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Slovenia in a nutshell: eight cheerful questions about its essentials. No need to be an expert: the whole family can join in and learn something new.
Mountain-path beginner 0–3 · Seasoned hiker 4–6 · Slovenia at heart 7–8
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Planica has one of the two biggest ski flying hills in the world, where about 30 world records have been set. In 1994, a jumper landed there at 203 metres, the first time anyone officially flew more than 200 metres.
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Rails were first laid in Postojna Cave in 1872, and today a train carries visitors about 3.5 km past huge stalactites before they continue on foot. The cave is also home to the olm, a pale, blind salamander that may live for more than 100 years.
Photo: Ivan Ivankovic from Dubrovnik, Croatia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Lipizzaner foals are born dark brown or black and slowly turn white, which takes six to ten years. The stud farm at Lipica was founded in 1580, and these graceful horses are famous for their 'dancing' at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna.
Photo: AtjanHop, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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World Bee Day falls on the day Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeping pioneer, was baptised in 1734, and the United Nations agreed to it in 2017. Slovenia's own honey bee, the Carniolan bee, is loved by beekeepers in many countries because it is so gentle.
Photo: Smihael, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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These racks are called kozolec, and about 80 percent of all of them are found in Slovenia, many carefully built and handcrafted like small works of art. The name probably comes from 'kozel', the Slovene word for a goat.
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The Soča is nicknamed 'the Emerald Beauty' and is said to be one of the few rivers in the world that keep such a colour along their whole length. Its valley was a filming location for the 2008 film 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'.
Photo: Florian Jesse, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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Bled's cream cake, kremna rezina, has a thick layer of vanilla custard and whipped cream on thin, crisp pastry. A hotel in Bled has been baking it since 1953, and by 2009 it had already made about 10 million slices.
Photo: UkPaolo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Four big copper dragons stand at the corners of Ljubljana's Dragon Bridge, built in 1901, and a dragon also sits on the castle tower in the city's coat of arms. An old legend says the Greek hero Jason and his Argonauts defeated a dragon here on their travels.
Photo: Thomas Ledl, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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