- Slovene National Theatre. With opera and ballet, drama, Simphony Orchestra SNG Maribor attracts audience from Slovenia and abroad. Opera is performed in original languages, drama in Slovene language.
- Adrenalinski park Pohorje. Adrenaline park Pohorje with High Ropes Course, one track line PohorJET, summer sledding and Bike park Pohorje.
- Watch football at NK Maribor, who play soccer in PrvaLiga, Slovenia's top tier. Their home ground Ljudski Vrt is 500 m north of city centre. Its renovation is way off schedule and capacity (as of 2021) is restricted to 11,700. Nevertheless it's sometimes a guest ground for other clubs with even smaller stadiums, e.g., for NŠ Mura in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.
- Festival Lent. It ranked among the Top 50 of Europe's Best Local Festivities. A variety of more than 400 performances and half a million visitors make “Festival Lent” one of the biggest festivals in Europe, moreover it is also known across the pond in America.
- Pohorje Ski resort. The largest ski centre in Slovenia. There are a few parallel slopes with drag lifts. Moving between the different slopes can be hard work if the snow is sticky. Night skiing is possible as is snow boarding.
- Terme Maribor. With well known wellness centre in Hotel Habakuk (thermal water), Hotel Bellevue and in Fontana (thermal water).
- Planet Tuš - cinema multiplex (movies are presented in original audio language while equipped with Slovenian subtitles; this does not apply to computer-rendered and animated movies, which are dubbed for the children). Bowling centre. Shopping centre with free parking.
- Kolosej - cinema multiplex (movies are presented in original audio language while equipped with Slovenian subtitles; this does not apply to computer-rendered and animated movies, which are dubbed for the children). Bowling centre.
- Bowling centre Strike. Bowling centre Strike offers 16 highly equipped, computerised bowling tracks, restaurant and bar. (updated Oct 2023)
- Pekarna Cultural Centre - An alternative cultural centre in a former military bakery. It consists of several concert venues (the large Gustaf Hall and some smaller concert halls e.g. Supernova and Klub MC), gallery spaces (Hladilnica Gallery, several studios), a spacious second-hand bookshop called Bukvarna and band practice rooms.
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