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Ljubljana

Ljubljana
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About Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia, located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, north of the country's largest marsh, it has been inhabited since prehistoric times. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center and the seat of the Urban Municipality of Ljubljana.

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On the show — 3 mentions total

Ljubljana named the Christmas tree Melania. The journalists asked if they're going to make them change that name, and they said, no, we have nothing against the Christmas tree named Melania because this has nothing to do with commercial purposes.

from 556: No Such Thing As A Ghost In Blue Jeans, 2024-11-07 at 00:20:53 · read transcript

Other times Ljubljana came up

  1. The idea is you infuse the alcohol with the poison that the salamander makes on its back and the slight bit of poison and the brandy apparently gives you more of a kick than normal brandy. I was looking up oldest things in Slovenia. Slovenia has the oldest wheel ever found. Oh really? Oldest wheel and it was found in and I can't pronounce it but Ljubljana. I think Danza's right actually. Ljubljana, marshes. Also they have, you about to say this, they have the oldest vine.

    64: No Such Thing As An Honest Saiga, 2015-06-05 · listen

  2. The shields are different. Everything else is the same. Slovenia have done a contest to find a new flag, but I don't think they've adopted it yet, which will distinguish them. Then there's a professor from the University of... the University of Ljubljana. Ljubljana. The University of Ljubljana, who said he reckons a problem with the confusion, is that Slovenia hasn't got a brand. Finland is Nokia, and Sweden has IKEA, and they need their own brand.

    10: No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk, 2014-05-09 · listen

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