Vrhnika

Worth seeing in and around Vrhnika

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ljubljana Marshes Wooden Wheel

   The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marsh some 20 kilometres south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in 2002. Radiocarbon dating, performed in the VERA laboratory in Vienna, showed that it was approximately 5,100 to 5,350 years old, which makes it the oldest wooden wheel yet discovered.

   2.9 km · wooden wheel found near Ljubljana, Slovenia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Stampetta Bridge

   The Stampetta Bridge is a railroad viaduct south of Vrhnika, Slovenia. It is named after the engineer that built it.

   2.7 km · railroad viaduct in Slovenia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cankar Monument

   The monument to Ivan Cankar is a public monument located on the Cankar Square in Vrhnika town center, Slovenia, at the intersection of Tržaška street and the road leading south to Verd. It consists of a bronze full-body statue in a contemplative pose, depicting the writer Ivan Cankar sitting with legs crossed and one hand supporting the chin.

   600 m · monument in Vrhnika, Slovenia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Vrhnika

Airports

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 32 km · Trieste (TRS), 66 km · Klagenfurt (KLU), 76 km

• Ronchi dei Legionari/Trieste → Vrhnika

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €10–15
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• Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Vrhnika

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · €10–14
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• Rijeka(Omišalj) → Vrhnika

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €12–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vrhnika

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vrhnika. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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