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Top 10 Things To Do in Velenje

Velenje is a town with true mining veins. It is located in northeastern Slovenia and surrounded by beautiful green forests. It makes for a great day trip from the capital Ljubljana. As one of the sunniest towns in Slovenia it offers a great experience for families, couples and kids.

What to See and Do in Velenje

Visit another Slovenian green city and get ready for a unique experience. Check some of the best sights that Velenje has to offer.

1. Visit Coal Mine Velenje

Enter a coal mine from 19th century dressed in mining clothes, overcoat, with helmet on your head and snack in your hand. Have an unforgettable underground adventure and learn about the miners work in the past.

2. Have some Water Fun on Velenje Beach

Did you know Velenje has a great beach, too? It’s located by the boat house on Lake Velenje. Pack your swim suit and sunscreen and go have an exciting water experience on Velenje Beach. There are numerous fun options for spending your free time relaxing close to the water. There are some bars and restaurants close by for when you get hungry.

3. Try Local Chocolate in Lucifer Café

Try some of the handmade chocolate masterpieces in Velenje. Lucifer Chocolate offers a varied choice of premium chocolate, from the smallest pralines to large candy boxes. For a very special and unique gift, buy a personalized chocolate bar.

4. Visit Beer Fountain in Žalec

The Europe’s first beer fountain opened its taps in Žalec which is just around 20 minutes drive from Velenje. If you’re a beer lover, this is a must stop for you. You can make a toast with a glass of good beer coming directly from the beer fountain.

5. Climb Velenje Castle

Take a look at this well-preserved and fairy tale like castle from the 13th century. It stands on the top of the hill in Velenje. The castle currently houses a museum of art and culture that’s worth a visit. Relax in the courtyard and take in the beauty that surrounded the castle more than 700 years ago.

6. Visit the Museum House of Minerals

This museum represents a piece of the endless treasures as it exhibits a large collection of minerals from across the world. Some exhibits were found in the Velenje Mine and are extraordinary. House of Minerals can be found under the castle wall in the old part of Velenje.

7. Walk through Main Square

Main square should not be missed. Dive into history and check out the largest Tito statue in the world. Because of the statue the Main Square is sometimes called Tito Square.

8. Visit Pipi Longstocking Festival in Autumn

This is the biggest children festival in Slovenia that takes place at the end of September. There are more than 100 creative workshops organized in addition to theatre performances, concert stage and a cinema. This is especially fun for children and is a unique experience you can get only in Slovenia.

9. Explore Hell Cave

Hell Cave invites you in with the devil’s face shape above the entrance, daring you to step in and explore. There are magnificent stalactites and stalagmites to see. The cave if full of bats in the air and crabs in the water. Watch out for the underground fall in this charming cave.

10. Try Local Wine at Tourist Wine Trail

To get the true vibe of authenticity, kindness and hospitality, visit Šmartno ob Paki and their Tourist Wine Trail. Šmartno ob Paki is located approximately 15 minutes by car from Velenje. This special wine trail will lead you through and between vineyards past viewpoints, winecellars and wineries. Explore the wine-growing region with endless possibilities, including traditional way of winemaking.

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We invite all nature and hiking lovers who would like to get away from the real world to the Alpska Perla restaurant, that is located only 15 km from the city of Cerkno directly at the top of the Ski Centre Cerkno at 1291 m above sea level.

Velenje is located in the Šalek Valley in northern Slovenia, by the River Paka . It’s known for mining and numerous castles. Here, you can find Velenje Castle , which is one of the most well-preserved renaissance castles in Slovenia, Šalek Castle, Turn Castle, and others. Velenje is famous for being one of the sunniest towns in Slovenia. One of the famous landmarks in this town is the more-than-10-metre-high monument devoted to Tito, the former leader of Yugoslavia.

This young town with a green heart and its green environs is suitable for many outdoor activities. The nearby Terme Topolšica Spa in the midst of green forests is suitable for wellness relaxation and refreshment. The people of Velenje and its many visitors love getting refreshed and doing exercise next to and on Lake Velenje . It was created as the result of a hundred years of mining activities in this area. The water in the lake is extremely clean and rich in fish. If you visit the area known as “ Velenje Beach ”, you can go swimming, sailing, stand-up paddleboarding, and surfing , and you can enjoy many other outdoor activities, too.

Mining has left a strong mark in this area. If you’ve never tried anything similar, you can visit the mining museum and go down 160 metres below the surface into an abandoned mine. A great deal of adrenaline and a miners’ snack are included in the price.

