212 Slovenian municipalities in August 2026

Slovenia has 212 municipalities as of 2011. In Yugoslavia, there were 62 municipalities until 1991, and then this number more than tripled in 20 years. Today, the smallest municipality by population, Osilnica, has only 326 inhabitants, and the smallest municipality by area, Odranci, has only 6.9 km2. The whole situation is somewhat ridiculous. The most fragmented municipalities are in Prekmurje and Štajerska.

Since I have already visited more than 100 countries, I once joked with Monika about visiting all the municipalities in Slovenia. For a while, it remained just an idea. But when I started thinking about it this year, I liked the idea more and more, and some other factors caught on. Now I had to decide what counts as visiting a municipality, do I visit municipalities that I have already seen, do I have some time constraints…

The rules are as follows:

• I have to visit all Slovenian municipalities in the shortest possible time (even those I have already visited). At the beginning, I thought I would do it in one year, then in one month, and finally in the shortest possible time. It took me less than 16 days to complete the challenge, it must be some kind of record (Matjaž Hribljan did 13 days by bike for charity – congratulations; I did 16 days by car, but in between I worked, returning to the starting point – double kilometers and less hours per day, alone).
• I make at least a short stop/walk in each municipality (photo and/or video). Here too, at the beginning, the idea was to spend a certain period of time in each municipality, but the difference in the municipalities is too great.

Below is a list of what I visited by day (the link to the day opens a page with a list of municipalities visited that day and the attached video and pictures), and the link in parentheses opens a map with the route to these municipalities):

• Day 01 (Moravske toplice-Kuzma-Lendava- Ormož-Moravske toplice)
• Day 02 (Moravske Toplice-Gornja Radgona-Dornava-Maribor-Ljubljana)
• Day 03 (Ljubljana-Vodice-Škofljica-Ljubljana)
• Day 04 (Ljubljana-Jezersko-Železniki-Ljubljana)
• Day 05 (Ljubljana-Idrija-Ljubljana)
• Day 06 (Ljubljana-Šentjur-Ljubljana)
• Day 07 (Ljubljana-Koper-Ljubljana)
• Day 08 (Ljubljana-Stari-trg-Kostel)
• Day 09 (Kostel-Šentjernej-Rogaška slatina-Šentilj-Ljubljana)
• Day 10 (Ljubljana-Nova Gorica-Ljubljana)
• Day 11 (Ljubljana-Mokronog-Ljubljana)
• Day 12 (Ljubljana-Kranjska Gora-Ljubljana)
• Day 13 (Ljubljana-Bovec-Ljubljana)
• Day 14 (Ljubljan-Nazarje)
• Day 15 (Nazarje-Dravograd-Hoče-Dobrna)
• Day 16 (Dobrna-Vitanje-Ljubljana)

Summary

It took me 15 days, 7 hours and 37 minutes to visit all 212 municipalities. I spent €1,300 (petrol €460, food and drinks €550, sleeping €223, fine €60). I drove 4,664 km. Again, varied from highway to gravel road, from sleeping on the ground to 4*, from tuna fish to Michelin restaurants.

Sleeping

I slept at home for 11 of the 16 days. The remaining 5: 2 nights at the Imperium 3* hotel in Moravske Toplice (€94 for both nights, no air conditioning), in Kostel pri Radotu in a sleeping bag on a pillow (short and uncomfortable sleep). In Nazarje-Lačja Vas Linasi Resort 3* (€59, air conditioning, balcony). The last night at the Dobrna spa, Švicarija 4* hotel, swimming pool, breakfast, parking (€70). Total €223.

Food and Drink

I basically ate twice a day, breakfast and a late lunch somewhere on the road. During the week, breakfast was at home. During the weekend, I had homemade sandwiches and canned tuna for breakfast, and once I had breakfast at the hotel. Then I would also eat some ice cream or some dessert (cream cake, donut, …) on the road. Cedevita was the main drink, a couple of coffees and energy drinks when I was sleepy. Of course, I always had a bottle of water in the car. Food totaled around €400, drinks around €150 (mainly Cedevita €2-3, coffee and energy drinks, coca cola and sparkling wine €20 at the end).

