New Year's Celebrations Packed Despite Freezing Weather

Ljubljana/Maribor/Koper, 1 January - Thousands in Slovenia braved the freezing cold on Wednesday to count down the final seconds of 2014 outdoors. Around 200,000 are estimated to have visited the capital in the past 24 hours, while things also got crowded in Celje where some 12,000 celebrated New Year's outdoors.

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New Year's Eve in Ljubljana
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Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
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Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
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Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
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New Year's celebrations in Ljubljana in 2015.
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Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana.
Silvestrovanje na ljubljanskih ulicah.
Foto: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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