Editing Maribor (section)

==Culture==
[[File:UniverzaMaribor.jpg|thumb|left|Headquarters of the [[University of Maribor]]]]
[[File:Maribor Zametovka vine and daughter.png|thumb|left|The more-than-400-year-old Žametovka grapevine growing outside the Old Vine House in Maribor. Right of it grows a daughter grapevine that has been cut from it.]]
The city is the location of the [[University of Maribor]], established in 1975,<ref>{{cite web |title=Na Univerzi v Mariboru obeležili Dan univerze |url=https://maribor24.si/lokalno/na-univerzi-v-mariboru-obelezili-dan-univerze |website=maribor24.si |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl-SI |date=18 September 2019}}</ref> [[Alma Mater Europaea – Evropski center, Maribor|Alma Mater Europaea]], and several other higher education institutions. High schools include Maribor High School No. 1 (''Prva gimnazija Maribor'') and  Maribor High School No. 2 (''[[II. gimnazija Maribor]]'').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ambrož |first1=Nina |title=Prva gimnazija Maribor: Za 170 let 170 zgodb |url=https://www.vecer.com/maribor/aktualno/prva-gimnazija-maribor-za-170-let-170-zgodb-10177893 |website=[[Večer (Slovenia)|Večer]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl-si |date=3 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ivelja |first1=Ranka |title=Ivan Lorenčič, ravnatelj II. gimnazije Maribor: Če hočemo vrhunske rezultate, brez stresa in napora ne gre |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042760919 |website=[[Dnevnik (Slovenia)|Dnevnik]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl |date=28 January 2017}}</ref>

Every June, the two-week [[Lent Festival]] (named after the waterfront district called Lent) is held, with hundreds of musical, theatrical and other events.<ref>{{cite web |author1=M. Z. |title=Konec z ognjemetom in upi na svetlejšo prihodnost |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/zabava-in-slog/popkultura/druzabno/konec-z-ognjemetom-in-upi-na-svetlejso-prihodnost/493283 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl |date=29 June 2019}}</ref> Every year the festival attracts theatre, opera, ballet performers, classical, modern, and jazz musicians and dancers from all over the world.

Maribor is known for wine and culinary specialities of international and Slovene cuisine (mushroom soup with buckwheat mush, tripe, sour soup, sausages with Sauerkraut, cheese dumplings, apple strudel, special cheese cake called [[gibanica]]). There are also many popular restaurants with [[Serbian cuisine]]. The Vinag Wine Cellar ({{lang|sl|Vinagova vinska klet}}), with the area of {{convert|20.000|m2|abbr=on}} and the length of {{convert|2|km|0|abbr=on}}, keeps 5,5 millions litres of wine. The house of the oldest grapevine in the world ({{lang|sl|Hiša stare trte}}) at Lent grows the world's oldest grapevine, which was in 2004 recorded in ''[[Guinness World Records]]''. The grapevine of [[Žametovka]] is over 400 years old.<ref>{{cite web |author1=D. S. |title=Na Lentu obrali najstarejšo trto na svetu, prvi grozd je odrezal Tone Partljič |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/zabava-in-slog/ture-avanture/na-lentu-obrali-najstarejso-trto-na-svetu-prvi-grozd-je-odrezal-tone-partljic/536611 |publisher=[[RTV Slovenija]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl |date=20 September 2020}}</ref>

The most listened radio station transmitting from Maribor is the commercial radio station [[Radio City, Maribor|Radio City]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grbin |first1=Branka |title=Menjava na prvem mestu najbolj poslušanega radia v Sloveniji |url=https://siol.net/trendi/glasba/menjava-na-prvem-mestu-najbolj-poslusanega-radia-v-sloveniji-462571 |publisher=[[Siol]] |access-date=6 January 2021 |language=sl |date=16 March 2018}}</ref> Other radio stations broadcasting from Maribor include Radio NET FM, Radio Maribor, Rock Maribor, Radio Brezje, and Maribor Študent Radio (MARŠ).

The alternative scene of Maribor is situated in the Pekarna Cultural Centre, located in a former military bakery area in the [[Magdalena District, Maribor|Magdalena District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pekarna Cultural Centre |url=https://www.culture.si/en/Pekarna_Cultural_Centre |website=Culture.si |language=en|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>