So food by day: Day 1, budjola with vegetables, Hotel Zvezda – Murska Sobota, €21 with tip. Day 2, beef tagliata with mushrooms, Anton Inn – Cerkvenjak, €34 with tip and McDonald’s in Maribor €9. Day 3, 7 burger Kamnik, €11 menu. Day 4, ćevapi – Das ist Valter Kranj, €16. Day 5, kebab in Antalyja Logatec, €9. Day 6, burger, Stari pisker – Celje, €22. Day 7, pizza Boter – Vrhnika, €17. Day 8, picnic at Radot. Day 9, sandwiches. Day 10, pizza Nora nona – Vipava, €17. Day 11, calamari, Kamra Trebnje, €22. Day 12, burger Story Radovljica, €17 (€45 kemšnite for the family in Bled). Day 13: hot dogs in dough, Elma bakery, Kanal na Soči, €5. Day 14: Michelin restaurant, tasting menu – Hiša Raduha, €116. Day 15: sandwiches. Day 16: breakfast included at the hotel, Trojanski krofi, €23, home early for a meal. Scoop of ice cream from €1.5 to €3.5.

Pot

I drove a 25-year-old Renault Twingo, without air conditioning, quite worn out, problems with the alternator. I drove 4,664 km in 16 days (292 km per day). I spent 60% of the time in the car, a total of about 90 hours. The average speed was just over 50 km/h, because there was a lot of driving through the center of settlements (30 km/h) and various dirt roads and serpentines. The roads are mainly in good condition (many cyclists). Among the bad ones, I remember the center of Jesenice. I drove at least 200 serpentines (Vršič 50, Osilnica 20, … there are also a couple to Vitanje). Roads that were a challenge: Solčava-Črna na Koroškem, Hrastnik-Radeče, Dobrepolje-Ribnica, along the Kolpa, a day’s drive to Idrija, … I spent €460 on gasoline. Paid a fine in Sevnica, 60€ and 3 points for driving 61 on a 50 km/h limit.

I walked 175 km, which is almost 11km on average (the least was 5 km on the last day and the most the penultimate day was 18 km). Excluding sleep and work, I spent about 60 hours in the municipalities, which averaged a little over 15 minutes per municipality. But somewhere I only stopped for a short walk and 2 pictures, and elsewhere I stopped for a longer time and also ate or drank something.

Outside, I was surrounded by forests when not in settlements (60% of the country is covered with forests). Lots of water (rivers, lakes, the sea, a spa-pool; I even got wet in some places). Then there were corn fields, vineyards, hops, sunflowers, … Lots of animals: deer (I almost hit one), a fox with a cub, a marten, a rabbit, a kite, a stork, a heron, swans … Unfortunately, there was a lot of road-kill. Of the domestic animals, I saw cows, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and cats.

Most of the time I would stop in the largest settlement in the municipality, which would usually have the same name as the municipality (this is not a rule, place names are repeated, usually derivatives of Christian saints). Of course, there was a municipal building in the settlements. But the center was almost everywhere a church (Odranci is an exception). In second place would be the fire station. Then, depending on the size, there would be other buildings (inn, cooperative, Mercator store, pharmacy, police, bakery, gas station, elementary school, pastry shop, health center, … it could also be multiple thigs in one building, among the new acquisitions there is a defibrillator and an electric car charger). Monuments and statues were also often present (NOB, World War I, independence, famous personalities, …)

Doing it in the first half of August had its advantages (long day, no rain, 5 weekends – in the end it didn’t matter) and disadvantages (extremely hot, up to 40 degrees outside in the shade, but in the car in the sun…, more work on the roads – also an election year). This meant a whole weekend on the road (maximum 17 hours) and during the week after work up to 8 hours. I definitely set myself a tough mission and my fatigue increased towards the end. At times I was quite sleepy and had to stop, drink some coffee or an energy drink. My concentration also weakened over time, so I got a speeding ticket and a points, missed a traffic sign and almost had an accident.

