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Taking up leisure activities

General

Information on events (cultural and sporting events, exhibitions, seasonal events and evening events) can be found on the websites www.obala.net and visitkoper.si – prireditve or on Facebook at Kam danes na Obali.

List of important institutions and associations

List of Cultural Associations

PiNA – Association for Culture and Education

Address

Gortanov trg 15, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

E-mail

info@pina.si

Website

www.pina.si

Contact person: Mirna Buić (mirna@pina.si)

Core Activities:  PiNA promotes socially responsible practices and fosters a culture of dialogue. It opens up space for meetings, information, exchange, networking and cooperation on social challenges. It is an organisation working in the public interest, especially in the field of young people.

Activities for Immigrants

  • The project Centre for Intercultural Dialogue (Središče za medkulturni dialog): creating an enabling environment for the integration of immigrants into cultural, economic and social life, helping to integrate beneficiaries of international protection and third-country nationals into the local environment, mobilising and connecting the local population willing to participate in creating an environment that is open to the integration of foreigners, and raising awareness among the local population about integration as a two-way process.
  • Projekt Okusi medkulturnosti:Project Taste of Interculturality (Okusi medkulturnosti): strengthening the employability and social inclusion of members of minority ethnic communities and immigrants in the field of cultural-gastronomic tourism in the Obalno-kraška and Goriška regions.

PiNA can provide you information on:

  • Learning new skills and strengthening skills through workshops, training, meetings, conferences and new learning tools,
    • Cooperation with cultural mediators,
  • Training for professionals and immigrants to improve intercultural competences,
  • Organisational and professional support for immigrants.
Behar Cultural, Artistic and Sports Association

Address

Spodnje Škofije 71, 6281 Škofije

Phone number

040 303 223

Core Activities:  Language workshops, Bosnian language lessons, theatre and creative workshops, folklore, dance.

KOLO Academic Cultural and Artistic Association

Address

Jurčičeva 2, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

070 330 291

040 669 259

Website

akudkolo.si

Contact person: Jadranka Beti (jadrankabetica@gmail.com)

Core Activities:  Folklore for children, Serbian language school, workshops, literary and art competitions, project work for children.

Cultural Association of the Albanians of Slovenian Istria Iliria

Address

Istrska cesta 41, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

041 648 076

Website

iliria.si

Contact person: Heset Ahmeti (041 648 076)

Core Activities:  Folklore for children, Serbian language school, workshops, literary and art competitions, project work for children.

Macedonian Cultural Association "Kočo Racin" Obala

Address

Krožna cesta 69, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

070 497 759

Contact person: Gordana Boshnachki (070 497 759)

Core Activities:  Folklore, sports, cuisine and a drama sections.

Slavic Cultural Association Adriatika

Phone number

041 389 101

Contact person: Yelena Karimova (info@adriatika.si)

Core Activities:  Literary and cooking workshops for children, Russian-speaking gatherings.

Srečko Vilhar Central Library of Koper (Osrednja knjižnica Srečka Vilharja Koper)

Address

Trg Brolo 1, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

05 663 26 05

E-mail

uprava@knjiznica-koper.si (administration)

Website

www.kp.sik.si

Contact person - department for adults: Barbara Sušelj (05 66 32 605, barbara.suselj@knjiznica-koper.si)

Core Activities:  The Srečko Vilhar Central Library of Koper is the public municipal library of the Municipality of Koper and the central regional library for the municipalities of Koper, Izola, Piran, Ilirska Bistrica, Sežana and Postojna. It provides library services for the local population, as well as services for groups of people with special needs and for members of the Italian national community in Slovenian Istria.

Sections:

  • Adult Section,
  • Local Studies and Literary Heritage Department,
  • Regional Tasks Service,
  • Department for the Acquisition and Processing of Library Materials,
  • Young Readers Section,
  • Department of Italian Studies,
  • Mobile Library,
  • Markovec and Semedela Units.

