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Čakovec is a small town in Međimurje County, situated in northern Croatia, just about hour and a half drive from Zagreb. A few weeks ago, we were kindly invited to a concert combined with social dance party in their City Café, organized by Big Band Čakovec – a band which slowly builds its reputation with high quality gigs and... Continue Reading

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

Trash’n’burn – american car meeting and rock’n’roll festival is surely our most anticipated event and it’s always great fun to be there. Great cars, beautiful pin-up girls, fantastic concerts and the best of all – company of the people who are also visiting the festival. Let me put it this way – when... 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

Last couple of years, swing festivals became our excuse for taking short vacations. It’s a perfect runaway from day-to-day duties, even if it’s just one weekend, so we try to visit as many as we can. This was our first visit to Umag Swing Break Festival, organized by Slovenian swing dance society called Vintage Swing in... 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

After 8-year break Zagreb Auto Show lives again! Everybody has their own reason for going to the show. For me it’s usually styling, tuning, vintage cars, exotic vehicles that you don’t usually see on the street, or if you do and come close to one of them, somebody usually pops out of nowhere and looks at you... Continue Reading

Small event worth attending. Every year, Trash ‘n’ Burn festival has a pin-up photo contest, and at the end of every year, around the holidays, they publish a calendar from that shooting. Since the calendar format fits perfectly in my workshop, it’s an imperative to have it updated. This year’s promotion was... 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