City Walks — Walking Tour of Plečnik’S Ljubljana
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— MAP — TRAIN / BUS CENTRAL STATION SPOTS AND DISTANCES 1 HOSTEL TRESOR CENTRAL STATION > HOSTEL TRESOR 12min. walk 2 BAR MAGDA HOSTEL TRESOR > BAR MAGDA 4min. walk 3 POLIGON CREATIVE CENTRE HOSTEL TRESOR > POLIGON 15min. walk 4 BIRÔ BISTRO HOSTEL TRESOR > BIRÓ BISTRO 10min. walk 5 MUNICIPALITY OF LJUBLJANA HOSTEL TRESOR > MUNICIPALITY 4min. walk SLOVENIAN TOURIST 6 HOSTEL TRESOR STIC INFORMATION CENTRE > 8min. walk 7 PIVNICA UNION HOSTEL TRESOR > UNION 17min. walk — CITY WALKS — WALKING TOUR OF PLEČNIK’S LJUBLJANA What Gaudi is to Barcelona, realise, modelling it on ancient Athens. Plečnik is to Ljubljana. There was no Among his many great works are the one who left a greater mark on the iconic Triple Bridge, the National and modern identity of Ljubljana than University Library, as well as the em- — THANK YOU — Jože Plečnik, a brilliant architect with bankments along the Ljubljanica River — HASHTAGS — a fantastic moustache. He had a vision and the Ljubljana market. for his city that he was determined to The 2017 USE-IT Europe meeting was organised by USE-IT Ljubljana, USE-IT Europe, Društvo ŠKUC, and with the support of Please use these hashtags for all posts on social media! City of Ljubljana and Ljubljana Tourism. Thank you, we love you too! #USEITmaps #ljubljana A BEER LOVER’S EXPERIENCE OF LJUBLJANA #USEITljubljana #visitljubljana Ljubljana has a very long tra- including a pub, where you will taste dition of brewing, proof of which are seven different beers made by five 3,900-year-old beer barrels excavated different breweries, two based in Lju- — WIFI — at the Ljubljana Marshes. Recent years bljana and three in other parts of the have seen a rapid growth in the pop- Central Slovenia region. You will also ularity of craft beers made by differ- visit the Brewery Museum, set up by the ent microbreweries in Ljubljana and Pivovarna Union brewery, where the HOSTEL TRESOR its surrounding area. During the tour, popular Union beer has been brewed Network: HostelTresorGuests Password: checkoutat11 you will visit different drink outlets, since 1864. POLIGON Network: poligon Password: poligon2014 EXPLORING LJUBLJANA BY BICYCLE Free WIFI Ljubljana Your tour will begin in the city a garden tour, and continue through The WiFree Ljubljana wireless network allows visitors to Ljubljana centre and continue along a circular the famous vegetable gardens of Kra- city centre to use free wireless Internet for up to 60 minutes a day. route around the city centre perime- kovo towards Tivoli Park to enjoy a rest ter,introducing you to all the city’s ma- and a picnic snack there. On the last leg jor sights along the way. You will pedal of the tour, you will visit the Metelkova along the river Ljubljanica all the way mesto: the famous alternative culture to the Ljubljana Botanic Garden, take centre. TOURIST INFO — HELP — EUROPE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Call Ivana (24h service) on +386 40 151 867 — WORKSHOPS — — WORKSHOPS — — PARTICIPANTS — GRAPHICAL COOKING RIGHT! AND THEIR STATS Hosted by: Zoran Pungerčar (USE-IT Ljubljana), graphic designer Hosted by: Daniel Sheppard (USE-IT Ljubljana), journalist USE-IT There is not a good or bad style and street map design are all connect- A good USE-IT map is like the texts spontaneous and appealing, yet for USE-IT maps. Some of them are ed in the best of stews. In this work- local friend you didn’t have. So when still easy to understand? We’d say The president Europe 33min punk, others are trimmed like a hip- shop, Zoran will give feedback about you write, try to sound like a person more, but we prefer to keep it simple Joris Roos USE-IT 12h 240 h ster’s beard. But the one thing that all your map, and give some tips and speaking instead of like a brochure. and clear - another feature of USE-IT Nicolas Marichal Editor USE-IT Europe 12h 33min 240 h good editions have in common, is that tricks about how to communicate with Easy to say! But how do you do this? texts we’ll tackle at the workshop. 