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This cosmopolitan Croatian city is one to watch, writes Mary Novakovich


city – doesn’t usually spring to


holidaymakers’ minds when they think of the Adriatic coast. Indeed, there might have been some head-scratching when Rijeka – often seen as little more than a gateway to the Kvarner Gulf islands of Krk, Cres, Rab and Lošinj – became the 2020 European Capital of Culture. But this city has always had a lively cultural life, with a handsome 19th-century national theatre, boundary-stretching contemporary


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art, a buzzing alternative music scene and some fine museums. Add to that a delightful mishmash of historical influences and a cosmopolitan atmosphere and you have a city that appeals on many levels.²


roatia’s biggest port – and third-largest


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