#Slovenia the Bridge between the Slavic, Germanic and Latin worlds. Try not to fall too much in "Slove" with this episode. You'll be "Pušt-ing" your luck.
@h h .... mercator beer is basicly sprinkled water with taste of beer, and the most cheapest one, of all the breweries why would you choose that one XD
@@averagekiwiconsumer9977 Maybe 10 years ago, nowadays you have a dozen different independent breweries producing much better beer (e.g. Pelicon, HopsBrew).
As a Croatian, "Switzerland of Balkans" is probably the most accurate description anyone has ever given Slovenia. I spent a lot of time there, love the country and the people.
Fun fact: Although Slovenia is located in one of Europe's most unstable and war-torn regions, it was ranked by the Global Peace Index of 2021 as the 5th safest and peaceful country in the world!
@@Ela-mu1xq rekel bom samo vau nikol si nism mislu da bomo bli kdaj tko mirina država glede na to kok se kregamo z italjani in hrvati (veliko ljudi k jih poznam no )
@@studentslav3603 World War II ended almost 80 years ago, do you really think that we Italians are all fascists today? many Italians don't even know that Slovenia exists, imagine if they want to invade you.
We were suppose to have it. Access to the open seas. Or so did the international tribunal in Europe decide. Then croatian inteligence agency fabricated this story that our country tried to interfere with the tribunal. Meanwhile croatian delegate stayed long term at their embassy
@@tonijelecevic9238 Czech Republic is not just sibling, it's part of us, we are still together even when we have border between us ❤️ thats the best way I can say it 😅
Slovenia is the most underrated country in Europe: breathtaking landscape, heartwarming people, beautiful architecture... It will always have a lovely place in my heart. Much love from Hungary 🇭🇺❤🇸🇮
@@ivanbregar1646 yes. Im from Munich, my cousins from slovenia were shocked about the state of the inner city when they came to munich. They expected much less homeless and shady people. I have also some family in wales and sweden. Both tell me the same story, its kind of ironic that countries like croatia, slovenia , chechia etc are feeling much saver now then western ones. Of course depending where you are.
@@andya.4253 Fun story. When the water levels are high a massive part of the field floods and forms the largest lake in Slovenia. (usualy during the winter/spring/fall months.) When the water levels are lower (due to lack of recent rainfall) the water flows back into the underground caves and the lake shrinks and finaly disapears. All part of the Carst geography, where most of the ground has massive holes (or caves) evreywhere.
@@andya.4253 It's a phenomena caused by the Karst landscape; sometimes it's by far the largest lake in the country and sometimes it's almost completely drained lol
Slovenia is a powerhouse! soso clean and the natural beauty and people are the best. I'm from Switzerland but honestly Slovenias lakes and rivers were much cleaner than ours and you guys take such good care of nature
As an Austrian it feels weird knowing that Slovenia was in Yugoslavia. They are considered Central Europeans here and it feels like they have been in the EU as long as we have :D (I know it was 9 years later but they are in there for 16(!!) years now!) And they also use Euro as currency^^ Greetings to our Neighbours with their beautiful landscape :)
Actualy by the DNA Slovenain are more like like Slovak/Cezcs or sout/east Austrains than Croat or Serbs. It is possible that back in time Slovenian was the same tribe as Slovak/Cezcs, but then come Huns/Hungarians from the east and German from the north
Yep, I as half southern Austrian can agree. They are like our little step brother, raised by a slavic dad and the same germanic mother we had. We have the same joy for mountaineering, drink wine and Schnaps and enjoy dancing Polkas to the Oberkrainer-style music with the Steirische. And it could be possible, that they were formally a western slavic tribe, since the Czechs also have the same destinies for drinking Beer and dancing to Polkas. ^^ We are just one family, lep pozdrav!! ;)
Is that supose to be an insult to other Yugoslav countries considering that part of Croatia and Serbia are in Central Europe (Slavonia and Vojvodina) and their all countries are in Central-European time zone.
As a Swiss person, I definitely want to visit Slovenia after watching this video. You guys seem like a Slavic version of us. With better alcohol, so sign me up when Covid time ends.
