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(22) Slovenia

Slovenija, the land of the Slavs, is famous for its lakes and islands, as well as its gastronomic paradise. It is a country where you can relax and enjoy the beautiful natural scenery. Slovenia is a southern European country located in the northwest of the Balkan Peninsula, bordering the Adriatic Sea.

The capital is Ljubljana. It borders Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, and is bordered by the sea, so it has a Mediterranean climate. There are many cases where people are confused because the name is similar to Slovakia.

Both countries were ruled by the Austrian Habsburgs, their religion was Catholic, Slavic, and even their flags looked similar using the Slavic tricolor (white-blue-red), just like Russia.

In addition, although the two countries do not share a border, the shortest distance between the two countries is only 150 kilometers, and the distance between the capitals is 300 kilometers. They also have one thing in common: they border Austria and Hungary.

However, Slovak belongs to West Slavic and Slovenian belongs to South Slavonic, so the linguistic difference is quite large, and most of the residents are Slovenci of South Slavic descent, and the official language is Slovenian, and German, Hungarian, and Italian are spoken depending on the region.

Serbocroatian and English are also widely spoken. Originally, it was historically part of the Duchy of Klein and Styria of the Grand Duchy of Austria, so it is a semi-German-speaking country, and it also uses Latin script in the aftermath of the German language that spread at that time.

Historically, the Habsburg Empire and the former Yugoslav Federation were the first countries to succeed in transitioning to the euro, except for the 12 early members of the euro. It can also be said to be the richest and most advanced country with the highest per capita GDP among the countries that were communist countries, along with the Czech Republic.

When traveling, public transportation is not very good, especially expensive and the service quality is not good, but it is still very convenient if you use a car or motorcycle because the country is small.

Geographically, it is the intersection of Slavic culture, Germanic culture, and Latin culture, so based on Slavic culture, Germanic culture, Latin culture is also mixed, and geographically it is very close to Venice or Veneto and the province of Friuli, so it has long been called Venezia Giulia.

Translated into Slovenian as Juliska Krajina, the Alps in this area are also called Julian or Julian Alps, and based on the cuisine of the South Slavic world, they exchanged with the cuisine of the surrounding Italy and Austria.

Representative tourist spots such as Lake Bled, Rihuka National Park, and Frednica River Park are famous for their healing courses.