Planica
Planica is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 971 metres
- Description: alpine valley in Slovenia
- Also known as: “Planitza”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Letalnica bratov Gorišek and Bloudkova velikanka.
Letalnica bratov Gorišek
Sports venue
Photo: Micgryga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Letalnica bratov Gorišek is one of the two largest ski flying hills in the world and the biggest of eight hills located at the Planica Nordic Centre in Planica, Slovenia.
Bloudkova velikanka
Sports venue
Photo: Krtkewiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bloudkova velikanka, also Bloudek-Rožmanova velikanka, is a large ski jumping hill in Planica, Slovenia, originally opened in 1934. In 2001, the hill collapsed and was completely rebuilt in 2012.
Mladinski skakalnici Planica
Sports venue
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mladinski skakalnici Planica is a sports venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rateče and Border at Fusine-Rateče.
Rateče
Village
Photo: Matijap, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rateče is a village in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora, in the far northwest corner of Slovenia. It is located in the upper part of the Upper Sava Valley, between the Sava Dolinka and Ziljica rivers, a tributary of the Drava. Rateče is situated 3 km north of Planica.
Border at Fusine-Rateče
Locality
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Border at Fusine-Rateče is a locality, which is situated 3 km northwest of Planica.
Podkoren
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Podkoren is a village in the Municipality of Kranjska Gora, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Podkoren is situated 3½ km northeast of Planica.
Planica
- Category: landform
- Location: Kranjska Gora, Julian Alps, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Planica” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Planitsa”
- Bosnian: “Planica”
- Cebuano: “Planica”
- Chinese: “普拉尼卡”
- Chinese: “普蘭尼卡”
- Croatian: “Planica”
- Czech: “Planica”
- Dutch: “Planica”
- Estonian: “Planica”
- Finnish: “Planica”
- French: “Planica”
- German: “Planica”
- German: “Ratschach-Matten”
- Hungarian: “Planica”
- Irish: “Planica”
- Italian: “Planica”
- Japanese: “プラニツァ”
- Korean: “플라니차”
- Latvian: “Planīca (Slovēnija)”
- Latvian: “Planīca”
- Lithuanian: “Planica”
- Macedonian: “Планица”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Planica”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Planiza”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Planica”
- Norwegian: “Planica”
- Polish: “Planica”
- Portuguese: “Planica”
- Romanian: “Planica”
- Russian: “Планица”
- Serbian: “Planica”
- Serbian: “Планица”
- Slovenian: “Dolina pod Poncami”
- Slovenian: “Planica”
- Spanish: “Planica”
- Swedish: “Planica”
- Ukrainian: “Планиця”
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