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Registration for OPEN Championship EUROPE - Slovenia, September 2-5, 2025

The registration for the WRO OPEN Championship will be done through the WRO National Organizers in the countries. Teams must participate in WRO activities in a country and qualify for this event. National Organizers can register teams for the event through the official WRO Registration System only, no other way of registration is possible.

Registration fees can be higher because of additional taxes and/or administration fees if applicable in your country. All registration fees need to be paid as soon as the registration is completed. There are no refunds possible after completing registration.

The registration starts on May 25th and ends on July 10th.

Registration Fees

Inclusions:

  • Hotels are 5 Star rated. Manila Hotel and Hotel H20 (with Water Park)
  • Head Judges will be upgraded to Club Deluxe Room or Veranda Suite at Manila Hotel
  • 4D/3N Accommodation at 5-Star Manila Hotel and Hotel H20(with Water Park) with daily Breakfast Buffet.
  • Check in time 2:00pm September 18 and Check out September 21 at 12noon
  • 3 Lunch, 4 Dinner (September 19-21, 2025)
  • WRO Philippines Giveaway Package (Tshirt, Tumbler, Eco Bag and Program)
  • Access to Event Venue
  • Friendship Activities and Access to Philippine BIO DOME (Manila Ocean Park)
  • Tour – Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila (Optional)
  • Airport Transfers is not included
  • Transfers from Hotel to venue (September 18-21,2025)
  • Arrival: September 18, 2024 Check in time 2:00pm at Manila Hotel and Hotel H20

Accommodation

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🏨 ibis Styles Ljubljana Centre (The Fuzzy Log)

For Competition Teams & Coaches Only

Welcome to the most youthful and flexible hotel of the WRO 2025 Championship – ibis Styles Ljubljana Centre, home to the renowned Fuzzy Log capsule concept! This is where creativity meets comfort, right in the heart of Ljubljana. With its cozy cabins, urban social vibe, rooftop chill-out zone and unbeatable location, it’s designed with one clear purpose: giving our young competitors and their coaches an inspiring and budget-smart base.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Exclusively reserved for WRO 2025 teams and their official coaches.
 To ensure maximum focus and comfort for our competing youth, this hotel is not available for parents, guests or judges.

What makes it perfect for your team:
  • 🚀 Ultra-modern and eco-conscious design
  • 🛏️ Stylish shared and private sleeping pods and rooms
  • 🍳 Breakfast area and lively common zones for team bonding
  • 🌇 Rooftop terrace with views of Ljubljana Castle
  • 🔒 Secure storage lockers and 24/7 front desk

🌐 Free high-speed Wi-Fi throughout

Location & Access
  • 📍 Walking distance to venue: 12–14 minutes
  • 🚍 Closest bus lines to the venue: 6, 9, 11 (every 5–10 minutes)
  • 🗺️ Address: Miklošičeva 9, 1000 Ljubljana
  • 🌐 Website

The Fuzzy Log is the perfect intersection of function, fun, and focus — just like the spirit of WRO! By staying here, teams can share experiences, unwind in a vibrant, youthful atmosphere, and stay close to the competition hub without any unnecessary distractions.

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🏨 Sport Hotel Ljubljana

Ideal for Full Country Delegations

If your country is planning to travel as a unified group, Sport Hotel Ljubljana is your ideal match. Located in a peaceful part of Ljubljana surrounded by green parks and sports facilities, this hotel is known for hosting athletic and educational teams from around Europe. It offers plenty of space, flexibility in room arrangements, and direct access to group-friendly logistics.

Why delegations will love it:
  • 🛏️ Variety of multi-bed rooms and single options
  • 🍽️ Full board available – dining room used to serving large groups
  • 🧑‍🏫 Separate rooms for team meetings or evening preparations
  • 🚍 Ample bus access and parking for country buses or shuttles
  • 🌿 Calm and green surroundings – ideal for team cohesion and focus
Location & Access
  • 📍 Walking distance to venue: ~52 minutes (3.7 km) for the sporty
  • 🚍 Best bus lines: every 7 minutes
    ( bus numbers / 01 transfer to 06 / 6B / 19I / PR A15 0190 2 (61094) )
  • 🗺️ Address: Gerbičeva ulica 57, 1000 Ljubljana
  • 🌐 Website

This hotel ensures that all members of your delegation— from coaches to competitors — are under one roof, enabling easy coordination, stress-free scheduling, and team spirit building in a calm and practical environment.

