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Opatija is one of the most fashionable summer resorts in the Kvarner bay with a really long tradition as a tourist destination. Back in the 19th century Austro-Hungarian aristocracy built a bunch of beautiful and spacious villas, that are nowadays transformed and adapted into luxurious hotels all along the famous Opatija Lungomare... Continue Reading

I already said that June is a killer month when it comes to festivals, and one of the main killers is Tear it up!!, that is held every year in Medulin, Croatia. We already wrote about this one a year ago – here’s a link so you don’t have to search for it. Tear it up!! festival is a weekender and it’s not the... Continue Reading

This post should have been written by our guest writer, Swingship Enterprise captain Djanko LaForge, but he got stuck in the other galaxy where time bends and folds in a strange way, so as far as he’s concerned, this event didn’t happened yet. For the rest of us, it was almost a month ago. It’s been five years... Continue Reading

Croatian Cultural Association (Hrvatski sabor kulture) is a non-governmental organization that covers amateur performing activities in the Republic of Croatia. Their main event is called Razglednica (Postcard), which brings together the most successful representatives of 940 cultural and artistic associations from 9 national... Continue Reading

We had the honor to be invited to Croatian premiere of Houston, We Have a Problem! To be honest, it was a long awaited movie, especially after watching a trailer couple of years ago – concept sounded pretty innovative because it was region–oriented and contained space elements, two things that sound incompatible to anyone who... Continue Reading

Retro festivals are becoming really popular in Croatia, every now and then a new enthusiastic project comes out in attempt to become a traditional event, or just to shake things up a bit in a local community. It seems like more and more people are searching for this form of entertainment, drenching themselves into this stylish era... Continue Reading

Last day of Vintage Festival with Mississippi Queen and a little bit of rain, which of course didn’t stop us. We had a lot of fun these past two weeks, Vintage Festival surely attracted a lot of visitors, so we hope that it will become a tradition. A few photos: Continue Reading

Thursday night with James Intveld – rockabilly singer from Los Angeles. There is an interesting pop-culture trivia related to him, but we won’t reveal it, because everybody’s writing about it. You’ll have to find it yourself, and we’ll just say that we enjoyed the concert very much =) These great,... Continue Reading

Saturday night with excellent B and the Bops – Croatian rockabilly band, which is already fairly well known abroad. It’s cool how, whenever they have a gig in Zagreb, they are always followed by a bunch of local groupies =) Little less conversation… check out Boris‘ photos: Continue Reading

We missed a few days, but came back for more! Friday’s main attraction was Tom & the Twisters – one of our favourite neo-swing / rhythm&blues bands. All in all – great party and a really nice atmosphere. We surely missed Boris and his pro camera, but we captured a few photos just for fun: Continue Reading