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fiogf49gjkf0d THERE ARE DEPARTMENT STORES AND SUPERMARKETS IN THE MAJORITY OF TOWNS AND CITIES. IN MANY TOWNS THERE ARE OPEN MARKETS HELD IN THE MORNINGS. THERE ARE ALSO 'AMERICAN' MARKETS ON SUNDAYS. IN DECEMBER SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MARKETS ARE HELD. SMALL SHOPS AND BOUTIQUES EXIST WHERE TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS CAN BE PURCHASED. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN SLOVENIA ARE SHOES, LEATHER GOODS, TEXTILES AND MEN AND WOMEN FASHIONS, SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE. ART AND HANDICRAFT ITEMS INCLUDE GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY POTTERY FROM PREKMURJE, CRYSTAL GLASS FROM ROGASKA SLATINA AND HAND MADE LACE FROM IDRIJA AND SKOFJA LOKA. THERE ARE ALSO ARTICLES CRAFTED FROM WOOD AND HAND MADE WOOLEN ARTICLES.
SLOVENIA IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL HEALING MEDICINES AND COSMETICS. THESE INCLUDE TEAS AND NATURAL FOODS SUCH AS HONEY.
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