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• Photo Competition Be Local!

  Be local! Send us a photo on the theme "I'll be back in Zagreb" (Vraćam se Zagrebe tebi....

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  Saint Vitus - Sveti VidThe Slavs took St Vitus to their hearts as a patron saint because his name means something like “all-seeing” in Slav languages – indeed, he is the patron saint of eyes and vision, and of the city of Rijeka....

• Rijeka Beaches

  
  Yup, you’re right, from the centre of Rijeka you can’t see too many sparkling beaches. Where do the locals go to swim? In the city itself, the grand eastern neighbourhood of Pećine has clean, rocky beaches and historic villas besides....

• Risnjak

  Glowering above the city of Rijeka, in the densely forested Gorski Kotar region, are the primeval forests, mountain meadows and karst formed peaks of Risnjak National Park....

• Introducing Rijeka

  A word of warning: if you’re travelling by car to Rijeka from Italy, you’ll have a tough time finding your way unless you have a satellite navigation system or know a few words of Italian....

• Blue flag beaches, clean seas

  Clean seas are one of the big reasons why visitors come back to Croatia year after year. In fact, this year German auto club ADAC published results of a study that showed the Croatian Adriatic to have the cleanest water in the Mediterranean....

• The Morčić

  Why a Moor in Rijeka? There are a couple of picturesque legends about this, but the most likely story is that this is a local version of similar ornaments from Venice when the fashion for exotica was at its height....