With its snow-topped houses and white weights on covered branches, Skofja Loka is at its most picture-perfect state during winter. At this time, visitors may experience a real-life winter wonderland simply by exploring the town streets.
Yesterday it was snowing in Skofja Loka and this is how beautiful this 1,000-year-old town, perched snugly on the Sora river, looks when it snows. (photo: Denys Shay)
If you’re visiting Skofja Loka during the winter, be prepared for cold weather or even snow as well as temperatures dropping well below freezing many days from December through March each year. (photo: Denys Shay)
The Pericnik Waterfall is a beautiful waterfall in the Triglav National Park, located in the Vrata valley near the village of Mojstrana. The waterfall typically freezes over in winter when temperatures drop below zero. Temperatures in Slovenia are currently hovering around -3°C. Images show the waterfall blanketed in snow and ice, although the water is still flowing.
The most impressive sight of the 52 metre-high Pericnik waterfall is right now in the winter when it turns into a giant wall of icicles and floes. (photo: Leon Vidic)
With the recent snowfall and freezing temperatures, Pericnik Waterfall has transformed into a giant wall of icicles and floes. (photo: Leon Vidic)
With the recent snowfall and freezing temperatures, Logarska Valley has transformed into a winter wonderland – along with an Instagram-worthy photo. Logarska Valley Landscape Park is open 365 days a year, 24-hours a day, giving you ample opportunity to enjoy the winter experience.
VIDEO: Logarska Valley covered in snow. (video: Sebi Bevc and Klavdija Caks, Tja Pa Nazaj)
Logarska Valley Landscape Park transformed into a Winter Wonderland. (photo: Sebi Bevc and Klavdija Caks, Tja Pa Nazaj)
Logarska Valley is a very popular destination for nature and sports enthusiasts during the winter. (photo: Miro Verbic)
Lake Jasna is a very picturesque lake near the village of Kranjska Gora. Due to low temperatures and frequent snowfall over the past few weeks, the lake has frozen over and now it looks even more breathtaking.
Kranjska Gora’s Jasna Lake becomes even more spectacular during the winter when it freezes over. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Two weeks of frequent snowfall and low temperatures over the Christmas and New Year period shackled the surface of the lake with a layer of ice. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana has been ranked one of the most sustainable cities in the world by global travel publication, Lonely Planet.
Lonely Planet has included Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana in a recent roundup of the most sustainable cities in the world. (photo: Jacob Riglin, slovenia.info)
In the introduction to its roundup of sustainable global cities, the travel guide publisher notes that some of the world’s most popular cities are among the worst polluters. However, some busy urban centres are improving their carbon footprint by moving to zero-waste restaurants, eco-friendly architecture, and more.
Europe had the three cities on the list, with Copenhagen (Denmark), Lisbon (Portugal), and Ljubljana (Slovenia) featured in the roundup. North America also saw three cities on the list with the United States having two cities on the list, Portland and San Francisco, while Vancouver is the lone Canadian selection. Singapore and Bengaluru (India) have also been selected for the green city roundup.
‘Slovenia is known for its pristine countryside – but even its capital offers visitors a breath of fresh air. Liveable Ljubljana is extremely clean and increasingly green: streets are washed with rain and recycled water; over 10 hectares of the city center are pedestrianized; and new cutting-edge waste management systems mean the city sends 80% less waste to landfill than it did in 2008 – with the goal to reduce that to just 60kg per person per year by 2025,’ writes Lonely Planet.
With a population of just under 300,000, Ljubljana is one of the smallest and most livable capitals in Europe, situated in a basin between the Alps and the Adriatic. Ljubljana won the prestigious title of European Green Capital in 2016 for having achieved the largest number of sustainable changes in the shortest period of time. In 2019, it won the Best of Cities category in the Sustainable Top 100 Destination Awards.
Slovenia's capital Ljubljana has all the right ingredients for the perfect city break. It's one of the youngest and most liveable capitals in the European Union. It’s a city with a medieval heart, a city of the Baroque and Art Nouveau, with numerous picturesque bridges across the Ljubljanica river and the vast green Tivoli park, which stretches into the very city centre.
Kranjska Gora is a lovely small alpine village situated in the far northwestern corner of Slovenia, just a mere 5 minutes by car from both the Italian and Austrian borders. On average, Kranjska Gora receives about 100 centimetres of snow every winter but this year has been significantly above average in terms of snowfall. Some snow has fallen nearly every day the last ten days, and currently the snow is about 80 centimetres deep and the temperature is below zero.