List of municipalities with basic data:

Municipality	Area (km2)	Population	Density (inhabitants/km2)	Province
Ajdovščina	245,2	19418	79	Primorska
Ankaran	8,0	3224	403	Primorska
Apače	53,5	3533	66	Štajerska
Beltinci	62,2	8059	130	Prekmurje
Benedikt	24,1	2615	108	Štajerska
Bistrica ob Sotli	31,1	1336	43	Štajerska
Bled	72,3	7868	109	Gorenjska
Bloke	75,1	1563	21	Notranjska
Bohinj	333,7	5145	15	Gorenjska
Borovnica	42,3	4579	108	Notranjska
Bovec	367,3	3073	8	Primorska
Braslovče	54,8	5629	103	Štajerska
Brda	72,0	5619	78	Primorska
Brezovica	91,1	12671	139	Notranjska
Brežice	268,1	24051	90	Štajerska
Cankova	30,6	1734	57	Prekmurje
Celje	94,9	49540	522	Štajerska
Cerklje na Gorenjskem	78,0	7769	100	Gorenjska
Cerknica	241,3	11580	48	Notranjska
Cerkno	131,6	4547	35	Primorska
Cerkvenjak	23,0	2083	91	Štajerska
Cirkulane	32,1	2345	73	Štajerska
Črenšovci	33,6	3968	118	Prekmurje
Črna na Koroškem	155,9	3285	21	Koroška
Črnomelj	339,7	14241	42	Dolenjska
Destrnik	34,3	2643	77	Štajerska
Divača	147,7	4213	29	Primorska
Dobje	17,4	949	55	Štajerska
Dobrepolje	103,1	3878	38	Dolenjska
Dobrna	31,6	2234	71	Štajerska
Dobrova – Polhov Gradec	117,5	7800	66	Gorenjska
Dobrovnik	31,1	1281	41	Prekmurje
Dol pri Ljubljani	33,2	6310	190	Gorenjska
Dolenjske Toplice	110,2	3553	32	Dolenjska
Domžale	72,2	36675	508	Gorenjska
Dornava	28,4	2902	102	Štajerska
Dravograd	105,0	8884	85	Koroška
Duplek	40,0	6996	175	Štajerska
Gorenja vas – Poljane	153,2	7557	49	Gorenjska
Gorišnica	29,0	4112	65	Štajerska
Gorje	119,3	2738	23	Gorenjska
Gornja Radgona	74,6	8417	113	Štajerska
Gornji Grad	90,1	2474	27	Štajerska
Gornji Petrovci	66,8	1995	30	Prekmurje
Grad	37,4	2042	55	Prekmurje
Grosuplje	133,7	21314	159	Dolenjska
Hajdina	21,6	3879	180	Štajerska
Hoče – Slivnica	53,7	11753	219	Štajerska
Hodoš	18,1	353	19	Prekmurje
Horjul	32,5	3024	93	Notranjska
Hrastnik	58,5	9113	156	Štajerska
Hrpelje – Kozina	192,2	4604	24	Primorska
Idrija	293,6	11811	40	Primorska
Ig	98,7	7617	77	Notranjska
Ilirska Bistrica	480,0	13297	28	Notranjska
Ivančna Gorica	227,0	17008	75	Dolenjska
Izola	28,5	16487	578	Primorska
Jesenice	75,8	21340	282	Gorenjska
Jezersko	68,8	625	9	Gorenjska
Juršinci	36,2	2380	66	Štajerska
Kamnik	265,6	29925	113	Gorenjska
Kanal ob Soči	146,5	5291	36	Primorska
Kidričevo	71,5	6619	93	Štajerska
Kobarid	192,7	4208	22	Primorska
Kobilje	19,7	612	31	Prekmurje
Kočevje	563,7	16627	29	Dolenjska
Komen	102,7	3489	34	Primorska
Komenda	24,1	5082	211	Gorenjska
Koper	311,0	52630	162	Primorska
Kostanjevica na Krki	62,3	2413	39	Dolenjska
