SLOVENIA

CAPITAL CITY : Ljubljana POPULATION : 2 milion LANGUAGE: Slovenian CURRENCY: Euro Flag BORDER COUNTRIES: Austria Italy Croatia Hungary ANTHEM : Zdravljica Ljubljana by France Prešeren France Prešeren

Interesting fact : Slovenia is in shape of a chichen

SIGHTS

BLED LAKE POSTOJNA CAVE LENGHT : 2,12 km a castle above the lake on the lake there‘s a little island with a church it‘s known after the sculling competicions LENGHT : 24 km the biggest cave in Slovenia an animal called olm lives there it‘s visited by a milion of people in one year

NATIONAL PARK TRIGLAV PLANICA it‘s a valley it‘s known after the ski jumping hills there‘s also the world bigges ski-jumping hill it‘s located in the Julian Alps the highest mountin is Triglav it‘s a nature reserve it‘s visited b 1,5 milion people in one year

HOLIDAYS

INDEPENDENCE PREŠEREN DAY AND UNITY DAY 8th February Anniversary of the death of France Prešeren It was first celebrated in 1941 it‘s a culture day 26th December the day that Slovenia become independent the day that Slovenians were united

FOOD

JOTA it‘s a soup

POTICA a dessert made out of walnuts

PREKMURSKA GIBANICA layered pastry with poppy seeds, apples, rasins and cottage cheese

BLED CREAM CAKE it has a vanilla flavour

FAMOUS PEOPLE

NIKA KLJUN backup dancer for Justin Bieber 13th January 1988, Ljubljana dancer and choreographer-she worked for Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Cher Lloyd when she was 17 she‘d become a world champion in hip hop

LUKA ŠULIĆ cellist 25th August 1987, Maribor he become famous for his rendition of the Michael Jackson song-Smooth criminal a member of a bend 2Cellos

SLAVKO AVSENIK musician 26th November 1929, Begunje-2nd July 2015, Ljubljana he wrote more then 1000 songs he was a part of the Avsenik Ensamble, which became one of Slovenia's most popular bands major musical impact on Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, northern Italy and the Benelux countries

PETER PREVC ski jumper 20th September 1992, Kranj he set a world record by becoming the first ski jumper ever to achieve a jump of 250 meters he‘s the oldest of five children, his brothers Cene and Domen are also ski jumpers

TINA MAZE ski racer 2nd May 1983, Slovenj Gradec winner of all five skiing World Cup events, Super-G champion and the Slovenian Female Athlete of the Year  Slovenian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.