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Kurentovanje
Ptuj is a city where thousands of years of history, heritage and culture are intertwined. Kurentovanje takes the highest place among the most visited experiences, when the city is transformed into the largest open-air ethnographic museum of intangible cultural heritage. It is an excellent opportunity not only to see the largest international carnival festival in Slovenia, but also to experience the many experiences that the oldest Slovenian city has to offer.
Experience Kurentovanje
Ptuj is a city where thousands of years of history, heritage and culture are intertwined. Kurentovanje takes the highest place among the most visited experiences, when the city is transformed into the largest open-air ethnographic museum of intangible cultural heritage. It is an excellent opportunity not only to see the largest international carnival festival in Slovenia, but also to experience the many experiences that the oldest Slovenian city has to offer.
Kurent's house
Every country – including Slovenia – is proud of its distinguished cultural artefacts and individuals who have carried its name across national borders. One of them is the traditional character of Kurent/Korant, which is well-known not only locally, in Ptuj and its surroundings, but also across Slovenia and the world.
KURENTOVA HIŠA predstavlja in postavlja kurenta/koranta na pomembno mesto zgodovinskega pomena. Je plod prizadevanj zainteresiranih društev, ki ohranjajo tradicijo kurenta/koranta in njegovega obredja. Idejni pobudnik in realizator Kurentove hiše je Zveza društev kurentov, ki združuje 25 društev s prek 1.100 člani.
Using modern technologies, visitors can learn about the deep meaning of rituals, which have been preserved in the Dravsko and Ptujsko Polje and in Haloze and Slovenske Gorice from ancient times to the present day. You can explore Kurent/Korant in an interactive, individualized and globally recognizable way, while the cultural heritage is presented in an experiential and innovative way, effectively preserving it for future generations.
OPENING HOURS
Kurentova hiša je odprta vse dni v tednu (razen torkov), tudi med prazniki, med 12.00 in 18.00.
Tours are available every full hour.
Before visiting Kurento's house, check the availability of the desired appointment online here and then buy a ticket in the time slot that suits you best.
Tickets can be purchased online in advance.
You can drop in at Kurento's house or at TIC Ptuj, where we will help you book a free appointment for a viewing.
Sweet-Toothed Carnival
That the carnival season is a true celebration of culinary vices is confirmed by the fact that half a million donuts are crunched in Ptuj and the surrounding area during Kurentovanje. Loyal companions of the carnival are also the carnival fliers and mice. A very special culinary specialty, which has been revived in recent years by Ptuj caterers based on old recipes, is ti curent soup. It is also impossible to imagine the carnival season without traditional dishes such as roast beef, blood sausage, pickled meat with sauerkraut or turnips.
Top 5 Ptuj carnival delicacies
Kurent's plate
The carnival season in Ptuj is also the time of local kolins. Kurento's plate, on which roast pork, blood sausage or roast pork, roasted potatoes and cabbage reign supreme, combines all the wealth of traditional carnival flavors.
Homemade doughnuts
Ptuj caterers have been keeping the tradition of baking homemade carnival donuts during Kurentovanje for decades. The exquisite taste of this most delicious carnival snack is mainly hidden in the method of preparation, which remains a well-kept secret for most.
Mice
The sweet carnival trio also includes mice. It will be hard to resist the popular dessert offered by the culinary stalls of Ptuj during the carnival season while walking around the city.
Carnival flanks
Whether they are brittle or leavened - none of them will leave you indifferent. Along with doughnuts, flancats are considered one of the most popular carnival desserts, for which there is always room after a hearty lunch.
Kurent's soup
The original recipe for making kurent soup is more than two hundred years old, but it was revived from oblivion by Ptuj taverns and restaurants. The fullness of its taste is hidden in many ingredients, among which, according to the Ptuj tradition, smoked meat and grated porridge should not be missing.
Sweet-Toothed Carnival
That the carnival season is a true celebration of culinary vices is confirmed by the fact that half a million donuts are crunched in Ptuj and the surrounding area during Kurentovanje. Loyal companions of the carnival are also the carnival fliers and mice. A very special culinary specialty, which has been revived in recent years by Ptuj caterers based on old recipes, is ti curent soup. It is also impossible to imagine the carnival season without traditional dishes such as roast beef, blood sausage, pickled meat with sauerkraut or turnips.
Top 5 Ptuj carnival delicacies
Kurent's plate
The carnival season in Ptuj is also the time of local kolins. Kurento's plate, on which roast pork, blood sausage or roast pork, roasted potatoes and cabbage reign supreme, combines all the wealth of traditional carnival flavors.
Homemade doughnuts
Ptuj caterers have been keeping the tradition of baking homemade carnival donuts during Kurentovanje for decades. The exquisite taste of this most delicious carnival snack is mainly hidden in the method of preparation, which remains a well-kept secret for most.
Mice
The sweet carnival trio also includes mice. It will be hard to resist the popular dessert offered by the culinary stalls of Ptuj during the carnival season while walking around the city.
Carnival flanks
Whether they are brittle or leavened - none of them will leave you indifferent. Along with doughnuts, flancats are considered one of the most popular carnival desserts, for which there is always room after a hearty lunch.
Kurent's soup
The original recipe for making kurent soup is more than two hundred years old, but it was revived from oblivion by Ptuj taverns and restaurants. The fullness of its taste is hidden in many ingredients, among which, according to the Ptuj tradition, smoked meat and grated porridge should not be missing.
Give yourself a memory of Kurentovanje
In the Tourist Information Center in the center of the city, among the diverse range of unique products about Ptuj, you can also find a rich selection of souvenirs on the topic of the tradition of curenting.
Among them are handkerchiefs that can be tied to the belt with a curent, artificially made curent caps made of identical natural materials, key chains with a curent bell, magnets with the image of a curent and a special curent wine Mistik.
Parking lots
V času Kurentovanja med 3. in 13. februarjem 2024 je možno parkirati na naslednjih parkiriščih:
Parking lots for cars:
- Parking lot Zadružni trg P+R, Zadružni trg 15
- Potrčeva cesta parking lot, Potrčeva cesta 6
- Macadam parking lot, Ob Drava (near Pomaranča)
Parking lots for buses:
- Parking lot Zadružni trg P+R, Zadružni trg 15
- Macadam parking lot, Ob Drava (near Pomaranča)
Seznam parkirišč bo še dopolnjen.
PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEMPORARY AND COMPLETE CLOSURES OF STATE AND LOCAL ROADS
Due to the safe and unobstructed execution of events within the framework of Kurentovanija, they will be at parades and other public events začasne delne ali popolne zapore državnih in lokalnih cest ter zapore mestnih ulic, trgov in vpadnic.
