Slovenia is a small, chicken-shaped Central European country of about 2 million people, which happens to be my home. Despite the fact that you can drive from the head to the butt of the chicken in less than 4 hours, we have it all: Alpine mountains, emerald rivers, vanishing lakes, thick forests with a booming brown bear population, plenty of castles and culture, as well as a whole 47 km of the seaside.
Travel trivia: 12 facts about Slovenia
Photo impressions
- Intermittent lake Cerknica
- Lake Bloke
- Lavender fields at Blue Hill Slovenia
- Ljubljana
- Pekel the hell gorge
- Postojna – the queen of caves
- Predaselj gorge
- Predjama cave castle
- The historical town of Ptuj
- Rakov Škocjan
- Treetop walk in Rogla
- Velika planina
- Trojane doughnuts
- Sv. Jakob nad Katarino hill
- Zelenci natural reserve
Urbex
Events
- Floating castle festival (my favourite Slovenian festival)
- Na meji nevidnega – the Slovenian geek convention
- Kurentovanje: Pust (Carnival) in Ptuj
- Impressions from a Slovenian grape harvest
Travel tips
- 10 secret Slovenian attractions you have to visit (my guest post for the People of the Planet)
Life in Slovenia
- Neanderthal flute from Slovenia (oldest musical instrument in the world)
- Short intro to contemporary Slovenian culture (guest post by A. Cimprič)
- Pust – the Carnival traditions in Slovenia
- 8th of February: the Slovenian cultural holiday
- Slovenian Easter food and traditions
- Traditional Slovenian breakfast
- Explore Slovenia with Petra Jan (my guest episode on the Culturally Ours podcast)
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