Veliko Trgovišće is a little place in the continental Croatian county of Krapina-Zagorje. If it wasn’t for independent Croatia’s very first president Franjo Tuđman having been born there, it would certainly be even less known than it is now, as this unassuming little Zagorje municipality has a mere 5,000 inhabitants and is very rarely talked about in the media.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 15th of May, 2019, RTL Direct went directly to this small municipality to try and see just what it has to offer. They found out that Veliko Trgovišće is no stranger to the production of tablecloths, napkins and linens which travel from Veliko Trgovišće to London restaurants and even to Las Vegas casinos.
Finka has been working there for 37 years and she’s one of eighty people working in this village’s textile factory, and she states that people in Zagorje will ”never remain hungry” when discussing what it’s like to live in this very rural and little known part of Zagorje.
That same factory moved ten years ago from the Croatian capital of Zagreb, taking part of its workers with it.
“The Trgovišće Factory is the largest garment manufacturer, it exports to 25 countries all over the world, from England and Switzerland, to exotic destinations like Dubai,” stated Dražen Kolarek, finance manager at the factory.
Mate Rimac and his company, otherwise one of the most successful companies in the whole of Croatia, Rimac Automobili, is also on his way to this little Croatian county, and you can read his entire interview here.
This Croatian municipality has a few successful businesses, unemployment there is at less than an enviable three percent, the first Croatian president was born there, and they also want the status of a city there. That ”city” status will likely be obtained because, as Veliko Trgovišće’s Robert Greblički has already stated, this little Croatian municipality meets all of the necessary prerequisites.
“The first president was born here, we’re raising the number of people living here, we’re developing entrepreneurship, so I think that we can copy Sveta Nedjela in time,” Greblički added.
As soon as this completely unassuming little Croatian municipality gains its city status, it can truly become, as its name suggests: Big (Veliko).
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