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istrian stone huts

Kažuni – The Traditional Istrian Stone Huts

Total Croatia News

January the 14th, 2024 – As Nikolina Demark writes, there’s no lack of magnificent architecture in Istria with all the ...

croatian monuments

Croatian Monuments – Five Spomeniks Worth Visiting

Lauren Simmonds

January the 13th, 2024 – Across the country, you’ll find some strange Croatian monuments with designs reminiscent of brutalism. Here ...

traditional croatian jewellery

Traditional Croatian Jewellery: Istria’s Medieval Earrings

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January the 13th, 2024 – As Nikolina Demark writes, our ancestors seem to have loved shiny things as much as ...

croatian traditional jewellery

Croatian Traditional Jewellery: Coral, Silver & Gold In Dalmatia

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January the 12th, 2024 – When it comes to Croatian traditional jewellery, there’s variation up and down the country. According ...

croatian pillars of shame

Croatian Pillars of Shame – Public Humiliation, The Old-Fashioned Way

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January the 11th, 2024 – Our resident Istria expert Nikolina Demark shines the spotlight on a less than pleasant aspect ...

zagreb theatres

Five Interesting Zagreb Theatres – Not Including HNK!

Lauren Simmonds

January the 10th, 2024 – When it comes to the theatre scene in the capital, everyone fawns over the Croatian ...

croatian women

Exceptional Croatian Women You Should Know About

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January the 10th, 2024 – Croatia has produced many great names over the centuries, and a lot of them are ...

istria off the beaten track

5 Ways to Explore Istria Off The Beaten Track

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January the 9th, 2024 – Istria and its various destinations get a lot of press these days, but what about ...

Croatian singer Oliver Dragojević

Five Facts About Croatian Singer Oliver Dragojević

Lauren Simmonds

January the 3rd, 2024 – It seems too little to call him merely “Croatian singer Oliver Dragojević”, as he was ...

Croatian wordsmith Antun Gustav Matoš

Five Facts About Croatian Wordsmith Antun Gustav Matoš 

Lauren Simmonds

December the 20th, 2023 – Croatian wordsmith Antun Gustav Matoš is one of this country’s most celebrated poets, essayists, journalists and ...