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🏨 Grand Hotel Union Eurostars

Art-Nouveau Grandeur in the Beating Heart of Ljubljana

Imagine stepping through revolving brass doors into a lobby that once welcomed Albert Einstein, Agatha Christie and a century’s worth of diplomats. Murmurs echo beneath soaring Art-Nouveau arches, the smell of freshly roasted coffee drifts from the famous Union Café, and golden chandeliers—original 1905 pieces—glitter above polished marble. This is Grand Hotel Union, Ljubljana’s first “skyscraper” and still its most storied address. The moment you arrive, you feel the graceful confidence of a city that has blended Central-European elegance with youthful Slovenian creativity. For WRO guests, the Union offers a calm oasis just 250 metres from Prešeren Square; step outside and you’re instantly in the Old Town’s pedestrian zone, yet inside you’ll find hushed corridors, spacious high-ceilinged rooms and a service team that has mastered discreet excellence for 120 years.

Why you’ll love it
  • 🛏️ 194 classic or deluxe rooms (24–35 m²); many boast Juliet balconies framing Ljubljana Castle.
  • 💦 Rooftop indoor pool beneath a glass cupola, Finnish sauna & massage studio.
  • 🍰 Café Union—the city’s historic living room—serves its legendary kremšnita and single-origin espresso.
  • 🎻 Grand Union Hall: Slovenia’s largest hotel ballroom, perfect for delegation briefings or receptions.
  • 🌱 Green Globe–certified; zero-waste bathrooms and 100 % renewable electricity.
Getting to Gospodarsko razstavišče
  • 🚶‍♂️ 13 min walk (1.0 km) straight up Miklošičeva Street.
  • 🚍 Bus lines 6 or 9 from “Pošta Miklošičeva” every 6 min; 3-min ride, one stop.
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🏨 uHotel by Eurostars

Sky-Pool Serenity & Contemporary Style Next to Old-World Charm

Connected internally to its heritage sister yet styled for the modern traveler, uHotel greets you with a light-filled atrium, terrazzo floors and minimalist Nordic furnishings. Picture yourself gliding up a glass elevator to the top-floor sky-pool: warm water, a retractable roof and an Instagram-worthy panorama of Ljubljana Castle glowing at twilight. Downstairs, baristas grind fair-trade beans, digital nomads tap away in co-working niches, and families lounge in oversized modular sofas. uHotel is proof that “city-centre” needn’t mean cramped—its rooms are among the biggest in town, purpose-built for guests who travel with laptops, Lego kits … and maybe a spare pair of robot wheels.

Highlights
  • 🛏️ 228 rooms & studios (from 28 m²) – many with sofa-beds for triples; connecting units for coaches plus teens.
  • 🏊 Sky-pool & sun-deck, gym, sauna.
  • 🍽️ All-day “Five-Point” Restaurant with Slovenian-Mediterranean fusion menu.
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Self-service laundry and kids’ play corner lighten long stays.
Venue Access
  • 🚶‍♂️ 14 min via Miklošičeva.
  • 🚍 Same 6/9 bus stop as Grand Union (3 min ride).
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🏨 Exe Lev Hotel

Mid-Century Icon Reimagined for the Analytical Mind

Rising 13 stories beside a leafy chestnut avenue, Hotel Lev began life in 1964 as socialist Yugoslavia’s showpiece of modern architecture. Today, after a Spanish-designed makeover, its marble lobby pairs retro elegance with smart new tech. Check-in staff offer artisan truffles from the Soča Valley while the lobby pianist plays quiet jazz; by the window, vintage Leica photos of Ljubljana in the 60s set a tone of thoughtful exploration. For mentors, engineers and national organizers who crave a composed workspace—and maybe a late-night espresso to final-check code—Lev delivers business calm without forfeiting soul.