Kostel	56,7	647	11	Dolenjska
Kozje	89,7	3245	38	Štajerska
Kranj	150,9	54188	359	Gorenjska
Kranjska Gora	256,3	5309	21	Gorenjska
Križevci	46,2	3750	81	Štajerska
Krško	286,5	25600	89	Dolenjska
Kungota	49,0	4713	96	Štajerska
Kuzma	22,9	1571	69	Prekmurje
Laško	197,5	13701	69	Štajerska
Lenart	62,0	7862	127	Štajerska
Lendava	123,0	11157	91	Prekmurje
Litija	221,0	14529	66	Gorenjska
Ljubljana	275,0	276091	1004	Dolenj., Gorenjska
Ljubno	78,9	2644	34	Štajerska
Ljutomer	107,2	11845	110	Štajerska
Log – Dragomer	11,0	3538	322	Notranjska
Logatec	173,1	12757	74	Notranjska
Loška dolina	166,8	3809	23	Notranjska
Loški Potok	134,5	1954	15	Dolenjska
Lovrenc na Pohorju	84,4	3120	37	Štajerska
Luče	109,5	1535	14	Štajerska
Lukovica	74,9	5365	72	Gorenjska
Majšperk	72,8	4045	56	Štajerska
Makole	36,9	2089	57	Štajerska
Maribor	147,5	113113	767	Štajerska
Markovci	29,8	3973	133	Štajerska
Medvode	77,6	15068	194	Gorenjska
Mengeš	22,5	7307	325	Gorenjska
Metlika	108,9	8379	77	Dolenjska
Mežica	26,4	3704	140	Koroška
Miklavž na Dravskem polju	12,5	6240	499	Štajerska
Miren – Kostanjevica	62,8	4843	77	Primorska
Mirna	31,3	2573	75	Dolenjska
Mirna Peč	48,0	2779	58	Dolenjska
Mislinja	112,2	4703	42	Koroška
Mokronog – Trebelno	71,0	2892	41	Dolenjska
Moravče	61,4	4832	79	Gorenjska
Moravske Toplice	144,5	6014	42	Prekmurje
Mozirje	54,0	4063	75	Štajerska
Murska Sobota	64,4	19433	302	Prekmurje
Muta	38,8	3528	91	Koroška
Naklo	28,3	5164	182	Gorenjska
Nazarje	42,3	2567	61	Štajerska
Nova Gorica	280,0	31911	114	Primorska
Novo mesto	236,0	35570	151	Dolenjska
Odranci	6,9	1674	243	Prekmurje
Oplotnica	33,2	3918	118	Štajerska
Ormož	142,0	12519	89	Štajerska
Osilnica	36,2	404	11	Dolenjska
Pesnica	75,8	7549	100	Štajerska
Piran	44,6	17338	389	Primorska
Pivka	223,6	5966	27	Primorska
Podčetrtek	60,6	3276	54	Štajerska
Podlehnik	46,0	1892	41	Štajerska
Podvelka	103,9	2604	25	Štajerska
Poljčane	37,5	4525	120	Štajerska
Polzela	34,0	5872	173	Štajerska
Postojna	269,9	15455	57	Primorska, Notr.
Prebold	40,9	4599	112	Štajerska
Preddvor	87,0	3477	40	Gorenjska
Prevalje	58,1	6741	116	Koroška
Ptuj	66,7	23699	355	Štajerska
Puconci	107,6	6128	57	Prekmurje
Rače – Fram	51,2	6528	127	Štajerska
Radeče	52,0	4522	87	Primorska
Radenci	34,1	5196	152	Štajerska
Radlje ob Dravi	93,9	6162	66	Štajerska
Radovljica	118,7	18698	158	Gorenjska
Ravne na Koroškem	63,4	11722	185	Koroška
Razkrižje	9,8	1344	137	Štajerska
Rečica ob Savinji	30,1	2287	76	Štajerska
Renče – Vogrsko	30,0	4229	141	Primorska
Ribnica	153,6	9305	61	Dolenjska
Ribnica na Pohorju	59,3	1228	20	Štajerska
