SECRETS AND ATTRACTIONS OF SLOVENIA

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• SECRETS AND ATTRACTIONSOF SLOVENIA
• Latvia, Bauska
• September 27th October 1st
• Andreja Nekrep
• Klemen Prah
• University of Maribor, Faculty of Education,
  Slovenia

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SLOVENIA ON THE MAP OF EUROPE

• SLOVENIA LIES IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

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NATIONAL INSIGNIA
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BASIC STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT SLOVENIA

• THE COUNTRY AND ITS POPULATION
• Area 20.273 km2
• Capital city Ljubljana
• Population 2.001.114 (30.6.2005)
• Population density 98,7 inhabitants per km2
• Language Slovene
• Religion Roman Catholic (82)

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BASIC STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT SLOVENIA

• ECONOMY AND POLITICS
• Independence 1991
• Political system parliamentary democracy
• GDP per capita in 2004 13.103 EUR
• Inflation rate in 2005 2,3 (annual average)
• Currency Slovenian tolar (SIT) 1 EUR 239,64
  SIT
• Member of EU 1st May 2004

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BASIC STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT SLOVENIA

• EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
• Three universities
• University of Maribor (Faculty of Education)
• University of Ljubljana
• University of Primorska

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BASIC STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT SLOVENIA

• GEOGRAPHY
• Geographical division of Slovenia
• Alps 42,1 of territory
• Dinaric Alps 28,1
• Pannonian Plain 21,2
• Mediterranean 8,6
• Climate mostly Continental, also Alpine and
  Mediterranean
• Average temperatures -2?C in January, 21?C in
  July
• Sea coast only 46,6 km

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CENTRAL SLOVENIAN REGIONLJUBLJANA THE CAPITAL
CITY

• LJUBLJANA 275.000 inhabitants
• Ljubljana castle and the old town

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CENTRAL SLOVENIAN REGIONLJUBLJANA THE CAPITAL
CITY

• LJUBLJANICA RIVERBANKS. Medieval buildings
  mirrored in the
• river.

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CENTRAL SLOVENIAN REGIONLJUBLJANA THE CAPITAL
CITY

• VIEW ON THE TRIPLE BRIDGE. One of the symbols of
  the city,
• designed in 1929 by Joe Plecnik (1872-1957).

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CENTRAL SLOVENIAN REGIONLJUBLJANA THE CAPITAL
CITY

• LJUBLJANA IN FESTIVE DECEMBER.

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CENTRAL SLOVENIAN REGIONLJUBLJANA THE CAPITAL
CITY

• THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE building. Panorama of the
  new business
• and Trade centre built in modern styles.

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PODRAVSKA REGIONMARIBOR THE SECOND LARGEST
CITY

• MARIBOR 134.000 inhabitants
• Grajski square with the castle

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PODRAVSKA REGIONMARIBOR THE SECOND LARGEST
CITY

• LENT 400 year-old vine is thought to be the
  oldest in the world,
• but still offers up its juice.

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PODRAVSKA REGIONMARIBOR THE SECOND LARGEST
CITY

• POHORJE (580 m)
• GOLDEN FOX (women ski world cup)

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GORENJSKA REGIONTRIGLAV THE HIGHEST PEAK

• TRIGLAV the highest mountain in Slovenia (2864
  m)
• TRIGLAV NATIONAL PARK founded in 1906 in the
  area of the Seven Triglav Lakes,
• while in 1981 it was extended and now covers
  83.807 ha.

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GORENJSKA REGIONBLED THE JEWEL OF THE JULIAN
ALPS

• BLED (501 m) one of the most beautiful alpine
  holiday resorts and
• Health spas.

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GORENJSKA REGIONRAFTING ON THE SOCA RIVER

• ADVENTURES ON WATER

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KARST REGIONPOSTOJNA CAVE

• POSTOJNA CAVE Slovenias largest cave with
  stalactites,
• stalagmites and pillars.

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KARST REGIONPOSTOJNA CAVE

• PROTEUS ANGUINUS the proteus or olm, known
  locally as
• human fish. This endemic animal is considered
  to be a
• trademark of Slovene speleology.

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KARST REGIONTHE LIPIZZANER HORSE

• THE NOBLE LIPIZZANER HORSE originated in
  Lipica, where
• the stud farm was established in 1580.

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COAST REGIONTHE PORT OF KOPER

• KOPER the largest coastal town and Slovenias
  only
• commercial port. Despite industrial growth it has
  preserved
• its old centre untouched.

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COAST REGIONSECOVLJE SALT-PANS

• THE SECOVLJE SALT-PANS still produce salt using
  traditional methods.
• Part of the area has been designated as a nature
  reserve and
• ornithologists have recorded over 150 different
  species of bird here.

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CUISINEPOTICA A PASTRY FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS

• This excellent, original, almost sculptured cake
  is a Slovene
• speciality. The recipes are a kind of family
  secret, passing from
• generation to generation like folk songs.

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ETHNOLOGYBEEHIVE AT MULJAVA

• Painted beehive panels - unique in the world.
  Honey production
• has a long tradition in Slovenia. At the end of
  the 18th century the
• Vienna court apiarist, Slovene Anton Jana, bred
  a native species of
• Carniolian bee.

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ETHNOLOGYTHE TOPLAR HAYRACK

• A special feature of the land is the
• hayrack, a simple wooden construction
• for drying hay. Some thirty different
• types can be distinguished by their
• construction, most of them found only in
• Slovenia.

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ETHNOLOGYKURENT CARNIVAL SPIRIT

• Kurent, a fearsome "Pust" (carnival) figure
  bringing
• luck and abundant crops, comes from Ptujsko
  polje.

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ETHNOLOGYKLOPOTEC BIRD SCARING RATTLE

• Klopotec - a wooden device for
• scaring birds away from
• vineyards. The klopotec that
• can still be found in the north-
• east of Slovenia is an original
• Slovene product.