About The Photographer
Jakob Noc is an inspiring landscape and cityscape photographer whose talents allow him to capture the most amazing images in a style that is truly his own. Through careful composition, attention to detail and the creative use of beautiful light, Jakob strives to show us cities and landscapes in ways that we may not have seen them before. His ability to capture inspiring imagery originates from the beauty that surrounds him while growing up and living in one of the most recognizable and beautiful places in Slovenia – Lake Bled.
Jakob discovered his passion for photography as a child while travelling with his father, but started his career as a photographer only in 2013. Capturing photographs is considered by Jakob to be a great way for him to tell the story of the world as he sees it through his eyes. The thing he likes most in photography is bringing different emotions to people and showing them an outer world view on the things people see everyday.
Below is a selection of 30 Jakob’s landscape and cityscape photographs from all over Slovenia. You can see more of his impressive work on his social media pages on Facebook and Instagram and on his official website Jakob Noc, where he also offers very unique high-quality canvas prints of Lake Bled called BledInSquares (the photographs come in two sizes, four motifs and are shipped world wide).
Photo Gallery
A beautiful picture gallery containing 30 fabulous landscape and cityscape photos from around Slovenia by Jakob Noc.
The observation deck on top of the Neboticnik skyscraper offers the best views in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. Neboticnik was the first high building in Ljubljana (built between 1931 and 1933). It’s is located in the centre of Ljubljana and is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.
Every December, most of the cities in Europe are adorned with Christmas lights – but in Ljubljana, they somehow look more charming than in the other cities. They cover the city centre also known as the Old Town, due to the baroque, medieval and classical architecture. When you take a walk along the Ljubljanica river canal, surrounded by pastel-colored old buildings and trees covered in fairy lights, it seems really magical and breathtaking.
Hotel Slon enjoys a central location in Ljubljana. It is within a block or so of the Triple Bridge, which is the gateway to Ljubljana’s Old Town and its charming streets with lovely restaurants, cafes and shops.
You gotta love the unique Christmas lights in Ljubljana. Most cities put up snowflakes and bows and things, but Ljubljana put up galaxies, planets, comets and shooting stars!
Ljubljana Castle is perched on top of a hill and can be seen from anywhere in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, but the night view from the Congress square is especially beautiful.
The glassy Ribja Brv footbridge in Ljubljana seems to float across the Ljubljanica river, connecting two sides of the Slovenian capital. The bridge is 25 metres long and 3 and a half metres wide.
The Ljubljanica River is the main river that runs through Ljubljana. It divides Ljubljana’s Old Town with the rest of the city.
One of the best ways to see Ljubljana ant its Old Town is to join a tourist boat cruise along the river.
Lovely, oval-shaped Preseren Square is the hub of Ljubljana where several main roads converge. In the center of the square is a statue of Slovenia’s most famous poet, Dr France Preseren, surrounded by many beautiful historic buildings. The square is part of the old town’s pedestrian zone and a major meeting point.
A statue of the Slovene national poet France Preseren with a muse stands in the center of the Preseren Square and faces the window where Preseren’s muse used to live.
One of Slovenia’s most charming medieval towns is Radovljica. It’s located just a short drive from the famous Lake Bled and has a lovely old centre that has been carefully restored and protected.
Radovljica’s medieval Old Town is one of best preserved medieval town structures in Slovenia. Radovljica was first mentioned as a market town in 1333 and became a town-on-record at the end of the 15th century. When visiting Radovljica, be sure to stop by the Tourist Information Office just before the town square for a map to help you identify important buildings and learn some interesting historical facts about the town.
The church of Saints Primus and Felician in the small village of Jamnik is considered as one of the most beautiful and picturesque Slovenian historical monuments. It stands on the top of a hill with amazing views of the Ljubljana Basin, surrounded with Julian Alps from north and the Kamnik Alps from the east.
The Church of Saints Primus and Felician is the second most photographed church in Slovenia. The church consists of a rectangular nave, a trilatteraly coupled presbytery and a bell tower, leanded against the nave and covered with pyramid-shaped roof.
Goriska Brda is a beautiful wine area with the same soil conditions as the Friuli region on the Italian side of the border. This is a land of gently rolling hills, covered with vineyards and dotted with lovely small villages. The gentle climate assures ideal growing conditions for grapes. It is Europe’s next hidden gem, waiting to be explored.
A hayrack on a farm in the village of Gorje near Bled. Hayracks are mainly a Slovenian thing, with more than 80 percent of all hayracks in the world existing in Slovenia.
The tranquil Lake Bohinj is known as the lake at the end of the world. Spending a day at Lake Bohinj is like finding paradise in the middle of the alpine forests. With the majestic Julian Alps as a backdrop, Bohinj seems to come from some heavenly realm, untouched and unspoilt by human interference.
Slovenia is the third most forested country in Europe, right after Finland and Sweden. This beautiful beech forest can be found in Bohinj.
Autumn is the most picturesque time to visit Lake Bled. It’s such a photogenic and colorful time of the year, as the deciduous foliage undergoes spectacular color changes.
Bled Castle is the most prominent tourist attraction in Bled. The castle is perched high on a cliff rising above Lake Bled and can be seen from anywhere in Bled, and you can see anywhere in Bled from the castle. The beautiful fairytale-looking building below the castle is Vila Istra, a luxury corporate villa converted into design hotel.
A walk around Lake Bled is probably the most popular walk in Slovenia! It’s an easy walk with superb views over Lake Bled, Bled Castle and to the surrounding mountains.
If Bled Island looks like something out of a storybook, it’s because it basically is. Nicknamed Fairytale Island, this small isle is home to a beautiful Baroque church where people still get married.
Bled Island is the only naturally-occurring island in Slovenia. As you can see, there is a Baroque church on the island.
Bled Island is located in middle of Lake Bled and the island has several buildings. Most famous building is the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary, a Baroque church containing fresco fragments from the 14th century and a gold altar. The foundation of the church also contains remains of a pre-Romanesque chapel, the only such remains in Slovenia.
If you are looking for a lovely little spot for some peaceful relaxation, Lake Bled is the place! It’s the perfect spot to go off the grid for a week or so and just live in the magical moments that happen around you. Not to mention, it’s very romantic!
Bled Island is accessible through rowboat or the traditional Pletna boat.
Bled Island in winter looks like it’s straight out of some fairy tale!
Set between the snow capped Slovenian Alps and nestled in a lush valley, Lake Bled is the undisputed attraction of Slovenia and what an attraction it is. With a medieval castle perched on top of a steep cliff and a tiny tear-shaped island in the middle of the crystal clear water, the lake feels plucked from a medieval fairy tale.
Lake Bled is just gorgeous, beyond beautiful. It takes our breath away every time we see these photos, to think that such exquisite beauty still exists.
Lake Bled is beautiful in any season, at any time of day. And the photographer has done an amazing job of capturing it all.
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