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Contrary to its name, there is life along the Mrtvi kanal (eng. Dead Channel). The Mrtvi kanal channel, a former riverbed of the Rje\u010dina river, currently used as a small port for boats, has always had a very important historical role for Rijeka\u2019s inhabitants. It\u2019s best known role is that it was the central point of the...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Rijeka\u2019s Hotels<\/h5><\/div>
Thanks to its excellent location in the Kvarner Gulf, the nice climate and good traffic connections, Rijeka has always attracted travellers. As early as the middle of the 19th century, smaller hotels were present in the city: Ugarskom kralju, Po\u0161ti and Kazali\u0161tu, and later the first Europa on the coastline, with hundreds of beds.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Mor\u010di\u0107 \u2013 Rijeka\u2019s good luck charm<\/h5><\/div>
What a coin on a red ribbon or an elephant with its trunk raised represent in China or a smiling Buddha in India, a black Moor with a white turban represents in Rijeka, and thanks to its popularity amongst all social classes, it has been accepted as a Rijeka souvenir. What a coin on a red ribbon or an elephant...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Milky Way from Grobnik \u2013 a story about milkmaids<\/h5><\/div>
Diligent women called mlikarice (milkmaids) were supplying Rijeka with milk, passing daily a long way on foot with heavy milk containers on their back. This is their story. Due to its location cramped between the coastline and the mountainous hinterland, Rijeka lacks conditions for agricultural and livestock...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Janko Poli\u0107 Kamov<\/h5><\/div>
The Knight of the Black Swearword - the young man whose verses shocked his contemporaries. On 8 August 1910, a young man died in Barcelona who, during his life time unnerved and made all those around him crazy, and even today manages to excite the world\u2019s literary public who see him as...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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In the 19th century one citizen of Rijeka and one British citizen put Rijeka in the centre of the industrially developed world \u2013 thanks to the invention of the torpedo. In 1866 in Rijeka, the inventor, Ivan Luppis and the technical creator, Robert Whitehead created the torpedo, a weapon which changed...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Titanic\u2013Carpathia\u2013Rijeka<\/h5><\/div>
The Carpathia sailed into history on 11 April 1912, when it departed from the Port of New York, heading for Rijeka with 700 passengers. In the night of 15 April, the routine work activities were suddenly interrupted with SOS signals... If it hadn\u2019t been for the Carpathia, we probably wouldn\u2019t know anything about the last...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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If you mention the name of Carolina Belinich in Rijeka, there is almost no passer-by who will not smile widely. \u201dCarolina of Rijeka? Is there anyone who still doesn\u2019t know about our Carolina?!\u201d And if you are lucky, you will hear the story about a lady from Rijeka whose character and actions have remained engraved...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Kantrida – the rocky stadium<\/h5><\/div>
Rijeka\u2019s stadium lies between the sea and the rocks, and its special and attractive position earned it the third place on the CNN's list of the most unusual stadiums in the world. Built in 1912 in the Rijeka neighbourhood bearing the same name, it has the capacity of 10.600 seats. This is how a description of Kantrida...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Not many know that Rijeka has a pet cemetery, not even Rijeka\u2019s inhabitants. Not much is known about it, even though, apart from Paris and London, it is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in Europe. The only pet cemetery Croatia is located in Lukovi\u0107i, on Kozala, and is a unique cultural monument that bears...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Chocolate and Rijeka? Knowing that entrepreneurs from Rijeka had widespread trade connections throughout the world for a long time which they used to buy cacao, among other things, chocolate must have come to Rijeka quite early. \nStill, the decisive moment was the foundation of the Rijeka Cacao and...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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