My computer science teacher in high school was slovenian and he was an absolute beast. Any country which can produce a man like that is good in my eyes
Some years ago, we took a trip by train from Greece to Belgium with my friends and off course we stoped to Slovenia too! We loved the nature and Ljubljana is breathtaking but most importantly: Τhe best looking people in Europe by far, both men and women are soooo beautiful!
I'm a Brit living in Slovenia, and oh boy the difficulties for people learning the language... yeah.. tell me about it... It makes you feel especially stupid when like you said 2-3 languages for everyone. The weird thing is it depends which border is the closest to you as to what the 3rd language is... Near Italy? Italian it is! Near Austria? Slide into German! etc. The introduction of a 3rd language of English across the country I’ve found is usually dependent on the age/ generation gap (which with their history makes sense). If someone is under 35 you’ve got about a 90% chance that they speak English. Over 35 is a bit hit and miss. Food is great, wine is fantastic (although other spirits made at home are fun. Got given a home-made bottle with a sticker that said 24%-49% alcohol they didn’t know exactly), and if you start your day early enough you can wake up in the flat farming plains of Europe, go skiing and sunbathing on the coast all in the same day... which is just stupid... The traditions parts you mentioned were a little off from what I've learnt. Each valley (YES VALLEY!!!) has its own traditions and at times language (yes tell me about it); the 212 municipalities give you an idea. The 3-day birth of a child party for example is 1 day where I am based. At weddings it's tradition in some parts for the father of the groom to provide a wheelbarrow (or modern-day trolley) filled with multiple gifts for the mother of the bride but not anywhere else in the country. Traditionally these would-be things like fruits, vegetables (farming powerhouse tractor reference coming through) and alcohol... lots of that. If anyone does read this and wants to ask for experiences feel free 😊 Most of them are amazing 😉
Slovenian(Prekmurian or Vandalic language) has few interesting similarities or words which are related with English or Saxonic. For example; Indri (Other; nindri - nowhere; like "no+indri"); Inda (Ancient), piyk (pijk) - pick or pickaxe; bagzivati(betatism v/b; to fuck"; fecit in latin), other slovenian - english similarities; veslo - vessel, brada - beard, brihten - bright, brod - ford, brv - bridge, bukev (also a beech)- book, češnje/črešnje - cherries, čar - charm, drag - dear, gnezdo - nest, grabiti - to grab, grozd - grape, grozen - gruesome, grunt - ground / property, gomila (also old slavic word for a grave) , hulm - hill, grob - grave (betatism), hasek - use, hiša - house, krasta - crust, klat - kill, koča - cottage, lan - linen, krava - cow (r is reduced), luk - leek, mlin - mill, motika - mattock, ogledati - ogle; to look - lukati (from which derives lik; figure; lice - face ), pest - fist (p/f), planota - plain, pleniti - to plunder, pluti - float, plug - plough, pot - path, rod - genus (root) etc etc
@@cimet2635 I like it, some things are different of course. Some of them don't bother me some do. The weird opening hours for public offices for example is... yeah... The people are great, food and wine is awesome, the language differences across the country are highly annoying though. I am not the best at languages, so Slovene is a real challenge to me (but i do keep trying!), however with full time employment and a small child, time is limited. Therefore finding out certain words i learn don't apply in other areas of the country annoys me to no end!
My boyfriend is from Ljubljana, Slovenia and I truly love it here. It’s a shame that people are not really aware of this country (especially in Germany) and I keep telling everyone how awesome it is while being frustrated at them asking “Where is this Slovenia?!?” But honestly, I would not have been able to locate it on a map just three years ago... But seriously: It is breathtaking!
People like to make fun of Americans because of their ignorance about geography. But Europeans aren’t much better - a lot of them are totally clueless. Slovenia is almost in the middle of Europe, but a lot of people don’t know anything about it.
@@jurekvakva Only an idiot doesnt know where Slovenia is, or the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia and such. Normal, educated Europeans know fully well. The same goes for the US. Idiots are idiots everywhere.
@@KenobiandDookuSoloTheSequels Greece, I loved visiting you back in August 2019, Athens and Corinthos were great. Much love from your Mediterranean cousin Malta.