Rogaška Slatina	71,5	11093	155	Štajerska
Rogašovci	40,1	3240	81	Prekmurje
Rogatec	39,6	3155	80	Štajerska
Ruše	60,8	7417	122	Štajerska
Selnica ob Dravi	64,5	4563	71	Štajerska
Semič	146,7	3789	26	Dolenjska
Sevnica	272,2	17649	65	Dolenjska, Štaj.
Sežana	217,4	12682	58	Primorska
Slovenj Gradec	173,7	16662	96	Koroška
Slovenska Bistrica	260,0	24462	94	Štajerska
Slovenske Konjice	97,8	14346	147	Štajerska
Sodražica	49,5	2148	43	Dolenjska
Solčava	102,8	505	5	Štajerska
Središče ob Dravi	33,0	2142	65	Štajerska
Starše	34,0	4093	120	Štajerska
Straža	28,5	3861	135	Dolenjska
Sveta Ana	37,2	2368	64	Štajerska
Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih goricah	26,0	2197	84	Štajerska
Sveti Andraž v Slovenskih goricah	17,6	1207	69	Štajerska
Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici	51,3	2869	56	Štajerska
Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih goricah	31,0	2114	68	Štajerska
Sveti Tomaž	38,0	2073	55	Štajerska
Šalovci	58,2	1602	28	Prekmurje
Šempeter – Vrtojba	15,0	6339	423	Primorska
Šenčur	40,0	8250	206	Gorenjska
Šentilj	65,0	8426	130	Štajerska
Šentjernej	96,0	6694	70	Dolenjska
Šentjur	222,3	18787	85	Štajerska
Šentrupert	49,0	2807	57	Dolenjska
Škocjan	60,4	3177	53	Dolenjska
Škofja Loka	145,0	22667	156	Gorenjska
Škofljica	43,3	8413	194	Dolenjska
Šmarje pri Jelšah	107,7	9946	93	Štajerska
Šmarješke Toplice	34,0	3164	93	Dolenjska
Šmartno pri Litiji	94,9	5419	57	Dolenjska
Šmartno ob Paki	18,2	3116	171	Štajerska
Šoštanj	95,6	8420	88	Štajerska
Štore	28,1	4060	144	Štajerska
Tabor	34,8	1510	43	Štajerska
Tišina	38,8	4143	107	Prekmurje
Tolmin	381,5	11730	31	Primorska
Trbovlje	57,8	17545	304	Štajerska
Trebnje	194,6	14371	76	Dolenjska
Trnovska vas	22,9	1312	57	Štajerska
Trzin	8,6	3682	428	Gorenjska
Tržič	155,4	15329	99	Gorenjska
Turnišče	23,8	3380	142	Prekmurje
Velenje	83,5	33226	398	Štajerska
Velika Polana	18,7	1483	79	Prekmurje
Velike Lašče	103,2	4110	40	Dolenjska
Veržej	12,0	1308	109	Štajerska
Videm	80,2	5565	69	Štajerska
Vipava	107,4	5282	49	Primorska
Vitanje	59,4	2288	36	Štajerska
Vodice	31,4	4425	141	Gorenjska
Vojnik	75,3	8287	110	Štajerska
Vransko	53,3	2546	48	Štajerska
Vrhnika	126,3	15870	126	Notranjska
Vuzenica	50,1	2748	55	Koroška
Zagorje ob Savi	147,1	17098	116	Gorenjska
Zavrč	19,3	1519	79	Štajerska
Zreče	67,0	6492	94	Štajerska
Žalec	117,1	21210	181	Štajerska
Železniki	164,8	6773	41	Gorenjska
Žetale	38,0	1326	35	Štajerska
Žiri	49,2	4904	100	Gorenjska
Žirovnica	46,2	4071	88	Gorenjska
Žužemberk	164,3	4579	28	Dolenjska