VIDEO: The village of Kranjska Gora during heavy snowfall on December 28th, 2020. (video by Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
The snow in Kranjska Gora is just epic, some of the locals we talked to said they have never seen so much snow in the last 20 years. (photo: Masa Stefe)
The dusting of snow makes the village of Kranjska Gora look even more magical. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Visit Kranjska Gora in December if you want to take advantage of beautiful Christmas decorations. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Winter is the most wonderful season in Kranjska Gora if you’re not bothered by a little cold and chilly weather. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
In winter, Kranjska Gora is the Slovenian winter wonderland. (photo: Matej Stegar)
If you’re looking for a white Christmas, with all the Alpine charm, you will find it in Kranjska Gora. (photo: Marko Pozin)
Kranjska Gora is a beautiful alpine village and the most famous Slovenian ski resort situated on the northern tip of the Triglav National Park in the Slovenian Alps, just a mere 5 minutes by car from both the Italian and Austrian borders. The resort isn’t the largest ski area in Slovenia but it’s the oldest one and one of the prettiest. It’s perfect for families with younger children and also for beginner and intermediate level skiers, with pistes easily accessible directly from the center of Kranjska Gora.
The spruce tree decorating St Peter’s Square in the Vatican for Christmas this year comes from Slovenia. The tree was brought in from the Kocevje Region in southern Slovenia which is known as the most densely-forested region in the country, as forests cover as much as 91% of its total area. Slovenia donated the Christmas tree as a symbol of gratitude for the Vatican’s support of the country’s independence movement on the 30th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia.
This year’s Vatican Christmas Tree is a gift from Slovenia!
Standing at 30 meters high, the massive 75-year-old spruce tree weighs 7 tons and has an impressive diameter of 67 centimetres. It is s adorned with handcrafted wooden Slovenian ethnographic ornaments made by people in Slovenia, including some young children, but the homeless in Rome and Slovenia were also involved in the craftsmanship.
Furthermore, Slovenia has provided the Vatican with an additional 42 smaller spruce and fir trees and a number of wreaths for doorways to be placed in the offices of Vatican City.
The tradition that a Christmas tree is displayed in St. Peter’s Square during the holiday season was first introduced in 1982 by the then Pope John Paul II. The tree is donated by a different country or region every year.
The tree will remain on display until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on January 10.
The massive spruce tree placed just off-center in Saint Peter’s Square was brought in from the Kocevje Region in southern Slovenia.
Kocevje is one of the best preserved natural areas in Europe with more than 90% of its area covered in forest, some of it a primeval virgin forest that has never been cultivated or interfered with by humankind. (photo: Ciril Jazbec, CJ STUDIO d.o.o., slovenia.info)
Bled is a magical place at any time of the year, but it’s extra special during the holiday season. This year, 2020, everything is different because of COVID-19, but no less magical and picturesque and more calm and peaceful.
Holiday season is quite a romantic time to visit Bled. (photo: Anja Smit)
This year the festive decorations were adapted to the measures against Covid-19. (photo: Anja Smit)
The medieval cliff-clinging Bled Castle lit up at night. (photo: Anja Smit)
In the beginning of December, Ptuj starts to go into Christmas overdrive and there’s nothing like spending the festive season in this beautiful old town set on the Drava river.
As Christmas gets closer, Ptuj becomes a more an more lovely place. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Every year in the beginning of December Ptuj transforms into a magical wonderland. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Green Destinations has named the top 100 most sustainable destinations to visit in their 2020 Sustainable Destinations Top 100 List, which includes as many as nine Slovenian destinations: Bled, Brda, Soca Valley, Kocevsko, Ljubljana, Logar Valley-Solcava, Miren Kras, Podcetrtek and Rogaska Slatina. The list is published anually with the aim of highlighting the best and most inspiring stories of sustainable tourism to both, business and general public.
Logar Valley-Solcava. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Applications were evaluated by the Sustainable Top 100 team, experts from individual countries and Green Destinations partners; for this year, they particularly emphasized the quality of the applications. The Commission has emphasized that none of the destinations on the list is entirely sustainable, as this is impossible, but that all are taking decisive steps in this area and showing very good progress.
Lake Bled. (photo: Iztok Medja, slovenia.info)
Brda. (photo: Tomo Jesenicnik, slovenia.info)
Kocevsko. (photo: Tomo Jesenicnik, slovenia.info)
Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Miren Kras. (photo: Jost Gantar, slovenia.info)
Podcetrtek. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Rogaska Slatina. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
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