@@sebbisdee2177 a pun can be tolerate only so far and when it's shoved down your throat not only in your day to day lives but even during your yt adds( yes there was a time when this was a regular add)
@@povijestpovijest9569 I learned Slovenian relatively quickly, older generations would understand Croatian but if I want better integration its better to use Slovenian
If Covid had allowed it, Slovenia would have been my holiday destination last year. Greetings from Bavaria! Slovenia is such a beautiful, lovely country.
@@krateproductions4872 Well, no, but actually yes. 😁 It's like Germany's Texas and most Germans outside Bavaria might tell you that it should really belong to Austria and also might roll their eyes a bit, because many Bavarians actually consider themselves Bavarians first, Germans second. Most of it is tongue in cheek, though, so no hard feelings.
@@MihaSinkovec1981 Haha, deal! I'll also bring some Bavarian beer for a taste testing then. The wines up in the Franconia region are not too bad either.
I’m from Australia and visited Slovenia. One of the most beautiful nations on Earth! Cost of food is very reasonable too. Would love to go back there and explore more of the country.
Are you serious? I think thanx but im from slovenia and I think thats for me most borring country. But really thanx i didn't know anyone could like Slovenia so much
@@janglaser585 i think that we are just used to it, after looking at slovenia from the tourists point of view i could see it being very interesting (sea being only 3h drive from the mountains, lake bled etc...)
I mean the fact that at lake Bled you can get scammed for the water. As a Slovenian who went there, a little water bottle costs a bit less than the big one. So it is kind of a scam. Also, the food at very well known restaurants is really expensive. So if you go there again I recommend going to the local store and local restaurants since they think foreigners can pay more.
As an Italian, one day I would like to visit Slovenia, I am sorry that very bad things have happened between us in the past. Greetings from Palermo (Sicily).
Yup! We are underrated! But we have everything in our small country except of the desert!!! You will have a BEEEAAAUUTIFUUUL experience in sLOVEnija!👍👌
Dual tense is quite common in Indo-European languages. Sanskrit also has the dual tense. Example - River नदी - singular - 1river - nadi नद्यॏ - dual - 2 rivers - nadyau नद्यः - plural - Rivers - nadyah
As an Italian, who lives in the deep south, for most of my life I did not know about the existence of Slovenia, I only learned about it by discovering the terrible things done under Fascism to the Slavic / Slovenian population in that period. I am very sorry for what we did to you during that time, and I apologize.
Some well-known athletes from Slovenia: - Luka Dončič ( in NBA playing for the Dallas Mavs) - Goran Dragič ( in NBA playing for the Miami Heat) - Peter Prevc (Ski jumping Olympic medalist) - Anže Kopitar (ice hockey playing for LA Kings) - Jan Oblak (goalkeeper for Spanish club Atlético Madrid) - Robert Kranjec and Primoz Peterka (won the 4 hills championship in 1997) 8:30 Picture of Bratislava 10:51 Normally we would call it proteus 17:42 Narodna Noša* 17:12 Never heard of any 3-day party after birth or soaking the father with vine (it could be a local tradition). 18:04 Avba* 18:16 France Prešeren* 19:15 Pust* 22:06 Jožef Štefan* edit* added some athletes from the comments
@@KrlKngMrtssn yeah it is like Germans calling themselves Nazis. Some time ago more people did that as a trend, now only the deranged people that are not in touch with reality do it.
Totally undersold the Italian/Venetian influences. Slovenian are passionate (like Italians), raunchy (like other Slavs), and well organised (like Germanic peoples). The place and people are AWESOME.
I was on holiday in Italy and we were travelling to Croatia to stay there for a bit so we decided to go via Austria and down through Slovenia through the Alps. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL!! It was amazing going through the Alps, the landscape was unbelivable and Ljublana was a lovely city too. I hope to go back to Slovenia one day!
Living only 20 km from both Italy and Slovenia I was so happy to finally see the Slovenia video. It was amazing and I recognized so many of the places. When I was younger we often went out for dinners to Slovenia because it was a lot cheaper and the food was always amazing. Unfortunately, I only recently really started discovering Slovenia. The landscape is very similar to where I am from, but it is in itself different and special. My favorite part so far is the Soča valley especially the drive from Kranjska Gora to Bovec via the Vršič mountain pass.
