Ljubljana

Slovenia

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 centre and the seat of the Urban Municipality of Ljubljana.

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Country: Slovenia
Population: 314,807
Latitude: 46.06° N
Longitude: 14.52° E

Which way is Ljubljana from…

From Paris, Ljubljana lies at 104° to the east, 965 km as the crow flies.

Paris	104° east	965 km
London	114° south-east	1,229 km
New York	52° north-east	6,794 km
Madrid	61° north-east	1,599 km
Rome	19° north	489 km
Montreal	55° north-east	6,450 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	332° north-west	8,508 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Ljubljana shares Montreal’s latitude, yet from Montreal you should not aim due east as a flat map suggests (89°): the compass says 55°, north-east. From London, Slovenia’s capital is south-east, at 114°, for 1,229 km. Zagreb, its neighbour, lies 118 km to the east, and Kinshasa is due south, at 179°.