Cobbler’s Bridge

If there’s one thing Ljubljana never runs out of, it’s bridges! The one you’re standing on now is the Cobbler’s Bridge, designed in the 1930s by architect Jože Plečnik as part of his grand plan to reshape the banks of the Ljubljanica River. Back in the Middle Ages, a wooden bridge stood here that housed a butcher’s shop, but the smell was so overpowering that the emperor himself ordered it moved. The cobblers took their place, and the bridge has carried their name ever since. Plečnik gave the spot a new life with a proper pedestrian bridge that is both practical and elegant. It’s worth pausing here for a photo: framed by its rows of columns, with the river flowing beneath you and the castle rising in the distance, this is one of Ljubljana’s most beautiful viewpoints.