Besides the usual crowds of tourists that flock the streets of Ljubljana in the summer, this year the capital has been overrun with construction workers, as after years of stagnation, the city centre is finally getting a much-needed facelift.
Construction sites abound around Slovenia's capital, including all along the main avenue of Slovenska cesta passing from the north to the south of the city.
Among the biggest renovation projects are works to enliven the Plecnik underpass, which links the centrally-located Kongresni trg square and the Maximarket department store, and renovation of a part of the Ajdovscina underpass with an the installation of new escalators.
Retailer Mercator, which owns Maximarket, is renovating the grounds around the department store, sprucing up the Plecnik square and the surrounding areas, which add up to around 6,000 square metres.
Meanwhile, construction works aimed at invigorating the city centre are also underway under the auspices of the city authorities on Ljubljana's thoroughfare, Slovenska cesta, with facades and frontages of several buildings currently being refurbished.
The main work is being carried out on the Neboticnik building (literally "the Skyscraper"), one of Ljubljana's main landmarks, and the adjacent building of the country's central bank, Banka Slovenija.
The city has also taken up the task of putting in order and reducing the size of some car parks around the university hospital Klinicni center and alongside the Ljubljanica river, the Ljubljana city administration has told STA.
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