Pippi Longstocking in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ – 30.03.2026: „“She has a house, a little monkey and a horse”, and in Slovenia, up to 100,000 enthusiastic visitors every year since 1990. The Pippi Longstocking Festival in the municipality of Velenje is the largest event for children and youths in the region.
A reportage about the history and programme of the festival, its annually changing themes and attractions, workshops, magic, acrobatics and music throughout the city, about guests of all ages and from around the world, about Pippi Longstocking as a role model for courage and ingenuity, and, of course, about the current lead actress, the captivating Ema Kač, and Barbara Pokorny, the festival’s director.
A “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) reportage by Lucian Lovrenčič, Lan Jerič, Dina Skamagkouli and Anja Oblak from Celje, under the patronage of the Municipality of Celje, Project management/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB.
