general
Good To Know
21 december 2007 => There is no more serveillance on the borders.

The maximum limit to drink when you drive is 0,5 per mille on the Slovenian roads.

You can only smoke in pubs and restaurants when they have a special room for smokers.

The Slovenian national anthem “Zdravljica” is written in 1844 by the most famous poetrist France Prešeren.

A drink like Coca Cola, Fanta,… of 25 centiliters costs around 1,50 and 1,90 euro these where the prices in 2006, before the use of the Euro. Since the Euro the prices are increased between 6 and 85 %. Especialy coffee and tea became more expensive.

In Slovenia they use no Azerty or Qwerty but Qwerzu on their pc.

On the first 2 characters of the number plate of the Slovenian cars you can see from which region they are Ltd.
LJ = the owner of this car lives in the region of ljubljana
PO = Postojna
MB = Maribor

The average wages of a inhabitant of Slovenia is about the 800 euro.
In the spring and automn you can hunt and fish as much as you like.

Sivi Pinnot & Chardonnay are two wines from Slovenia.

Since a little while, it's possible for a citizen of the EU, to buy a house in Slovenia. It's important to hire a local Slovenian lawyer who can make a contract. The seller has to pay 2% of the value for the real estate. After that te buyer puts his autograph on the document. The whole process can be finished in 3 weeks.

buy a house

To give you an idea of the prices in Slovenia, an example.

A house in Jeruzalem, a winevillage at the eastside of Slovenia, with

  • 6 bedrooms
  • a luxurious bathroom with Jaccuzi
  • a large livingroom
  • a kitchen
  • marbling stairs
  • inclusive all the furniture
    can be yours fot only 262 000 euro!