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Newest Review: ... at the bottom of a steep and winding hill which may deter people. When we looked down from the top of the hill on which old Kranj is perched, we felt smugly pleased that we'd taken the bus from Ljubljana which drops you off in the town centre. What most people will want to see is, rather conveniently, arranged in a square in the centre of which is a monument to Kranj's most celebrated son, the national poet France Preseren who was born, lived and died in the town. The statue of him was designed by Jose Plecnik (Slovenia's most famous architect and designer) and is quite a monstrous piece, looming over you as you pose for a photograph! But... more

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Addicted to Kranjsterdam? (1187 words)
by - written on 27/01/06 (Very useful, 230 readings)
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"Oh, Kranjsterdam, lovely" my Slovenian friend Tanja said suspiciously,when I told her we were thinking of going up the town of Kranj, about 40 minutes north of the capital Ljubljana. (Note - you don't pronounce the letter "j" in Kranj)Alas, the reason it has attracted this epithet is not that the town has a network of quaintly appealing waterways, but because of its reputation as being home to a high number of drug addicts. Like the love-hate relationship between my fellow geordies and our neighbours in Sunderland, the people of Ljubljana don't have a good word to say about the people of Kranj. While it is true that Kranj has, by Slovene ... Read the complete review