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Yes, we do visit the intermittent Lake Cerknica often. And for a good reason; it is one of the natural wonders of this part of Europe, and it’s a changeling. Every season – no, every month, every week, sometimes even during one day! – it shows a different face. A new, wondrous, unknown, beautful face. … Read more

It’s beer o’clock somewhere, right? This is the main building of Union Brewery – Pivovarna Union – the brewery of Ljubljana (and, according to one member of KAP Jasa team, the producer of the best, if not the only beer in the world – others are just fizzy drinks with low alcohol content). It’s logotype … Read more

We gave up. We admit – we tried, but we failed. We must concede defeat. Stržen creek flows through the dried-up Lake Cerknica. The intermittent Lake Cerknica is one of the greatest karst wonders of the world, an exceptional and fragile ecoysytem, a true mystery of Nature. People living by the lake were using its … Read more

River Mura is the last large lowlands river in Slovenia that still retains its pristine character. Slowly flowing across the Pomurje plain Mura is a biodiversity hotspot, a Natura 2000 area hosting many endangered fish, birds and plants species. In 2018 the river and its floodplain was registered as a UNESCO biosphere reserve; it includes … Read more

As soon as we – Homo sapiens – emerged from them gloomy caves and started to live under the sun, we joined a selected group of animals that had had enough of constant adapting to the environment, and chose a different strategy: to change the environment in order to better suit their lifestyle. And thus … Read more

So now that our Kite society KAP Jasa is all set, we got busy thinking how to do some community outreach, how to bring the kites – kite making, kite flying, and kite aerial photography – closer to the people. In Slovenia there is no kite tradition, apart from those kites your father bought you, … Read more

We talk a lot about Ljubljana Marshes, that 160 sq km marshy plain south of Ljubljana, and we have reasons for that. First, there is a lot of natural, archaeological, and historical moments to be found here (Iška moor nature reserve, prehistoric pile dwellings, Plecnik’s church), and second, the Marshes are flat and perfect for … Read more

The past is buried, and some say it should stay that way. Not archaeologists, though – they want just the opposite. But how do you know where exactly are the remains of the world long gone – so that you don’t dig just everywhere and hope to get lucky? This is the church of St. … Read more

You know how the 17th century was … the Recatholisation that began after the Protestant upheaval of mid-16th century slowly backed off its peak hysteria and became somewhat complacent. But the coffers of the church and wealthy aristocracy were still quite full, and people were using stories of apparitions and miracles to drive resources to … Read more