Honey bee of Carniola

“Carniolan honey bee” originates from Slovenia and is the autochthonous bee.  Known as “kranjska sivka” from Kranj region (in Latin Carniola region), it is named Apis mellifera carnica...

Ljubljansko barje

The Ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana Marsh) is the largest Slovenian and most southern wetland of Europe. It is among the minority of wetlands left in Europe, about 30 % have survived...

Shopping therapy

Slovenia has a developed Internet economy and a dynamic ecommerce sector: online buying generated 9% of the country's total business sales in 2006, the tenth highest in Europe...

Sport

Nearly a third of adult Slovenes pursue an active leisure weekly, including: skiing, walking, horseriding, cycling, canoeing, kayaking, and paragliding. Adrenaline sports are popular...

Triglav National Park

Triglav National Park, ‘Triglavski narodni park’, encompassing the eastern Julian Alps,  is named after the highest mountain in Slovenia, Triglav (2,864 m). Triglav had religious significance...

Leisure and Recreation

There are many opportunities for recreation, sports and leisure pursuits. Walking and hiking are usual weekend activities for many Slovenes to relax in the quiet and beauty of nature. Paths, cycling routes, hiking trails, orienteering routes in hilly forests and parks, are well-marked.

Excursion trips in wilderness areas are taken to see protected flora and fauna and historic localities. Activities are: trekking, cycling, caving, horseriding, angling, game and photo-hunting, canoeing, ballooning, sailing, skiiing and diving. Adrenaline rush sports are: mountainbiking, rafting, paragliding, parachuting, boarding and freeclimbing. Sports halls are usually at health resorts.