Key features
  • 🛏️ 236 rooms: Classic, Superior Castle-View, and themed “Writer’s Suites” celebrating Slovenian authors.
  • 📚 24/7 Library Lounge with complimentary coffee machine—perfect for strategy huddles.
  • 🏋️ Compact gym; free city-bike rental for a ten-minute spin through Tivoli Park.
  • 🥐 Extensive Slovenian-style breakfast buffet (potica cake highly recommended).
Transport to Venue
  • 🚶‍♂️ 17 min walk (1.3 km) along Dunajska Road.
  • 🚍 Bus 14 from “Nameščanska” every 10 min; 6-min ride.
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🏨 B&B Hotel Ljubljana Park

Budget-Smart, Planet-Kind, Two Blocks from Creative Metelkova

Wake to birdsong in the hotel’s mini urban forest, grab a bio-croissant from the zero-plastic buffet, refill your bottle at the free filtered-water station, and you’re ready to conquer the day. B&B Hotel Park is Slovenia’s first city hotel to earn both Green Key and Slovenia Green Accommodation labels. Its ethos is simple: keep prices fair, shrink the footprint, foster community. Murals by local street artists energize every corridor; rooftop beehives produce the honey you taste at breakfast; staff even loan seed packets if you fancy planting a Slovenian wildflower back home. Just beyond the lobby, the Metelkova cultural quarter hums with murals, sculpture gardens and live music—an inspiring post-competition playground for creative minds.

Practical perks
  • 🛏️ 206 refurbished rooms (singles to four-bed family units) with hypoallergenic cork flooring and blackout blinds.
  • 🌳 Pocket-park terrace, free yoga mats, rentable e-scooters.
  • 🖥️ Two co-working pods and printer corner—handy for last-minute pit-runsheets.
  • ♻️ Strict waste-sorting, compostable key cards, no single-use plastics.
Getting to Gospodarsko razstavišče
  • 🚶‍♂️ 11 min (850 m) – the quickest of our partner hotels.
  • 🚍 If your feet protest: lines 2, 9, 27 from “Tabor” every 5 min, 3-min ride.
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🏨 Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Ljubljana

The Single-Room Champion inside BTC City

If you value a private recharge space after a day of robotics buzz, Radisson Blu Plaza is your jackpot – the hotel with the largest stock of single rooms in our allocation. Set in the vibrant BTC City shopping district, it pairs business-class comfort with after-hours fun: 450+ shops, a cinema multiplex and the WOOP! Trampoline Land literally next-door (perfect team cool-down!).

Highlights

  • 🛏️ Large inventory of modern single rooms (plus twins & triples) – ideal if you crave solitude.
  • 🍳 Award-winning “Plaza Restaurant” breakfast & live-cooking dinner stations.
  • 🛍️ Indoor walkway to BTC City Mall, water-park “Atlantis” and gourmet street-food court.
  • 🎳 Ten-pin bowling and the region’s biggest VR & trampoline arena within 2 minutes on foot.
  • 🚗 Free parking, EV chargers, self-service laundry.

Location & Transport

  • 🚶‍♂️ Walk: 54 minutes (3.9 km) for the sporty.
  • 🚍 Bus lines every 15 minutes ( bus numbers – / 07 ).
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🏨 Grand Plaza Hotel Ljubljana 

Exclusive Home for Judges & VIP Guests

Rising sleekly above the tree-lined Gosposvetska avenue, the brand-new Grand Plaza is Ljubljana’s only true five-star high-rise – and the official sanctuary for WRO 2025 judges and VIPs. Step inside the light-filled lobby and you’ll feel the calm efficiency that lets decision-makers recharge after long competition days.

Why we chose it for you

  • 👑 Dedicated to WRO adjudicators & dignitaries – reserving every room for those who carry the heaviest event responsibilities is our way of saying “thank you.”
  • 🛏️ 236 designer rooms & suites, sound-proofed, with panoramic views of the Alps or Old Town.
  • 🥂 Executive Lounge on the 22nd floor – quiet workspaces by day, networking sundowners by evening.
  • 🍷 À-la-carte Mediterranean restaurant “Plaza Prime” plus an all-day international buffet.
  • 🏋️ 24/7 fitness with Technogym, Finnish sauna & massage studio.
  • 🌐 1-Gbps Wi-Fi and abundant USB-C/USBA hubs in every desk – bring on the score sheets!