31min the graphical elements fit together. your designer. Because after all, that’s How do you keep those damn little Stijn Buyst Antwerp 12h 242 h Typography, illustration, photography sometimes where the tough point lies. Andrija Stojanovic Belgrade 5h 40min 115 h 51min DIY FOR USE-IT Lisanne Notermans Bologna 3h 79 h FUNDING AND CONTINUITY Arnaud Heilmann Bordeaux 14h 30min 301 h Hosted by: Savvas Avraam (USE-IT Nicosia), miracle worker Joanna Wodnicka Brno 6h 1min 100 h Hosted by: Luka Piškorič (co-founder of Poligon) - the first Slovenian creative centre Yannick Van Keer Brussels 12h 33min 240 h Maša Ekar (director of Motovila - Centre for the promotion of cooperation How do you distribute your a how-to guide for making them your- in the cultural and creative sectors maps? Hostels and tourist infos some- selves. Other USE-ITs are also invited Jesus Taguas Ruiz Córdoba 21h 41min 319 h times put them between tons of flyers, to show which other no-budget mate- Laura Krančan - programme coordinator in the Youth Network MaMa 42min and then they don’t get noticed. Sav- rials they have created before — apart Eugenio Ciccone Ferrara 3h 67 h vas will present models in wood and from maps — to inspire others. Giulia Nascimbeni Ferrara 3h 42min 67 h Let’s talk about our favourite Creative Europe and end with a juicy plexi for USE-IT dispensers, including subject - money! Or should we make talk about crowdfunding. You’ll find Laura Massaro Ferrara 3h 42min 67 h it even more fabulous and talk about out why some projects were successful Licia Vignotto Ferrara 3h 42min 67 h European grants? What kind of fund- and others weren’t and will hopefully DIFFERENT CITY, DIFFERENT MAP ing can help your project and what do get inspired for the future. Maria João Macedo Funchal 194h » 52O h the different programmes offer? We’ll Hosted by: Stijn Buyst (USE-IT Antwerp), editor and designer Cornelia Pichler Graz 2h 8min 39 h start with a simple presentation of the This will be a group Erasmus+ programme, continue with Maria Perner Graz 2h 8min 39 h workshop for all the members. Paper has two sides. So what For some cities, north versus south do you put on the front, and what on the works better, or centre versus neigh- Dieuwertje Slijkerman Leeuwarden 12h 39min 237 h back? Most of you follow the same basic bourhoods, or day versus night. Stijn Tom Packet Leuven 11h 26min 218 h formula: zooming in on your city on the will show examples from the past and — TIMETABLE — frontside and zooming out on the back- the present, so you might consider oth- Ivana Naceva Ljubljana 0 h 0min 0 h side. But there are other options too. er solutions for the future. Ana Reisman Maribor 1h 25min 27 h 12.10.THURSDAY BAR MAGDA Cyril Barrier Nantes 15h 9min 312 h 20:00 WELCOME DRINK SO SO SOCIAL MEDIA Jules Chéné Nantes 15h 9min 312 h 13.10.FRIDAY POLIGON CREATIVE CENTRE 9min Hosted by: Arne Broekhoven (USE-IT Nijmegen), online marketer Belkhayate Adija Nice 8h 165 h 09:00 - 09:30 PRACTICAL INFO Rik Brinks (USE-IT Utrecht), online marketer Savvas Avraam Nicosia 29h 0min 452 h 09:30 - 11:00 WORKSHOP - 01 0min Have you noticed that your spare time. That’s why you have to try Demetra Ignatiou Nicosia 29h 452 h 11:00 - 12:30 WORKSHOP - 02 posts on your personal Facebook or In- and make it rewarding for yourself too, Regina Behoekoe Nijmegen 12h 0min 230 h 12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH IN POLIGON stagram get more interaction than the or look for the right people who can Jozien Wijkhuijs Nijmegen 12h 0min 230 h ones you make for your USE-IT? That’s take over. Arne and Rik might have 13:30 - 14:00 EXCHANGE OF MAPS - Please bring 50 maps from your city! 0min probably because they mattered more some advice. In preparation, they ask Arne Broekhoven Nijmegen 12h 230 h 14:00 - 15:30 WORKSHOP - 03 to you as well. If social media is only to send two examples from your own Mona Sjøli Oslo 21h 54min 352 h 15:30 - 17:00 WORKSHOP - 04 work, it’s not going to work. You’re all USE-IT Facebook page or Instagram: Pavel Smutný Ostrava 7h 9min 126 h volunteers and don’t have shitloads of one big hit and one big miss. 19:00 BIRÓ BISTRO GROUP DINNER Tuula Enbuska Oulu 34h 0min 513 h 14.10.SATURDAY MUNICIPALITY OF LJUBLANA Saana Rauvala Oulu 34h 0min 513 h BEAUTIFUL LINES 30min 09:30 - 10:30 HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF USE IT Carlos Azeredo Mesquita Porto 22h 489 h by Nicolas Marichal (Editor in Chief) Hosted by: Carlos Azeredo Mesquita (USE-IT Porto), designer Eva Křížová Prague 7h 49min 120 h 10:30 - 12:30 STATE OF THE UNION Maria João Macedo (USE-IT Funchal), designer by Joris Roos (President) + Questions & Answers Martina Tunkova Prague 7h 49min 120 h 49min 15:00 - 18:00 STIC - CITY TOURS Yes, cartography is a job. cartography for dummies: line width, Petr Semkin Prague 7h 120 h Slovenian Tourist Information Centre Street maps are not a literal represen- text size, use of fonts and colour. It’s Rik Brinks Utrecht 12h 36min 244 h tation of reality, they render the city not a software course, but an attempt 19:00 PIVNICA UNION GROUP DINNER 36min in a symbolic way. Cartography only to show differences in map styles.