The world’s oldest instrument – the 60,000 year old Neanderthal Flute – is carved from the bone of a cave bear. And it sounds hauntingly beautiful … Only a fragment remains intact The Neanderthal Flute, found by archaeologists in the Slovenian cave of Divje Babe (near …
Frankly, from a country which is known as the first in the world to be declared a Global Green Destination one would expect nothing less than also selecting its capital’s greatest, mightiest, most unique and most inspiring tree … The ‘Tree City‘ of Ljubljana Among …
I used to walk through the woods near my home in Ljubljana even before the pandemic. But during lockdown my local forest became my sanctuary. By Marijana PODHRAŠKI If anything, Slovenia is no short of woods. When I was a child and way before the internet, …
These days, the Škocjan Caves are more or less empty. The decline in visitors has been huge since the global epidemic started almost a year ago. But due to the expansion of tourism in the previous years, the preservation of natural ecosystems has become one …
It’s been more than 200 years since Austrian musician Franz Xaver Mozart performed a piano concert in the middle of Ljubljana. But many Ljubljana residents thought it was his father – famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (already deceased at the time), who was coming to town …
Although there is no historical evidence he was in Ljubljana, famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) became an honorary member of the Ljubljana Philharmonic Society in 1819. The National and University Library (NUK) in Ljubljana keeps a transcript of the Pastoral Symphony, with Beethoven’s own …
During walks in the Triglav National Park (TNP), visitors also come across warnings about what is allowed to do in the park and what is forbidden. Among the things that are not allowed are swimming in any of the high-altitude lakes (including washing dishes), camping, …