The library can provide information on:

  • Borrowing material, renewing loans, placing orders and making reservations,
  • News and recommendations on literature and reading,
  • Cultural events and activities,
  • Reading culture and literacy, knowledge acquisition and information literacy,
  • Cultural heritage and local studies activities,
  • Holiday activities for children.
Koper Theatre (Gledališče Koper)

Address

Verdijeva ulica 3, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

05 663 43 80

Core Activities:  Koper Theatre is part of the network of Slovenian theatres. It strives to make theatre performances and other activities for visitors accessible to the widest possible audience, including vulnerable groups.

In the theatre, you can get information about:

  • Theatre performances, schedules and subscriptions,
  • Theatre school,
  • Children's programme,
  • The Gledga magazine,
  • Other cultural events.
Koper Regional Museum

Address

Kidričeva ulica 19, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

05 663 35 70

Contact person: Barbara Paulin (05 66 33 577/041 300 482)

Core Activities:  The Koper Regional Museum is a cultural and historical museum that takes care of cultural heritage and presents it to the widest possible public. It covers the fields of archaeology, history, ethnology and art and cultural history in the six municipalities of the Southern Primorska region.

At the Koper Regional Museum, you can get information about:

  • Collections and exhibitions,
  • The museum premises and the museum shop,
  • Organising events and hiring out halls,
  • Teaching activities.
Koper Youth Centre (Center mladih Koper)

The Koper Youth Centre regularly organises music, literary and creative events for young people at two locations – in the centre of Koper at 4 Gregorčičeva Street, 6000 Koper (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm), and at Markovec, 65/a Cesta na Markovec Street, 6000 Koper (Monday to Friday, 12.30pm to 8pm). For more information, please visit:

CONA b.p.

Address

Tomažičev trg 2

Phone number

040 162 553

Contact person: Barbara Gogala 

Core Activities:  delavnice in tečaji oblikovanja keramike. Izvajanje programa Z glino v ravnovesju, ki je za priseljence brezplačen. 

V Coni b.p. lahko dostopate do …

  • dobro opremljeno keramične delavnice,
  • izkušenih mentoric z znanjem različnih tehnik oblikovanja gline,
  • tečajev,
  • možnosti samostojnega ustvarjanja.

Sports

The wide range of sports activities in Koper enables residents and visitors to take better care of their health and have a better quality of life.

You can take part in the following activities: athletics, boules, martial arts, gymnastics, sailing, judo, kayaking and canoeing, rowing, bowling, equestrianism, basketball, archery, football and indoor football, table tennis, volleyball, mountaineering, swimming, dancing, rock climbing, diving, fishing, handball, general exercise, chess, sports for people with disabilities, tennis and water polo.

A detailed list of associations for each category can be found at sportkoper.si/drustvo and more information about sports facilities in the Municipality of Koper at sportkoper.si/objekt.

You can also follow sporting events at sportkoper.si/aktualno.

Public Sport Institute of the Municipality of Koper (Javni zavod za šport Mestne občine Koper)

Address

Cesta Zore Perello-Godina 3, 6000 Koper – Capodistria

Phone number

05 614 60 12

Website

sportkoper.si

Core Activities:  

Sports facilities in Koper are managed by:

  • Bonifika Sports Park (Športni park Bonifika ),
  • Dekani Sports Park (Športni park Dekani) with archery range,
  • Water sports centre (Športni park Bonifika) in Žusterna,
  • Žusterna Olympic swimming pool (Olimpijski bazen Žusterna ) with outdoor swimming pool,
  • Žusterna Boulodrome (Balinarska dvorana Žusterna),
  • Koper Olympic swimming pool (Olimpijski bazen Koper),
  • Beach sports centre (Center športov na mivki).

The Public Sport Institute can provide information on:

  • Administrative, professional, organisational, technical and other work in the field of sports and youth,
  • Management of public sports facilities in the Municipality of Koper,
  • Advertising opportunities (advertising space in the Municipality of Koper).
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