Hippodrome Stožice Ljubljana

Only fools and horses?

Tjasa from Ljubljana

About me My biggest passion is learning about the world, then capturing its moments with my photo camera and teaching others about that. I do this mostly as a writer of my blog and a contributor for a few other (online and offline) publications and as a tourist guide. My favourite tours in Ljubljana are the food tour, the wine tour and the Deadly tour, which at the end is not deadly at all, ...
""Hippodrome Stožice" Ljubljana was once a horse racecourse stadium, but now accommodates a bar and spectacular events throughout history until today..."

One of those, a bit forgotten, places is hippodrome, a horse racecourse stadium, a few kilometers north from the centre. It can be reached by city bus, bicycle or by car and offers a bit of nature and some horses. But don't expect to see many people there. 

On the tribunes there is a bar with a big terrace - on the sunny side or in the shade - but what I prefer is to sit on the grassy tribune of the hippodrome watching people training with horses. The view over the track is just the beginning, behind it there is a beautiful panoramic view over Kamnik - Savinja Alps.

Hippodrome is also the place where really big events are held, like the mass by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Once we were even expecting Madonna and Michael Jackson to perform here, but unfortunately both shows were canceled. But there are always some trotting events during warmer months.

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About me My biggest passion is learning about the world, then capturing its moments with my photo camera and teaching others about that. I do this mostly as a writer of my blog and a contributor for a few other (online and offline) publications and as a tourist guide. My favourite tours in Ljubljana are the food tour, the wine tour and the Deadly tour, which at the end is not deadly at all, it is just a tour at Ljubljana cemetery. At the moment I am designing a tour called Ilovit, which I think will also be one of my favourite tours, because it takes visitors out of the medieval centre t...

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