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Near the market hall, look for the little
scales
in the wooden kiosks marked
Kontrolna
Tehtnica
—allowing buyers to immediately check whether the producer cheated them (not a
common problem, but just in case). The Habsburg days left locals with the old German say-
ing, “Trust is good; control is better.” Nearby, look for the innovative “Nonstop Mlekomat”
stand, a vending machine that lets you buy a plastic bottle, then fill it with a liter of raw,
unskimmed, farm-fresh milk for €1.
At the far end of the market—close to the Dragon Bridge—you may see a few
food
trucks
selling roasted chicken and deep-fried seafood.
Two more sights are immersed in the market action (both described next); the cathedral
sits at the top of the market area, near the Triple Bridge, while the Dragon Bridge spans the
river just beyond the end of the market colonnade.
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Cathedral (Stolnica)
Ljubljana's cathedral is dedicated to St. Nicholas, protector against floods and patron saint
of the fishermen and boatmen who have long come to sell their catch at the market. While
the interior is worth a peek (free, open long hours daily but closed 12:00-15:00), the intric-
ately decorated doors—created for Pope John Paul II's visit here in 1996—are even more
interesting.
