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26.10.2013
Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the world. The first person to climb it was the New Zealander Edmund Hillary. But the first person to ski down Everest was a Slovene: Davo Karničar went down ...
25.10.2013
There are plenty of candidates, from rock group Siddharta, to cult legends Laibach, and many more ... but one often overlooked superstar is Slavko Avsenik. The song "Na Golici" – known in the German ...
25.10.2013
The next time you spray perfume or cologne on, spare a thought for the amazing Slovenian inventor Peter Florjančič. He’s the man who invented the perfume atomizer back in 1950. He also invented the ...
25.10.2013
There have been Slovenian islands, but not anymore. For example: the City of Izola. The Italian name of the city means Island, which is odd because it’s not an island. At least, not anymore. It was ...
24.10.2013
Has a Slovene ever won the prestigious Nobel prize? It's a bit of a difficult question to answer. One candidate comes to mind: Friderik Pregl, who won for chemistry in 1923. Pregl was born in ...
23.10.2013
The lands that are currently in Slovenia have at times belonged to numerous states and empires. Before Slovenia finally achieved independence, parts of the country were in the Roman Empire, the ...
23.10.2013
Slovenia’s internet domain name is .si - and it is popular. There are about 100,000 domain names ending in .si in Slovenia. That’s not true for some other endings Slovenia could have gotten. Like ...
23.10.2013
For many nations, the arrival of Napoleon is remembered as a national disaster. But in Ljubljana, you’ll find a memorial dedicated to Napoleon. The reason? Slovenes welcomed French forces, as they ...
22.10.2013
The Ljubljana marathon began in 1996. In its history so far, only one person has won it three times in a row: Helena Javornik from Celje. Her course record was also untouched for a decade. She has ...
22.10.2013
Not many countries have folk heroes who are smugglers and tax evaders, but Slovenia does. The legend of Martin Krpan is the popular story of a powerful man who carries salt from the Adriatic into ...
21.10.2013
If you want to have a very special marriage, try having it on the island of Bled. You get there by taking a traditional wooden boat. That’s the easy part. When you arrive, the groom must carry his ...
21.10.2013
At the beginning of the 20th century, Slovenia saw a huge migration. Hundreds of thousands of Slovenes left for destinations all over the world. One popular choice was the United States, which still ...
20.10.2013
Back in 1895, there were about 30,000 people living in Ljubljana. (That’s about the size of Nova Gorica today). A terrible surprise greeted the residents of Ljubljana on April 14: a 6.1 magnitude ...
19.10.2013
Slovenia is criss-crossed by about 500 kilometers of motorway. By comparison, Poland has about 900 kilometers of motorway despite being 15 times larger than Slovenia. However, Poland takes the prize ...
18.10.2013
It’s rare to find adults living by themselves in Slovenia, according to eurostat. Compared to other European countries, Slovenian houses are among the largest.In Scandinavia, for example, less than ...
18.10.2013
Slovenia is a small country – that’s something everyone seems to know. And it’s true: Slovenia makes up less than 0.004 % of the Earth. But! Slovenia has tremendous biodiversity for its small size. ...
17.10.2013
Many of Slovenia’s great poets died young. Slovenia’s ultimate poet, France Prešeren, died at just 48. The great writer and poet Ivan Cankar died at the age of 42. And, most unfortunately, the ...
17.10.2013
What is the most successful handball team in Europe? If you’re into handball you’d probably say Barcelona. And that’s probably the right answer. But this is Slovenia facts - so let’s ask another ...
17.10.2013
The oldest existing document in Slovene is the Freising Manuscript. Probably written before the year 1000, they are also the first example of a text written in a Slavic language in Latin script.
16.10.2013
Slovenia has a long history of beekeeping, but the story cannot be told without mentioning Anton Janša. Although he left Vienna with the hope of becoming a painter, it was in beekeeping that he ...
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