Bistra - Technical museum of Slovenia

Technical Museum of Slovenia is situated in the former monastery and later cahteau area of Bistra. Bistra is located in the nearness of Ljubljana, between Vrhnika and Borovnica. The museum is housed in 6000 square metre of area. It lies in a wonderful surrounding with park, forest educational trail and pond. In the museum they have permanent collections from the fields of water drive, forestry, wood processing, hunting, fishing, electrical engineering, textile engineering, vehicles and traffic, agriculture and printing. In Sunday they organize demonstrations of old ways and technics, machines and device...

Planina above Vrhnika

Star maln

Star Maln is located near Vrhnika in Bela Valley. At the beginning of the century stood here the old mill and after that the place got the name Star maln. It is a popular place for pleasure trips, which attracts many locals and other visitors. We can come to Star Maln with a car, leave it in the parking place and then walk few meters. You can also leave a car at the beginning of the path and walk on marked paths, which is also a circular way. Along the way we can see the brook Bela. In Star Maln is located guest house and beside it are natural baths, which get water from the spring of brook Bela – L...

Mocilnik - Ljubljanica spring

Vrhnika - Church of the Holy Trinity

Church of the Holy Trinity is situated in Vrhnika, at the smaller hill, which is the popular walking and belvedere point for local people and tourists. It is the easiest available if you leave car at Cankar Square, in the centre of the city, where is also the hotel Mantova and then you go up to the hill in the Old street, passing the Cankar's memorial house. Up to the church go Stations of the Cross with the chapels. You can also see the water supply from the year 1904, when was the mayor Gabrijel Jelovsek and the memorial plate for Ivan Gruden. The Church of the Holy Trinity was built with the voluntar...

Bistra - Carthusian Monastery (Charterhouse)

The Carthusian Monastery Bistra is situated in Vrhnika Commune in the southwestern border of the Ljubljana swamp. The beginnings of the monastery go to the year 1220, when the Carinthia duke Bernard Spanheimski invited to Kranjska the first Carthusian monks. Bistra was one of the fourth Carthusian Monasteries in Slovenia. Beside Bistra were also Zicka Carthusian, Pleterje Carthusian and Jurkloster Carthusian. Bistra reached its highest point in the economical and cultural development in the 14th century. The monastery was through centuries many times affected from earthquakes and fires. From the medieva...

Ponds at old brickworks