Ljubljana · Things to do

The architect's own Trnovo home, left as he lived in it. Small, strange and the best hour in the city for design nerds.

Slovene art from Gothic frescoes to Impressionists, in a grand 1896 hall. The Robba Fountain original stands in the glass atrium.

An hour-long loop under the willows and the Triple Bridge. The cheapest way to see Plecnik's embankments as he intended them.

Slovenia's oldest scientific institution, founded 1810, a quiet ten-minute walk downriver. Free entry to the outdoor collection.

The Museum of Contemporary Art holds the Arteast 2000+ collection of Eastern European avant-garde. Sharp, political, uncrowded.