Moving south our focus shifted for the last two border visits of the IBRG SITEX-23 expedition. The first border crossing between Slovenia and Croatia was a bridge over the River Dragonja, the river is the third-longest river in Istria. The border is not demarcated with numbered markers – part of a legacy of being part of Yugoslavia. The road turns sharply west as it crosses into Croatia, and because of the typology the redundant border control facilities (that still look new) are located some distance from the border itself. This was my first visit to this border.
The Border
Slovenia Border Facilities
Since January 2023 when Croatia joined the Schengen Zone, passport and custom checks no longer occur at these checkpoints. The Slovenian government has issued an ordinance temporarily reintroducing controls at the internal borders with Croatia for 9 days in October 2023.
Croatian Border Facilities
Date of Visit: 02 October 2023
Barry's Borderpoints 