I always admired Slovenia for their wonderful landscapes and the slovenian people for being the most reasonable and basically just the coolest nation on the Balkans. (You have no idea how hard to write a comment like this without triggering other southern Slavs lmao) I live in Hungary, super close to the slovenian border (like literally, it's not more than 20 minutes by car), I've been to Slovenia several times, mostly the Prekmurje part, but I've been to Maribor, Celje and Portoroz as well, and I loved it. Especially the beach at Portoroz. No wonder you guys deserve a lot more coastline haha Love from Hungary to all Slovenians! 🇭🇺❤️🇸🇮
@@kevinkeberzibert5148 I'm Slovene, but why doesn't Slovenia have approx. 2,292,023 people but instead approx. 2,078,724 people, Trieste belongs to Italy, stop trying to make illusions of Slovenia being bigger than it's actual size.
not really if we get offended that inner balkan DNA quickly pops out, and you will quickly hear phrases like PIČKU MATER, BOLI ME KURAC, JEBO TE U ... PIZDE MATRNE AND MANY MANY MORE
One thing you did not mention is that there's a slovene speaking minority in austria as well. It's like the last border of the slavic language area which stretches up to Styria. The physicist Jožef Štefan, which was mentioned in the "famous people" segment, was actually born in Klagenfurt, Austria for example. He never lived in Slovenia, but had a strong connection to the language and culture, just like many Austrian-Slovenes today. And one thing i disagree with: Slovenes did not copy germanic traditions, these traditions are widespread throughout the alps, and all of them are connected somehow.
True and also for a long, long, long time people in Slovenia were occupied by german speaking people, so they kind of had to take some of germanic traditions as their own.
@ESC Nightcore 500 years ago in all inland Austria was majority slovene. Just Nobles were germanic and also not in majority. A lot of Noblese were Slovenian. Also Ernst Habspurg has spoken slovene, because so manny people were Slovenian. And that is historicaly source in Jean Bodin book. He was a member of France Academy.
I don't know where the part comes from where you say that Austrians feel more connected to Germans or Swiss. We really don't. Slovenia are like our brothers. The only thing we share especially with Germans is the language. That's it tbh. Greetings from Austria to Slovenia
wow,l will honestly admit that this was a total surprise.l allways thought/felt that Austrians despite us,especially if you consider the unfriendly politics of Austrian state towards its Slovenian minority that lasted for decades and has only changed recently...
eh maybe regions near slovenia but the majority of austria shares more with germany and switzerland in terms of culture and people (and their mindsets) but its like in a lot of other countries, the specific regions like their bordering countries more of course.
I live in the neighboring italian region of Friuli, near the so-called "Slavia Friulana" or "Beneška Slovenija", where Slovenian is one of the historical languages alongside with Friulian. I think any Friulan would agree that we are closely related in terms of culture and history and we often visit Slovenia (relatively cheap and absolutely gorgeous).
Please could you explain me about furlan language. I was in Monte Lussari, once skiing and once to climb walking. In restaurant I`ve found menu writen in more languages. One was slovene and one was I think furlan. Some words are like mixing slovene and italian. Am I right? I know also Resia waley near to Monte Lussari. Citizens are mostly Slovenian. But they have numbers like celtic system with slovene names of digits. And system is more english than germen. You know twentyfour and not vireundzwanzig.
I've been to Slovenia myself and I have to say, the people are extremely kind and the nature........ Definitely one of the most underrated countries in Europe!
Slovenia is definitely one of the most beautiful countries in Europe! I'm from Germany and I've been to Slovenia a couple of times. I've visited Maribor, Kranjska Gora, Planica, Lake Bled, Triglav National Park and the Postojna Cave. Weirdly enough tho I've never been to Ljubljana but I hope that I can visit it someday. Best wishes to all Slovenians from Germany^^ Oh and I hope your ski jumpers get back to the top someday. I loved those times when Peter Prevc and Severin Freund competed with each other for the world cup title :)
As an Austrian, I feel culturally more affiliated to Slovenia than Germany or Switzerland. Despite the common language, and entertainment market, we don’t have so many things in common with D and CH. Slovenia has many caves and similar landscapes but sunnier, they love wine, they drink schnapps and keep bees, just like we do. Similar dishes. The accordion is so typical for both of our countries, and I think our mindsets must be alike too.
