Slovenia is one of the cleanest countries in the world, according to Drew Binsky, a well-known global traveller and vlogger who has travelled to almost every country on the planet.
Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana is one of the cleanest capitals in Europe. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Binsky visited Slovenia twice and he was really pleasantly surprised at how clean the country is: “I’ve been to Slovenia twice, most recently last summer where I had the chance to drive around the entire country and, oh my God, it is one of the greenest places in the world. Slovenia is a third most forested country in Europe and in 2016, it was named the very first certified green destination in the world. I went to a lot of small cities and towns but I think the capital of Ljubljana is a perfect representation of how clean the whole country is. Everything is perfectly maintained, well-kept, people are very respectful, it’s charming, it’s quiet, it’s so green and so enjoyable and speaking about it right now just makes me want to go back there and if you do go to Slovenia, you have to promise me to go up north to Lake Bled.”
Drew Binsky is an American travel blogger and vlogger. He documents his travels on his YouTube channel and other social media sites. As of now, he has visited 191 countries and planned to visit every country in the world by June 2020 until the coronavirus pandemic put the last few countries on hold.
Beside Slovenia, Binsky also included New Zealand, Iceland, Singapore and Rwanda to his list of the world’s cleanest nations. His video is available below:
Maribor, the second largest city in Slovenia. (photo: Luka Karlin, slovenia.info)
Piran, the prettiest town on the tiny Slovenian coast. (photo: Miran Kambic, slovenia.info)
Ptuj, one of the oldest towns in Slovenia. (photo: Andrej Tarfila, slovenia.info)
Celje, a modern city with rich history and charm. (photo: Jost Gantar slovenia.info)
Skofja Loka, a beautifully preserved medieval town in Slovenia that is Small enough to Wander around on foot. (photo: Jost Gantar, slovenia.info)
Radovljica, a likeable little medieval town in northwestern Slovenia. (photo: Jost Gantar, slovenia.info)
Slovenija IS both beautiful and clean. This summer would have seen our 40th visit spanning the last 32 years ( 1987) when we fell in love with this place. It will be very hard on our hearts not being there again this Summer. We need a miracle.
Wir lieben Ruhe.
🙂 It was just fine, I can assure you. In many ways that era was much better than it is now.
How did they survive the Tito era, Politics of good will perhaps
Ponosen sem na mojo SLOVENIJO.
And also one of the prettiest too! 💖
We have our trip planned for this September. Hope we can still go! We have been going every September now since 2017, retired and traveling!
Hope we’ll have a chance to host you in Slovenia one year.
A most beautiful country.
It definitely is. Greetings from Slovenia!
I would agree. I would love to pack up and move here!
Walked down these streets many times in the past few years.
Missing it so very much!
Don’t worry I’m sure Greta will find something wrong with this beautiful country where I’m from!!!
Greta who?
Beautiful country!! Indeed!
Un pays très propre et très sympathique pur visiter surtouts la ville de maribor la ou j ai visité drava pohorija je vous encourage touts a visiter Slovenija
Yes, Maribor with its Pohorje and the Drava river are worth visiting. Not to mention that we have the oldest vine in the world growing in Maribor. I’m so very lucky to call Maribor my hometown.
We loved it in Slovenia…..and will be back!
Will cancel for this year, but ready for next.
For those of you wanting to return please check out our friend we made several years ago. Spela Vodovc who does a incredible cooking class. You get to make traditional foods and liquors and wines it was so great we have done it several times.
You cook and taste and eat what your cooking.
It was awesome!
We tried in the end of 12/19
wanted to do it again but Spela was on Holiday.
My husband and I can not wait to do this cooking class again.
Spela’s cooking class is worth every penny.
Skopje Loka is where my grandmother was from.
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka 🙂
It really is! Love visiting the home of my ancestors.
My favorite country.
My trip to Slovenia was hands down the best trip I ever took!!! What a gem!
As i’m mostly barefoot during summer i can only confirm this. The towns at the coast and even Ljubljana were extremely clean when we visited them last year. as soon as possible after Corona, i absolutely need to come back for a trip to the north this time.
I LOVE Slovenia.
Totally agree ! One of the reasons we love it!