St. Nicholas Hot Air Balloon Festival 2022
The Roto balloon club organized the traditional, this time the eleventh St. Nicholas Hot Air Balloon festival, which was attended by ten balloons with crews from Slovenia and Austria. St. Nicholas Hot Air Balloon Festival 2022 After the successful organization of 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in September, the sky over Murska Sobota […]
SLOVENIA: A NATURAL PLAYGROUND FOR AMAZING ACTIVE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Slovenia is the only country in Europe where 4 geographical worlds meet, which reflects in stunning natural beauties: we have the mountains, the rolling hills, the coastline, the lakes and even caves. This astonishing diversity of terrains makes Slovenia a perfect natural playground for active holidays and experiences, 365 days a year. What is more, […]
Honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor
We are proud to announce that 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2022 is taking place under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia Mr. Borut Pahor. Mr. President informed us in his letter that he wishes us successful World Championship. The World Hot Air Balloon Championship, which will […]
Presentation of the postage stamp and press conference Murska Sobota 11 July 2022
At the initiative of the Philatelic Union of Slovenia, Post of Slovenia issued a new special stamp with the motif of hot air balloons on July 11, thus commemorating this top sporting event before the start of the 24th World Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2022. As mail was once delivered by hot-air balloons, […]
Press conference Ljubljana 23. June 2022
On 23 June 2022, a press conference was held in Ljubljana, where we presented the 24th FAI World Hot Air Ballooning Championships Murska Sobota 2022 to the press. Book a flight BOOK NOW This year, between 16 and 23 September, Murska Sobota will host the largest aerial sports event in Slovenia, the 24th FAI World […]
105 competitors from 34 countries registered for the World Championship
We are proud to announce that 105 competitors from 34 countries have entered the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2022. Between 16. and 23. September 2022 Murska Sobota will host this year’s top aviation event: the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2022. 105 competitors have entered the […]
Hot Air Balloons in Murska Sobota open season 2022
On January 2, 2022, the pilots of hot air balloons gathered in Murska Sobota and opened the 2022 season with a traditional new year flight. This year is very important for Slovenian balloonists, as the 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2022 will take place between 16 and 23 September 2022 in […]
Hot Air Balloons brought St Nicholas to Murska Sobota
On 6th December, the traditional St Nicholas Balloon Festival took place in Murska Sobota. This year, the hot air balloon pilots also brought St Nicholas to Murska Sobota to give presents to the hard-working children. This year, 12 ballooning teams took part in the St Nicholas Ballooning Festival, which was organised for the 10th year […]
22nd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2021 Szeged Hungary
From 12 to 18 September 2021 the 22nd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship took place in Szeged, Hungary. The European Championship was attended by 81 competing pilots and 19 Fiesta pilots. The competition was attended by Slovenian pilots Vito Rome, who finished in an excellent 13th place, Jernej Bojanovič, who took 40th place, and […]
Registered Pilots – Slovenian Open Nationals 2020
Dear pilots, we kindly ask you to check if you are on the list of registered pilots for the Slovenian Open Hot Air Balloon Championship Murska Sobota 2020. If you are not on the list, please let us know via email: office@hotairballoons2020.com COUNTRY PILOT SLOVAKIA Marián Hraňo SLOVENIA Aleš Švagelj CROATIA Marija Petrić Mikloušić CROATIA […]