Bled is the name of a municipality on Lake Bled at the foot of the Julian Alps - a few kilometers south of the Austrian border and around 50 km north-west of the capital Ljubljana. St. Mary's Church with the famous wishing bell on a small island of Lake Bled is well-known across borders. Tourists can cross to the island on a traditional open wooden boat, the pletna. The municipality thrives on tourism and benefits greatly from the location of Lake Bled at the foot of the Julian Alps, which makes the holiday region, which is popular with hikers and water sports enthusiasts in summer, a popular destination for winter vacationers in the winter months. The surrounding mountains protect the alpine town from the cold north winds and thus enable a long bathing season. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality_of_Bled