It's "nationalism" that made language the foundation of identity, when it's the least important. We share a thousand years of history, a common culture and blood. As far as I'm concerned, there is no border between Austria and Slovenia.
@Lydia Köffler Slovenes were loyal to Austria, even at the height of nationalism in the early 20th century. Carinthian Slovenes voted to stay in Austria rather than join the Pan-Slavic state of Yugoslovia and the rest of Slovenes would've voted the same given the chance. Slovene lands were Innerösterreich, after all.
@Lydia Köffler that's where you got it wrong my šnicel eating friend. We're not the same people because we are German, but because you are Windisch. In Carinthia most names of places have Windisch origins, you venerate Windisch Saints, you have Windisch last names and you have Windisch blood running through your veins. The very name of Kärnten comes from Karantanien, the Windisch state. So spare me your massive superiority complex, you're as much of a tschusch as we are.
@Lydia Köffler Which ethnic Germans? Where did that happened? Which partisan movement? Have you ever asked, why did that happened? Are there any facts? And since you are stating these "facts", have you ever asked yourself, how many (innocent) people were killed, deported or assimilated by the other side? Nothing against anyone, but this story must not be seen just from one side.
Eh the only difference is that in the north the wives don't like being beaten :D (its a Žižek reference, dont @ me untill you look up the Geographical limit between Balkan and Central Europe video)
Great video ! I’m from France, I visited once Ljubljana in 2019 and I LOVED IT SO MUCH. I want to visit again the country and know more about it. People were adorable, and lottt of nature and sports (loved so much the big public park in Ljubljana). Very attractive country. Loveee from France 🇸🇮🇫🇷
There was a short period when Ljubljana was under the French Empire and capital of the Illyrian Provinces. And also Charles X is buried in the Kostanjevica Monastery in Slovenia. A small connection between our two countries :D
As a Slovene, I didn't know it either... :D I would say the claims are exagerated, at least I don't see where this "unrequited love" manifests itself...
It was obviously a bit exaggerated, but it is true that Slovenia was doing pretty well under Austrian rule. You guys left quite an influence on our culture :D
Well, Jaklin is a common surname in Slovenia. Anyhow, non-communist Slovenians, the traditionalist Slovenians always prefer Austria to Serbia or Yugoslavia. I'm sure that if the 1920 plebiscite would be held in all of the Slovenian lands, it would've won the Austrian side and not the Yugoslavian.
Slovene cuisine is a mix, if you don't go for the purely traditional fare, of course. Every regions food in it's regional restaurants is your safest bet, otherwise gulyás with gnocchi, sounds about right.
I always knew, that Slovenia is culture wise close to Austria, but after this I really feel the urge to do vacation there when we left pandemic mode. Greetings from Switzerland.
@Tiberius Zann Yes, that's true, and there is also a very large minority around Bleiburg/Pilberk near the border. But not only has Koroška (Carinthia) a large influence, but Štajerska (Styria) as well. You can see the influence in the names of our towns and villages (Graz ---> Gradec; Leibnitz ---> Lipnica), but you have also large vinyards with Klopotec(es) (german "Klapotetz") scaring the birds away and hear music played on styrian accordeons. And you also can eat a Krainerwurst or Žganci (= Sterz) as a main dish and sweet Cremeschnitten or Potica (Nussrollen) as a desert. As a friend of mine (I'm half styrian), living in austrian Carinthia, said: "If you put a Styrian, a Carinthian and a Slovene in one bar with wine, then you know it's going to get very funny." ;D And what all three of our countries (Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia) like to share is... obviously mountaineering and skiing. ;) ^^
I'm currently planning my trip to Slovenia this August, and I'm so glad you've made a short summary on it! I went to Ljubljana and Bled a few years ago and absolutely fell in love. I have been wanting to return for ages. This time, I want to see more of the country.
Treba jim je priznat, da so se zelo potrudili. Ja z kaksno napako, vendar za ljudi, ki niso iz Slovenije je bil to najboljsi povzetek Slovenije. Vsaj za mene.
