SEE BELOW FOR THIS ARTICLE IN SLOVENIAN / SPODAJ SI LAHKO ČLANEK PREBERETE V SLOVENŠČINI

This is an abridged version of a longer article found here / To je skrajšana verzija daljšega članka, ki ga lahko preberete tukaj

Pince in the east, Budinci in the north, Kot pri Damlju in the south and Robidišče in the west are the four villages that pin Slovenia to the map at its four extremities.

By Mojca Peterka

Photos by: Iztok Bončina.

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Locals from these four villages still remember how businessmen and politicians visited them during special annual meetings in the 1990s. On these rare occasions, discontinued before the start of the new millennium, they enjoyed the country’s attention. One story told is typical of those we heard in all four villages: “It was great fun, really great. But a few years ago they stopped organising them. I went to Pince and Budinci; there were speeches, folk dances, performances. Each village had its own representatives and the event finished up with a big party. I do not know why they stopped.”

For us, the idea of exploring these little outlying places where Slovenia comes into closest contact with its neighbouring countries promised to be an interesting experience.
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