Glinščica, Stream through Podutik and Kamna Gorica neighborhoods in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Glinščica is a stream that flows through several neighborhoods of Ljubljana and joins the Gradaščica River. The waterway runs through the city with multiple bridges allowing people to cross and connecting different parts of the urban area.

Glinščica was probably first called Glinica, the name from which Ljubljana's Glinica and Glince neighbourhoods derive; the stream's name was later re-formed from the settlement. Both names go back to the common noun glina ('clay'), via *glinьnica ('clay pit'). Eyewitness reports say the stream was poisoned by seepage from the Big Brezar Shaft and ran red with blood after the post-Second World War massacre of POWs in the Kucja Valley.

The name Glinščica comes from the Slovenian word for clay, referencing the natural clay deposits found along its course. Today the stream forms part of the everyday landscape in several neighborhoods where locals move through and around it.

The stream runs through various parts of the city and there are several spots where you can walk along the water. You should know that access in some sections may be limited by urban development and buildings.

Eyewitness reports say the stream was poisoned by seepage from the Big Brezar Shaft (Veliko Brezarjevo brezno) and ran red with blood after the post-Second World War massacre of POWs in the Kucja Valley. The claim ties the water's colour to that event rather than to industrial pollution.