Ahead of us are three holidays — Ascension Day, Pentecost, and Corpus Christi — in several European countries, which also means significantly increased traffic and busier rest areas across Slovenia.
The focus is already on Wednesday, the day before the Ascension Day holiday (14 May), which is a public holiday in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, especially for traffic travelling from Austria towards Croatia. Increased traffic is also expected during the morning and afternoon peak hours.
Drivers are advised to make more frequent stops, as travel times may be extended. Higher traffic density is also expected on Sunday, 17 May, in the opposite direction, towards the interior of Slovenia and onwards to Austria.
A higher volume of tourist transit traffic is also expected around the holidays on 24/25 May (Sunday/Monday) and 4/5 June (Thursday/Friday) during Pentecost and Corpus Christi.
On Thursday, 4 June, traffic will again be significantly heavier from the early morning hours from Austria towards Croatia, while on Monday, 8 June, heavier traffic is expected in the opposite direction. At that time, school holidays will also end in the German federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Longer travel times are expected especially on the more heavily burdened sections of the motorway network:
- on the Gorenjska motorway,
- on the Styrian and Podravje motorways between Šentilj and Gruškovje,
- on the Ljubljana motorway ring road, especially on the western Ljubljana bypass between the Šentvid tunnel and Brezovica,
- on the Primorska motorway,
- in areas with roadworks and lane closures (particularly between Šentilj and Pesnica, Naklo and Vodice, Fram and Slovenska Bistrica, Domžale and Ljubljana, and between Ravbarkomanda and Postojna),
- and at border crossing areas, especially Gruškovje towards Croatia and Šentilj and Karavanke towards Austria.
Traffic peaks in the coming days will coincide with tourist traffic, making these routes even more congested, continuing until mid-June when school holidays begin in Slovenia and the tourist season starts.
We recommend checking the traffic calendar and taking into account increased traffic towards tourist destinations in all forecasts.
Drivers are advised to follow traffic information updates, plan their journeys in advance, and actively follow traffic signage. At all times and everywhere, we also recommend taking breaks and showing patience and consideration on the roads.
13 May 2026 – DARS d.d., PIC