Planica 2017 will take place from March 24 to 26, 2017. Last year, an extraordinary 111 thousand spectators gathered in Planica. For the third time, we were able to celebrate the overall victory of Slovenian jumpers in the World Cup. In 1997 and 1998, Primož Peterka finished under Ponci with a big crystal in his hands, and last year the incomparable Peter Prevc repeated this success with a dream season. In 2016, the Slovenians took all the victories from the valley under Poncami, and this year our ski jumpers will be among the favorites in both individual competitions, and we can also hope for a fight for the top in the team competition. Tickets are already on sale.
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The Vitranc Cup 2017 will take place in Kranjska Gora on March 4 and 5, 2017, when giant slalom and slalom will be on the schedule. This will be the 56th holiday of Slovenian alpine skiing. The last Slovenian victory dates back to 1999, when Jure Košir celebrated in the slalom on the Vitra slope. Tickets are already on sale.
What is your most memorable childhood memory? Gumtwist, gameboy, Power Rangers, popsicles in a ball, maybe Fructal juice in a bag? For all nostalgics who grew up in the late eighties and early nineties, we have prepared a selection of pieces of nostalgia. Enjoy!
We Slovenians love to go abroad on vacation, even though we leave so much undiscovered on the slightly more than 20,000 square meters of land. Not only natural beauty, but also cuisine and other details of our culture. Sometimes foreigners have to tell us what Slovenia has to offer. It's time to start singing it ourselves. See 10 facts about Slovenia through the eyes of foreigners.
Ski lovers, beware! After four years, Kanin, the highest ski resort in Slovenia, is back in operation! Today, the first skiers have already tried it, but tomorrow you can too!
On December 13, 2016, a regulation came into force in the European Union, i.e. also in Slovenia, requiring food producers to label the nutritional value of foods. This means that from now on all prepackaged foods will have nutritional information. On the packaging, manufacturers will have to provide information on the energy value, amount of carbohydrates, total and saturated fats, salt, sugars and proteins. Only information on the amount of dietary fiber, which is not (yet) mandatory, has been omitted.
Ever since Donald Trump was elected US president and the first lady will be Slovenian, Slovenia, a country that, according to NBC, is no bigger than the state of Houston, has been under the scrutiny of the world media. Only the second First Lady of the United States who was not born in America, Melania Trump, comes from here. You can see how our pocket country, which was also declared a European New Zealand, is represented in their contributions after the elections by world media such as BBC, NBC, CNN and others.
Two is better. But not when you drive your car through a toll booth. Dars' surveillance cameras recorded an unusual scene at the Bazara toll booth on the Vrtojba-Razdrto expressway. Two female drivers drove parallel through the concrete island. The tin was groaning...
While some countries are extremely densely populated, in others the picture is just the opposite. You are interested in what the world map would look like if the territory was divided according to population size. Where Slovenia would move, who would be its neighbors and whether it would have direct access to the open sea, we will publish below.
The next time you are asked how high Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia, is, the correct answer will no longer be 2864 meters, as we were taught in school, but 2863 m! According to the new official measurements, Triglav is 34 centimeters lower than we thought, which is the height of two steps. The measurement is the result of the transition to a new system of geodetic measurement, which provides the Geodetic Administration with more accurate data on the topology of the surface. The new height system no longer has its starting point in Trieste, and the result is that other peaks will also receive height corrections, albeit small ones. But what is little for Triglav, in the case of floods, 34 centimeters can be a decisive difference.
The New Year's jump into the sea in Portorož is a traditional event on New Year's Day that you simply must not miss! Every year it attracts more brave jumpers and spectators, why not join the event this year? It will be varied and fun!
Slovenia was hit by heavy rain this weekend, which caused a lot of inconvenience in many places. But at least the high water levels and floods didn't spoil someone's mood. In Spodnja Branica in Goriška, this young man had the pleasure of riding a jet ski right through the flooded area. He wrote next to his video: "Horror jet ski crash and Spodnja Branica." What will the sea do to you if you have floods at home?''