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Active experiences in Velenje and its surrounding area

Velenje and its surrounding area have a network of many hiking and cycling trails . Well-known and well-organized are the so-called Heart trails , which consist of the Small Trail , the Big Trail and the Trail From Škalsko jezero lake to Vista and back

Lake Velenje and other nearby lakes are full of fish and are great for fishing. A licence is mandatory. Lake Velenje offers many other water activities , too; everything from swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, boat rides, sailing, and even scuba diving.

In winter, if the snow conditions are right, you can find dedicated cross-country skiing trails in Velenje and in its vicinity. There’s a ski jumping centre in Velenje, located below the Velenje Castle. It has no fewer than six ski jumps. The Velenje Ski Jumping Club boasts with more than 60 years of tradition, and this is where many successful ski jumpers first got their start.

You can go skiing and snowboarding at the nearby Golte or Kope ski centres.

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The velenje castle.

If you close your eyes and try to imagine a fairytale castle, your image would probably not be far from the image of the Velenje castle that greets visitors to Velenje from a gentle slope. The castle’s nucleus was built in the 13th century, however most of what we can see today was built three centuries later when a court yard was built and majority of the picturesque wall and towers and a majestic renaissance roundel.

The castle we see today has been completely renovated. The castle houses permanent exhibition of the velenje museum, a gallery exhibiting paintings of Lojze Perko, and a permanent exhibition of the 20th century Slovenian applicable art. Remains of mastodon uncovered in the vicinity of velenje are exhibited in the former stables, while in the castle chapel you can admire a collection of baroque sacral art rescued from a demolished church of St. Jurij v Štalah. In addition, periodical exhibitions are also held in one of the castle’s rooms.

Visitors will probably be most impressed by a reconstruction of a shop and an inn from the 1930’s. In addition to local souvenirs you can buy tickets for the museum in the shop and have a refreshing drink or two in the inn. In addition to a large number of different exhibitions, in summer several cultural events are held at the castle and and visitors are able to rent castle premises for various receptions and similar events.

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A CITY WITH A HEART

Velenje is a special place. Especially for its history, youth, architecture and also for its inhabitants. Not only are there really warm-hearted people who like to help and cooperate, but we are also often chosen as an example of good practice at the national level, as well as more widely.

For investors: advantages of Velenje

We are open to various development ideas and business opportunities, as we are in an extremely important period of restructuring. An important competitive advantage of the valley is the possibility of obtaining additional grants from the Just Transition Fund, which will be available exclusively for coal regions before exit. The construction of a new expressway will significantly improve accessibility to our city, which will further accelerate further economic and tourist development.

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We invite you to contact us with any observations, problems, suggestions, as well as criticisms regarding living in our municipality via the e-mail address [email protected] .

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There is an extremely difficult restructuring period ahead of the Municipality of Velenje.

We want to be ready to start this journey with projects, programmes and measures which will allow us to carry out a high-quality and just restructuring of the region.

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Mesto z vizijo in mladostno energijo, Velenje , je multikulturno in gostoljubno mesto ki gradi poti sedanjosti in oživlja zgodbe preteklosti. Zgrajeno je bilo v petdesetih letih 20. stoletja z udarniškim delom marljivih delavcev z vseh vetrov in je danes peto največje slovensko mesto. Mesto cvetočih idej je prizorišče številnih dogodkov, mladostne energije in svobodnega duha.

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Na osrednjem trgu v Velenju se v nebo dviguje največji spomenik Josipa Broza Tita na svetu. Na povezanost mesta Velenje z nekdanjim jugoslovanskim voditeljem je nakazovalo tudi nekdanje ime Titovo Velenje.

Velenje je mesto ob treh jezerih. Najbolj živahno je Velenjsko jezero, ki ga poleti obiščejo številni kopalci, ljubitelji jadranja, SUP deskarji in drugi. Ima tudi prav posebno plažo za kosmatince.

Eden najlepše ohranjenih gradov v Sloveniji je prvič omenjen leta 1270. Seznanite se z zanimivimi zgodbami iz preteklosti Velenja in Šaleške doline, izjemno afriško zbirko in deli sodobne slovenske umetnosti.

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Preverite tudi spored razstav, koncertov in predstav, ki jih organizira Festival Velenje .

Naj se vam zasidra v srce največji družinski festival v Sloveniji, v okviru katerega se v enem tednu zvrstijo številni koncerti, delavnice in doživetja za otroke.

Najmlajše slovensko mesto ima pester kulturni utrip in tudi številne arhitekturne zanimivosti. Med njih zagotovo spada Kulturni dom na osrednjem mestnem trgu in sodobna velenjska promenada.

