Slovenia’s stunning vistas and spectacular cityscapes/townscapes look wonderful in all seasons, of course, but there’s something about winter that adds an extra touch of magic. Snowcapped mountains, glittering towns, dreamy countryside, frozen lakes and waterfalls, crisp mornings and starry nights all create beautiful scenery. Take a look at these fabulous photographs from this winter and we think you’ll agree that winter in Slovenia is truly spectacular.
The 2020–21 winter in Slovenia was one of the coldest in recent years with plenty of snow. We’ll keep the words short and let the photos speak for themselves. Take a deep breath of that crisp, cool air, and enjoy the unbelievable beauty of Slovenia in the snow!
Photo Gallery
These 50 photos from this winter truly prove that Slovenia transforms and becomes a magical destination when covered in a wintry blanket of snow.
Lake Bled with the Karavanke mountain range in the background as seen from the Mala Osojnica viewpoint in the beginning of January 2021. (photo: Martin Mohar, martxiin)
The festively decorated Bled with the clifftop Bled Castle at night on December 13th, 2020. (photo: Anja Smit)
The city center of Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana with the Urban electric train during the Festive Season and the Covid-19 lockdown, on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
Ljubljana’s Old Town with St. Nicholas’s Cathedral in heavy snow during the Festive Season and the Covid-19 lockdown, on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
Festively decorated city center of Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana during snowfall on December evening in 2020. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
Ljubljana with its snow-topped houses and white weights on covered branches on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Jasmina Pirnar, Yaska.si)
Skofja Loka, a 1,000-year-old town perched snugly on the Sora river, during snowfall on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
The medieval town of Skofja Loka covered in snow at night on December 3rd, 2020. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
A clear winter’s day in the alpine village of Kranjska Gora at the end of December. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com)
The alpine village of Kranjska Gora during snowfall on January 3rd, 2021. (photo: Masa Stefe)
The festively decorated village of Kranjska Gora at night on January 5th, 2021. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Kranjska Gora during heavy snowfall that dropped more than half a meter of snow on January 6th, 2021. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
The festively decorated village of Podkoren buried under heavy snow at night on January 16th, 2020. (photo: Domen Ramus, Reset Apartments)
The festively decorated Ptuj at night on December 9th, 2020. (photo: Matej Stegar)
The town of Ribnica in southern Slovenia in mid-January of 2021. (photo: Matevz Petrovic)
The festively decorated Ribnica at night on December 4th, 2020. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Retje, a small village in Loski Potok which is known as one of the coldest places in Slovenia with winter temperatures down to -25°C, January 14th, 2021. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Lake Bohinj, the largest lake in Slovenia, on a clear winter’s day in mid-January of 2021. (photo: Bojan Kolman)
Lake Bohinj on a dull winter’s day after a snowfall that dropped more than half a meter of snow across the region in the beginning of January of 2021. (photo: David Hriberski)
A partially frozen Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
A partially frozen Lake Jasna with the backdrop of the Julian Alps on January 13th, 2021. (photo: Bojan Kolman)
A little water mill by Lake Jasna in Kranjska Gora on December 28th, 2020. (photo: Rok Nosan, Vreme 24/7)
Aerial view of the Zelenci Nature Reserve on January 12th, 2021. (photo: Nikola Petkovic, Nixigraphy)
Lake Zelenci with the Julian Alps in the background, mid-January of 2021. (photo: Manca Potocnik)
Lake Plansar in Zgornje Jezersko on a clear and very cold winter’s day in the beginning of January of 2021. (photo: Irena Dravinec)
A frozen Plansar Lake in Zgornje Jezersko with the backdrop of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps on January 9th, 2021. (photo: Tjasa Muravec)
The snow-covered Jezersko Valley with the backdrop of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps in the beginning of January of 2021. (photo: Rok Ojstersek)
Jezersko Valley in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps on a starry New Year’s Eve night of December 31st, 2020. (photo: Drejc Karnicar, Senkova Domacija)
A mountain cottage in the Tamar Valley buried under heavy snow in January of 2021. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, andrejtarfila.com).
A truly remarkable aerial view of the snow-covered Zavrsnica Valley with a very picturesque jade-green lake of the same name, on December 10th, 2020. (photo: Bine Mekina, Polhotography)
Lake Zavrsnica on February 2nd, 2021. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
The jade green Zavrsnica stream on a very cold winter’s morning, January 8th, 2021. (photo: Bojan Kolman)
The crystal-clear Savica Stream in Bohinj on January 7th, 2021. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
Hayracks covered in snow in a typical countryside of the northwest of Slovenia, on January 13th, 2021. (photo: Bojan Kolman)
The countryside of the Gorenjska region the next morning after snowfall, on January 7th, 2021. (photo: Katja Grumerec, Fine Stay Apartments).
The beautiful Logarska Valley covered in snow on January 2nd, 2021. (photo: Sebi Bevc and Klavdija Caks, Tja Pa Nazaj)
Krnica Valley covered in snow with Mount Razor and Mount Prisank in the background, on January 16th, 2021. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
Hard rime on trees on a very cold winter’s morning in Goriski Vrh in northern Slovenia, near the border with Austria, on January 14th, 2021. (photo: Janja Tacer Beno)
Velika Planina, a unique Alpine settlement of 63 traditional herdsmen’s huts located at an elevation between 1,500 and 1,666 metres, buried under heavy snow after frequent snowfalls and freezing temperatures in the beginning of January of 2021. (photo: Jerneja Bergoc)
The most impressive sight of the 52 metre-high Pericnik waterfall is in the winter when it turns into a giant wall of icicles and floes, February 15th, 2021. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Julian Alps covered in snow in mid-December of 2020. (photo: Jerneja Bergoc)
View of the village of Kranjska Gora and the Upper Sava Valley from above, February 22nd, 2021. (photo: Domen Ramus, Reset Apartments)
Pokljuka has been transformed into a true Winter Wonderland thanks to frequent snowfalls over the Christmas and New Year period that dropped almost 2 metres of snow, January 5th, 2021. (photo: Matej Stegar)
Lepenjica Stream flows through the Lepena Valley in the Triglav National Park, January 30th, 2021. (photo: Viktorija Angelovska, all_ofmemories)
The time when it’s still winter but spring is ready and waiting – the Karavanke Mountain Range on February 14th, 2021. (photo: Evgenii Danilov)
We’d like to say a big THANK YOU to all photographers who shared with us their breathtaking photos in the last 3 months!
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