Getting to the venue

  • 🚶‍♂️ Walk: a pleasant 10-minute (650 m) stroll straight up Dunajska Road to Gospodarsko razstavišče.
  • 🚍 Best bus: every 2 minutes ( bus numbers – / 06 / 11 / 13 / 19B )

Transfers

Getting to Ljubljana & moving around the city

Whether you touch down by plane, roll in by train, glide in on a coach or steer in on your own four wheels, reaching the WRO Open Championship venue is refreshingly simple. We’ve pulled everything you need to know into one place.

By air

The easy way – our event shuttles
 We have arranged direct coach shuttles on every official arrival day from the three most-used airports:

  • Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU) – the local gateway, 30 min to the city
  • Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) – around 2 h door-to-door
  • Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) – about 3 h, good for long-haul connections

 

A seat costs €6 per person and is NOT included with your registration. To guarantee smooth loading we simply need your flight number and scheduled arrival time at least 14 days before you fly and we will give you further information about transfer to hotel.

Flying into Trieste, Treviso, Graz or Klagenfurt? These airports have frequent public buses and commercial shuttles to Ljubljana. While we do not run dedicated coaches from them, our Online SUPPORT Team will gladly point you to the best option.

Trieste Airport – Other Airport Shuttle companies that we could help arrange (2hr drive) Treviso Airport – Other Airport Shuttle companies that we could help arrange (2hr 30min drive)

Graz Airport – Other Airport Shuttle companies that we could help arrange (2hr drive)

Klagenfurt Airport – Other Airport Shuttle companies that we could help arrange (1hr 30min drive)

By Train

Ljubljana’s main railway station sits right in the centre—an easy 7-minute walk to the venue and most partner hotels are very close. International daytime links arrive from Munich, Vienna, Zagreb, Rijeka and Trieste, while night trains connect Zürich, Stuttgart and Budapest.

By Coach / Long-distance bus

The inter-city bus terminal shares the forecourt with the train station, so you’ll be similarly close. Some hotels have limited curb space for large coaches; if your team is arriving in its own bus, please tell us in advance so we can coordinate unloading with your hotel.

By Car

All official hotels provide either on-site parking or an underground garage. Drivers to the venue can use the large outdoor car park on Vilharjeva Street (standard city rates apply).

Getting around during the event

Your accreditation badge doubles as a free pass on Ljubljana city buses from 1st – 6th September. Every hotel description on our website lists the bus lines that stop at the door and their daytime frequency, so you can plan outings or late-evening returns without fuss.

Public transport – bus lines for each hotel:

Taxi services by a partner Taxi Metro (friendly affordable price)
call : 080 11 90

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Welcome to Ljubljana - safe travels and see you soon!

Visa Application

For the WRO Open European Championship Slovenia 2025 (2–5 September in Ljubljana) the decisive factor is citizenship, not place of residence. Because Slovenia is a full member of the Schengen area, it follows the common EU visa-policy. Nationals of EU/EEA countries, Switzerland and the micro-states may enter with a valid ID card or passport and stay freely. A further ~60 third-country nationalities (including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States and most Central- and South-American states) are visa-exempt for short stays: they can spend up to 90 days in any 180-day period in Slovenia or any other Schengen country without applying in advance. From mid-2025 these travellers will simply request an online ETIAS travel authorisation (fee €7; valid three years) before boarding.

All other nationalities must obtain a Schengen C-visa in advance. Common examples for WRO delegations are China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, most countries in Africa and the Middle East, and several Caribbean and Pacific states. Holders of diplomatic or service passports from a few of these states may still be exempt, so coaches should double-check passport type.

Securing visas for your participants
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Securing visas for your participants
  • Prepare a template “Invitation & Guarantee Letter” on official WRO Slovenia 2025 letterhead confirming each person’s role, accommodation, and that costs are covered.
  • Keep a spreadsheet of application dates and tracking numbers so you can chase any delays.
  • Remind teams that border officers may still ask for proofs of purpose, funds and insurance—carry printed copies while travelling.

With timely appointments, complete documents and the official invitation, short-stay visas for sports/academic events are routinely granted. Start early and your teams should arrive in Ljubljana stress-free and ready to compete!

Judge Application

Judge application and registration is done by the National Organizers and are reviewed on an ongoing basis, right from the beginning. If a judge is approved he/she will be automatically added to the delegation. If all teams are registered and judges approved (or rejected), a National Organizer can complete registration.