If you decide to spend a weekend in the beautiful town of Rijeka, don’t miss the opportunity and visit Trsat. Walking along the picturesque centre of Trsat towards the west, you will reach the Trsat Fort, which was once a Franciscan castle. You will discover a beautiful view of the Kvarner Bay spreading from the [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Glagolitic alphabet is a Slavic script made from medieval cursive Greek small alphabet in about mid 11th ct. The author of the Glagolitic alphabet is mostly considered to be St. Cyril, who used this script for his translation of church books into the Old Slavic language. The story of the Baška tablet begins during the [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
The art cinema in Rijeka was established by the Town of Rijeka on 18 December 2008 in the hall of the cinema Croatia which was closed after the first multiplex cinemas sprung up in Rijeka. Although it is only one year old, this cinema is already a cultural institution which provided Rijeka and its citizens [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
Third in a row contest of the best European snowboarders, called the Gillette Carnival Snowboard Session 2010, will be held on 30 January in Rijeka, organized by the Nine Snowboard Club. The competition itself will last for one day and thousands of viewers will have the opportunity of seeing the performances of twenty top snowboarders [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The island of Prvic is an island of unusual, nearly mountain-like features with numerous steep cliffs, ravines and rocks. Because of those very features we could think of it as an extension to the mountain range of the highest reefs of the island of Krk. Numerous natural science features and particularly the rare flora and [...]
Friday, January 15, 2010
After the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, here come the masquerades. Fašnik, karneval or mesopust are local names denoting the folk festivity which celebrates the end of winter which is drawing near and the beginning of spring. One of the oldest and best known carnivals in Croatia is the Rijeka Carnival, but the island of [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Christmas! The most beautiful time of year. The air is filled with warm anticipation. A new candle is lit every Sunday and now and then a new Christmas decoration pops up reminding us that our favourite holiday is drawing near. The house gives out the scent of the first pastry delicacies (fritule - battered pastry) [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Advent is the time of year when the believers prepare for Christmas, one the most important Christian holidays. According to the Bible, this is a period of four Sundays before Christmas which symbolize four thousand years that had passed from the creation of the world until the Coming of Jesus Christ. Christmas time is one [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Christmas time and giving presents is right around the corner. First and foremost give your leather boots a good cleaning and let them be as high as possible since St. Nicholas is coming! This year too the Culture Centre of the town of Krk will organize the programme of celebrating St. Nicholas Day from 5 [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Croatia is one of few countries in Europe blessed with the special harmony of the sea, the sun and the fragrant Mediterranean island vegetation on its fifteen hundred islands. Once, the islands were buzzing with life, but today island life is threatened by extinction. However, that fact is completely unjustified because the islands are the [...]
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Everyone is familiar with the terms winter blues or lethargy, unless they live in tropical areas, of course. It is not unusual to feel tired, lethargic, nervous or depressed during that time of year. However, don’t worry. Here are some of the ways you can avoid the winter lethargy. Start reading because reading is an [...]
Thursday, November 5, 2009
This year the snow has fallen earlier than it usually does and since the summer was too hot we weren’t expecting it so soon. The Kvarner mountain tops are usually covered with it in the end of November or in December but this year the snow has fallen twice already. Here are some of the [...]
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Croatian Tourism Days, an annual tourist employee gathering, were held in Bol on the island of Brac from 21 to 23 October, organized by the Ministry of Tourism and co-organized by the Croatian Tourist Board and the Croatian Chamber of Economy. Awards by the Croatian Radio and Television and the Croatian Chamber of Economy, “Turisticki [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The smell of roasted chestnut is present all across Lovran and its surrounding area again this autumn. For more than three decades the Lovran marunada, a festivity dedicated to the harvest of chestnuts during which cake, pastry and old dishes made of this special kind of chestnut grown only in this area in Croatia are [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The island of Krk, unique for many things, seizes our attention with its exceptionally rich history, culture and natural beauties. It presents a harmonious entity with its particularities which single it out from the area it is located in and due which it is sometimes called a continent. We will try to present a part [...]
Thursday, October 8, 2009
October is an ideal month for you to set off toward the island of Krk. Why? Because that is the time when the olive season begins. The Krk people are proud of their olive trees and they can’t wait for the harvest to begin. This year’s 14th Olive Days, the oldest Kvarner Olive Days traditionally [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A celebration of the Battle of Lepanto will be held in the town of Krk at the beginning of October. One of the most glorious naval battles, which made history as the last galley battle, during which the Christians prevented the Ottoman forces from raiding the Mediterranean. The fact that six Croatian galleys participated in [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wine has always had a special place in a man’s life and pleasure and medicine have often been related to it. In fact, there isn’t any other farming culture which has intrigued man more than vine. Wine is nowadays mostly admired by its creators who are “to be blamed” for the wine culture which [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
In order to walk into autumn in as good physical shape as during the summer, we invite you to join our walking tour around the island of Krk on 19 September. Our goal is to welcome more people in the countryside on that day, to develop the awareness of the need of ecological environmental protection, but [...]
Thursday, September 10, 2009
In order to turn the newly initiated sporting event into a Krk tradition, this year again, on 13 September to be exact, the second “Bodul Bike” will be held, a cycling event which will take place on the promenades around the town of Krk. The cycling is recreational, intended for people who like being active, [...]
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