From 6.12.’08. till 6.01.’09. occasional tourist bus ticket prices

See the sights of Rijeka and Opatija with commentary in ten languages.
Occasional prices in period from 6th december 2008 till 6th January 2009 for a trip from Rijeka to Opatija with touRIst Bus will cost only 20kn for commercial drive.
Tickets can be bought:
- at the Rijeka and OpatijaTourist Information Centres,
- in hotels in Rijeka [...]

RIJEKA PROUDLY PRESENTS NEW OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX

More than 2.000 people attented last night grand opening of new swimming pool complex placed in western part of town – Kantrida.

After 2 years of building,  Rijeka is finally ready to entertain the 12th European championship in 25m long pools.

Untill today 25m long pool and small poll for non swimmers are finished, the old pool [...]

NEXT 7 DAYS TEMPERATURE

High temperatures, that are common in Rijeka for few weeks, will be heating us for next seven days at least. See here detailed weather forecast for Rijeka
Also, sea temperature is high and perfect for swimming. We reccommend following beaches in Rijeka and surrounding areas:
- Kantrida (western part of town – concrete, pebble)
- Opatija (15km from [...]

TOWER CENTRE RIJEKA

     
If you come to Rijeka with a boat, first thing you’ll notice is large, blue Tower Center – few months ago opened shopping centre in Rijeka. That’s what I saw first too. And went to see that “miracle” -logically was to expect great view to whole Rijeka and Kvarner - it was nothing I tought it [...]

RIJEKA ADVENTURE FESTIVAL 2008

From today till tomorrow (13. April) lasts Rijeka Adventure Festival 2008, sport manifest that promotes outdoor sports and adventure. In last few years Rijeka became Croatian «adventure» centre, known outside Croatia, so this year there will be also competitors from Slovenia, Austria and Poland.
 
 
Main event will be 2-days KI-Challenge race, starting in Rijeka and passing [...]

Bad weather again over Rijeka and Kvarner

Unfortunatelly, after 5 beautiful, sunny days, bad weather is back. Strong wind caused problems in sea traffic, and temperature went down. The only good thing were moments when sun decided to spice boring grey with its lights dancing upon sea surface.
              

Traffic collapse threatening on bypass road (D-404) of Rijeka

At the end of this month will start building extension of road D-404 over bridge Rječina. This means that two traffic lights will be periodically stopping traffic, causing colons not only there, but also in city centre. This will especially be huge problem during the summer, when colons are not unusual even without any building [...]