Slovenia was one of the best trips I've ever had! Skočjan caves were without doubt the most impressive natural sights I've seen in my life. The people in Ljubljana but also in the countryside were vibrant and nice and we had great food! 10/10 would recommend
It's worth noting that the dual grammatical form is actually something most Slavic languages had and stopped using. Now Slovenian and Sorbian are the two Slavic languages left that still use it.
@@Yourdrunkuncledave I know what you're thinking of (I had this discussion with a Croatian friend before) and no, Serbian/Croatian does not use it. The "dual" you're thinking of isn't the same thing as a "dual tense" we use. Just to give you an example, let's use the verb "go." Serbian/Croatian: idem (1st person singular) idemo (1st person plural) Slovene: grem (1st person singular) greva (1st person dual) gremo (1st person plural) Serbian/Croatian doesn't have a dual tense, because even when you're talking about 2 people going, you use plural, you say "idemo." In Slovene saying "gremo" for only 2 people is grammatically incorrect. That's what we're talking about when we say we use dual and most other Slavic languages don't.
@@Yourdrunkuncledave No, it does not. English: 1st person Singular: I go. 1st person Dual=Plural: We go. Serbo-Croatian: 1st person Singular: Ja idem. 1st person Dual=Plural: Mi idemo. Slovene: 1st person Singular: Jaz grem. 1st person Dual: Midva greva. 1st person Plural: Mi gremo. English: 2nd person Singular: You go. 2nd person Dual=Plural: You go. Serbo-Croatian: 2nd person Singular: Ti ideš. 2nd person Dual=Plural: Vi idete. Slovene: 2nd person Singular: Ti greš. 2nd person Dual: Vidva/vidve gresta. 2nd person Plural: Vi greste. English: 3rd person Singular: He/she goes. 3rd person Dual=Plural: They go. Serbo-Croatian: 3rd person Singular: On/ona ide. 3rd person Dual=Plural: Oni idu. Slovene: 3rd person Singular: On/ona gre. 3rd person Dual: Onadva/Onidve gresta. 3rd person Plural: Oni grejo.
As a Slovenian, I can say this is probably one of the best summaries of Slovenia I've seen. And also you did quite well on the pronunciation most of the time. So respect for that, because our language can be a real pain in the ass.
Fun fact: Slovenia wanted to use plain slavic tricolor for their flag but had to freeze their independence for 3 months due to agreement with Yugoslavia. During this time Soviet union collapsed and Russia started using the plain flag, so Slovenia had to add the coat of arms. If Slovenia didn't postpone its independence, they would use the flag that Russia uses today. You can still see the plain flag in some old pictures before independence.
Before Slovenia was a nation? No. Russia used tricolor before Slovenia was a country, true. But Slovenes became a nation around the same time as all other slavs when we split up. We used many different names for ourselves tough. The final terms "slovenes" was then finally accepted in 19th century. Anyway yes russia used the tricolor before but Slovenia wanted to use it because its PANslavic.
From all of countries in Europe where I've been (UK, Hungary, Greece, Slovakia, Czechia, Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Poland where I live) Slovenia is one of the top ones, like really, there's everything near the capital, mountains, sea, beautiful lakes. I'll definitely go there again, especially to Bled lake, 10/10, the best lake I've ever seen.
Fun fact about Slovenia-Croatia friendship: first victim of Yugoslav aggression on Slovenia was a Croat who was one of the protesters who stood in front of the tanks that used Croatian territory to attack Slovenia. He was run down by a tank because he stood for our Slovenian brothers. I dont think Slovenia could have any better friend than that, all the disputes aside. 🇭🇷🇸🇮
@@eos1205 it is not a well known fact in Croatia either. It is a shame that it is not promoted more. Crowds were furious because of that, they were throwing molotov cocktails on JNA and putting barickades for their tanks. We were always together in those dark times and we should always be there for each other.
Skipped out on the First Lady too. I realize her husband is quite the polarizing figure, but I'm pretty sure she's the first naturalized citizen to be First Lady of the United States.
Luka is in the spotlight for like 1 year. If you mention basketball players, better mention Goran Dragič, because he's been in the league for much longer.
