Hello everyone!
It’s been a
whole week since my last post. I was very busy with preparing for exams and at
work. I have decided to tell you something about my hometown in Croatia. The
town is called Karlovac. Many of you can associate at least one thing with this
town – the Karlovacko beer. Another interesting fact is that Karlovac is known as the four-rivers–town with the Kupa, MreΕΎnica, Dobra and Korana.
Karlovac is
the administrative center of Karlovac County with a population of about 55,000
people. The town was built by the Austrians in the 16 th century to strengthen
their southern defenses and was named for the Archduke of Austria Charles II.
Besides the
four-river-town Karlovac is also known as the city of parks because of its numerous
green areas.
Some
interesting buildings in Karlovac ist he theatre called „Zorin dom“, the
Trinity Church, the Pontoon bridge on the river korana and, of course, the
Dubovac castle. Karlovac has also a few sister cities and one of them is Kansas
City, Missouri.
About Karlovac‘
younger history is to say that Karlovac was one of the citys which was nearly
daily bombed during the civil war from 1991 to 1995. In Karlovac, actually in
Turanj, one of the settlements, there is a home war museum. Another interesting
fact concerning homewar is that some parts of the video of Michael Jacksons „Earth
song“ were made in the destroyed
Karlovac.
There are a
lot of interesting events in Karlovac – the so-called „Dani piva“ or in English
the „Beer days“ which are similar to the Austrian „Kirchtag“ but with the difference
that this lasts for a whole week. My favorite event is the midsummer bonfires.
This tradition dates back to 1779, on midsummer’s eve on 23 June. Visitors
gather on the banks of the River Kupa to welcome the summer with various fun
events. At ten o’clock a cannon is let off to give the signal for the enormous
bonfires to be lit along its banks.
I hope you
enjoyed my excursion to my hometown in Croatia and found out something
interesting and new about Karlovac.
See you soon!
