Jesenice   The City of Ironworkers

We invite you to Jesenice to get to know this industrious town, closely connected to the land and its resources.

 In the early post-war years, the Jesenice Ironworks needed more workers than could be sourced from the nearby and wider surroundings. People came to Jesenice in search of a livelihood from other Slovenian regions, and later from all parts of the former Yugoslavia.

 If you would like to learn more about the way of life of working-class families, you are welcome to visit the Museum of Workers' Culture at Stara Sava.

 In the kitchen of a worker's apartment from the period between the two wars, you will be welcomed by the wife of a Jesenice ironworker. She will share with you what they eat from the local farms, what finds its way onto the bourgeois menu during the week, and how she must work her magic to put something delicious on the table every day. She will reveal her recipe for preparing "kofet," which she often serves with a piece of black bread to her family for breakfast and frequently for dinner as well.

She will also let you know where in Jesenice you can enjoy an authentic worker's lunch. However, she won't let you leave the house until you've tried her "kofet."