultural activity, a pleasant cafe atmosphere, gastronomy, and quality accommodation. Soteska is a place where the local community can connect with visitors through art and culture. Cultural events, which are part of the quarter, aren’t just an opportunity for fun, but also for deepening mutual relations and strengthening the community. Various programmes and activities promote creativity, innovativeness, and cooperation between locals and visitors.
The Soteska cultural quarter is everyone who lives, works in, and crosses this space.
The Soteska Open Resilience Festival
Every year at the beginning of summer, the cultural quarter hosts the Soteska Open Resilience Festival. This unique event invigorates Gregorčičeva Street, Slovenska Street, Rimska Street, and Vegova Street, which serve as backdrops for art and culture for a day. The festival features a rich all-day programme with theatre productions, musical evenings, exhibitions, talks, and workshops for all ages. It brings hidden courtyards to life, sets up intimate art scenery, and turns the transit streets into spaces for socialising with excellent theoretical, art, and community events.
Soteska is:
Art Hotel
Located in a bourgeois house in the very centre of Ljubljana. Along with 10 modernly equipped rooms, guests can enjoy a nice cafe with a terrace and garden on the ground floor
A hidden gem on Gregorčičeva Street, where art, creativity, and local heritage intertwine. The renowned fashion designer Mojca Makuc has been creating her fashion collections here for more than three decades
Black Box Studio
A multi-purpose event space in the centre of Ljubljana has become not just a lively gathering spot for independent stage arts, but also a coworking space for numerous local dancers and theatre performers.
Is a multidisciplinary studio space, currently occupied by seven creatives working in visual arts, design, architecture, fashion design, and illustration.
One of the first experimental theatres in the space of former Yugoslavia, is today a creative space that offers the possibility of expression, especially to young and not yet well established authors.
Offers a diverse culinary experience with dishes prepared from fresh and local ingredients. On the menu you can find delicious breakfasts, healthy salads, homemade soups, delectable sandwiches, and lots of vegetarian and vegan dishes.
Is an independent project of the TAM-TAM Institute, which provides young, promising artists with a place to present themselves to a wide circle of audiences, and offers passers-by an unexpected but welcome highlight with art that enriches the public spacel.