Oglejte si video in se prepričajte, zakaj vam v Velenju zagotovo ne bo dolgčas!

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The General Terms and Conditions determine the conditions and manner of using the Slovenian Tourist Board’s Media Library services. In the Media Library, users have at their disposal high-resolution photos and audio-visual recordings of the products and services offered by Slovenian tourism, which are to be used solely for non-commercial purposes as defined below.

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Registration is required to use the Media Library’s services. Registration is available to any legal entity in the Republic of Slovenia and abroad, regardless of their legal form, whose activities involve marketing, promoting and presenting Slovenia as a tourist destination .

Photos and audio-visual recordings (hereafter: materials) may be used free of charge for all non-commercial publications that constitute promotion of Slovenia as a tourist destination, abroad or in the Republic of Slovenia , in accordance with these General Terms and Conditions.

The right to use the materials is not limited in terms of time or place (the use is permitted in Slovenia and other countries) unless a restriction relating to location and duration of use is specifically provided for an individual item of material .

The Slovenian Tourist Board reserves the right to revoke a user’s right to use certain materials at any time.

The rights acquired based on these General Terms and Conditions may not be transferred to third parties.

Citing the source and authorship

Photos and audio-visual recordings may only be used with consistent citation of author/co-authors and source: www.slovenia.info .

Rights of use

A registered user of the Media Library shall obtain the following non-exclusive economic rights to use the downloaded photos and audio-visual recordings:

• the right of reproduction and distribution,
• the right of making available to the public,
• the right of public presentation,
• the right of including photos in other copyright work.

The above rights refer to all forms of non-commercial and free-of-charge online posts, print media, audio-visual media services and other communication channels, regardless of the type of media (print, digital), which includes:

• Digital catalogues, e-magazines, newsletters (solely for the purposes of free distribution);
• Publication in print and other media that report on the Slovenian tourism products and services or promote Slovenia as a tourist destination;
• Use on social media as part of organic posts (reporting on an event, press releases (solely unpaid posts);
• Printed promotional materials, prospectuses, leaflets, brochures (solely for the purposes of free distribution);
• Promotional events in the Republic of Slovenia and abroad (e.g., tourism fairs, exchanges, workshops, presentations, etc.) that are exclusively or predominantly intended to promote Slovenia as a tourist destination.

The above forms of use include solely a free-of-charge form of using materials for the purposes of promoting tourism activities and services in the Republic of Slovenia or presenting Slovenia as a tourist destination.

Prohibited forms of using materials/commercial use of materials

Using materials for commercial purposes , such as reproduction on postcards, T-shirts, books, magnets, embedding audio-visual inserts in one’s own promotional materials, all forms of external advertising (stationary billboards, digital advertising, etc.), use in advertisements unrelated to the promotion of Slovenia as a tourist destination, use on websites that are not intended to present Slovenian tourism products and services and similar activities, is not included in these General Terms and Conditions and is prohibited .

It is strictly prohibited to use materials on media and distribution channels that are marketed or sold to users (books, school textbooks, other commercial publishing, calendars, postcards, fast-moving consumer goods (clothes and other products), advertising of non-tourism products and services, reproduction of materials on vehicles, etc.).

For more information regarding permitted forms of use, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Audio-visual materials (video)

Using audio-visual materials is allowed only in the unchanged form available in the Media Library . Transformations, adaptations, clips, embeddings, and instances of using individual shots in one’s own audio-visual works, even if intended for promotional purposes, is prohibited.

Breaches of General Terms and Conditions

Any breach of economic and/or moral rights of the authors of photographs or audio-visual recordings may constitute a criminal offence and may result in substantive and damage liability of the user.

The entity breaching copyright pertaining to the material shall reimburse the Slovenian Tourist Board for all the damage incurred to it due to the breach of rights.

The Slovenian Tourist Board shall not be liable for any use of photos and video recordings that is contrary to these rules. The user of the material shall be entirely responsible for the content and manner of use.

General provisions

These Media Library General Terms and Conditions shall apply for all instances of using the material unless the Slovenian Tourist Board and user agree on special terms of using the material in advance and in writing for a specific instance of using the material.

These General Terms and Conditions shall be subject to occasional amendments. Upon the user’s publication of the material, the version of the General Terms and Conditions that is current at that particular time shall apply for the use of materials. If the user disagrees with the amendments made to these General Terms and Conditions, they shall immediately cease using the material and remove it from all media and other communication channels.

For more information, please contact us at  [email protected] .

Slovenian Tourist Board Ljubljana, 1 June 2022

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