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The British newspaper The Independent recently ran a story about foreigners coming to Slovenia to get married, entitled "Slovenia: A Land for Love." The byline says, somewhat insultingly, "Tim Walker finds Slovenia more romantic than it sounds" which in plain English means: "It may sound like a crappy country — but it isn’t!" Oh well.
Although I’ve heard of people coming to Slovenia for bachelor parties and benders, this was the first time I’d heard of this. But it’s true, as this page plainly attests: Weddings in Slovenia. It’s operated by a Bled-based family that will organize your entire wedding, including a kick-ass fireworks show.
If you’re curious, the Independent story follows one couple, Gideon and Rebecca, through their marriage in Bled, ending with Gideon carrying his new bride up the flight of 99 stairs to the famous wishing bell. Pilgrims used to go up those stairs on their knees… I suppose they can give that a try next time, if they decide to renew their vows.
(Thanks AZ2SI!)
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Yes, you can go that route. But for a truly memorable wedding, the civil ceremony at the Nova Gorica ObÄ?ina is the way to go.
"…ending with Gideon carrying his new bride up the flight of 99 stairs to the famous wishing bell."Oooooofff! My discs are slipping in empathy. I’m assuming brides of, uhmm, generous proportions, are carried by wedding party members, in tag-team units. 99 steps is enough to qualify as a fiendish form of birth control.
@DarkoV: :)))) hehehe, good one!
Awww. Cute.
"tag-team units" = comedy goldThanks for the laugh, Darko!
As if the groom isn’t weak-kneed enough before the wedding, he certainly will be after trudging up those 99 steps! I have actually seen this at Bled. This really young skinny guy made it all the way to the top - whew!- although when he reached the top he pretty much dropped the bride like a sack of potatoes and thanked God there weren’t 100 steps. It was very romantic. I also vaguely remember something about ringing the bell inside the church there, but I can’t remember what the rules were.. (Ring it on the third try? The bride has to ring it because the husband is in a gelatinous heap on the floor? Maybe both.)
That’s so beautiful…I want to get married in Slovenia!
Gah the fireworks picture made the castle at Bled look like the begining of the Walt Disney films thing, you know that bit where they have the castle and the fireworks? What about people staying in the area who wanted a peaceful night? I’m all for fireworks but that might be too much! 99 steps! Darko is right, it would be a fiendish form of terrible awful birthcontrol, the poor groom!I like the Dubrovnik tradition of after the weddign the bride has a walk on the walls in full regalia, it involves not too many steps and doesn’t kill the groom!
In the church on the Bled island you just have to pull the cord to ring the bell and make a wish ….
and it supposedly comes true 
(I don’t actually remember what I wished when I did that 
:D ) Shame on me 
Am I the only one who finds such pompous weddings rather cheesy? 17 grand spent on an average wedding in the UK? OMFG. But frankly, my opinion would hardly count here, as the missus and I chose to get married in our local "obÄ?ina", only invited our moms and my brother, asked the clerk not to have that silly wedding tune played, signed the papers and then went home.