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Free Copy Powered by Htz Adriatictimes 1 3 POWERED BY SLOBODNA DALMACIJA THURSDAY /20 JUNE / 2019 | YEAR 9 | ISSUE 6 RECOMMENDED BY LOCALS: BARS WITH FRESH COCKTAILS VON EINHEIMISCHEN EMPFOHLEN: BARS MIT FRISCHEN COCKTAILS NIN PERVAN IVO FREE COPY POWERED BY HTZ AdriaticTIMES 1 3 Fly one way between Zagreb and Dubrovnik, Split, Pula or Zadar, between Osijek and Split or Dubrovnik, and between Zagreb and Brač at prices starting from 264 kn. croatiaairlines.com 2 AdriaticTIMES POWERED BY HTZ DALMATIA / DALMATIEN BASIC INFORMATION / HINTERGRUNDINFORMATION SLOBODNA DALMACIJA IMPRESSUM PUBLISHER: HANZA MEDIA d.d. o. Koranska 2, Zagreb EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Jadran KAPOR [email protected] EDITOR: Milena BUDIMIR THE BEST [email protected] TOURIST CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Žarko TIčINOVIć DESTINATION [email protected] DIE BESTE MARKETING: Telephone: 021/352927 FREMDENVER- Ivana VLADOVIć KEHRSREGION [email protected] SD MANAGEMENT: NUMBER [email protected] Dalmatia is the largest tourist OF INHABITANTS AIRPORT Miroslav IVIć region of Croatia with three large EINWOHNERZAHL FLUGHAFEN tourist centres. In the North, HANZA MEDIA Split 178,102 Split board OF directors: there is the three thousand years Marko SMETIŠKO (chairman) Šibenik 34,302 Airport/Flughafen Split old city of Zadar, Split is located Ana HANŽEKOVIć (vice chairman) Zadar 71,471 Cesta dr. Franje Tuđmana in the central Dalmatia, and the HANZA MEDIA city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO 1270, Kaštel Štafilić supervisorY board: Heritage site, is at the country’s Zadar Gvozden Srećko FLEGO Maja ŠILHARD southernmost end. Do not forget Airport/Flughafen Zadar, Marijana RAGUŽ about Šibenik, Trogir and Makar- Ulica I/2A, Zemunik Donji Krešimir ćOSIć ska or myriad other coastal towns PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Davor BUTORAC alongside the Šibenik, Zadar and ÖFFENTLICHE HANZA MEDIA Makarska Riviera. Dalmatia is VERKEHRSMITTEL AdvisorY board: City bus ticket costs 11 kuna Damir BORAS, Petar MILADIN, also home to four of Croatia’s Davor MAJETIć national parks: Paklenica, Krka, and is valid for 45 minutes. PARKING Kornati and Mljet. ••• Dalmatien Der Fahrschein im Stadtbus- HANZA MEDIA PARKEN Director OF PUBLISHING: ist die größte Fremdenverkeh- verkehr kostet 11 Kuna und In Dalmatia, you can pay Zdravko MILINOVIć rsregion Kroatiens, in der 3 große ist 45 Minuten gültig. for parking by SMS. Check PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION Touristenzentren liegen. Im OFFICER/DATENSCHUTZ- Norden die 3000 Jahre alte Stadt the numbers to which you BEAUFTRAGTER Zadar, in Mitteldalmatien liegt can send an SMS with your Contact information/Kontaktdaten: HANZA MEDIA d.d.o., die Stadt Split und im äußersten registry plate number as Koranska 2, Zagreb Süden ist Dubrovnik, dessen Alt- TOURIST INFORMATION that number depends on the For the Personal Data Protection stadt zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe Officer/z.H. des CENTRES parking zone you are in. ••• Datenschutzbeauftragten zählt. Nicht zu vergessen sind die TOURIST INFO CENTER In Dalmatien können Sie Ihr e-mail: [email protected] Städte Šibenik, Trogir und Makar- Split, Peristyle and/und Riva Phone: 01 617 39 39 ska sowie zahlreiche Küstenorte Parkticket per SMS bezahlen. waterfront photographY auf der Riviera von Šibenik, Zadar Prüfen Sie, an welche Šibenik, CROPIX FOTO SERVIS HANZA MEDIA: und Makarska. In Dalmatien Rufnummern Sie Nachrich- tel. 01/610 3117, 01/610 3090, sind auch die vier kroatischen Obala palih omladinaca 3 ten mit ihrem Kennzeichen e-mail: [email protected] Nationalparks Paklenica, Krka, Zadar, senden können. Die Nummer PRINT die Kornateninseln und die Insel Jurja Barakovića 5 HANZA MEDIA d.d.o. hängt von der Zone ab, in der Dugopoljska 11, Dugopolje Mljet. Sie parken. POWERED BY HTZ AdriaticTIMES 3 SUN AND LIGHT FESTIVAL IN A ROYAL TOWN SONNEN- UND LICHTFESTIVAL IN DER KÖNIGssTADT M.DEJANOVIĆ INTERESTING FACTS - WISSENSWERTES THERAPEUTIC MUD - HEILSCHLAMM Did you know that Nin has the largest find- ing of therapeutic mud in Croatia? Peloid or mud is located in the middle of the Nin la- goon, near the longest sandy beach in Croa- tia, the Queen’s Beach, and its beneficial ef- fect on human health has been known from the times of Ancient Rome. ••• Wussten Sie, dass sich in Nin die größte Fundstelle von Heilschlamm in Kroatien be- findet? Der Peloid(Schlamm)-Standort befin- det sich mitten in der Lagune von Nin in der Nähe des längsten Sandstrands in Kroatien, des Königinnenstrands. Den wohltuenden Einfluss auf die Gesundheit des Menschen A.ZORIĆ hatten schon die alten Römer erkannt. This event is unique, just summer about to begin, und Herbst (Äquinoktium) as the world’s smallest this unique festival has ab. Sie wurde so gestaltet, cathedral where it will been attracting an increas- dass sie als Sonnenuhr und be held. There’s an oval ing number of fans who en- Kalender dient. Gerade de- opening on every side of joy this bright and sunny shalb ist die Beobachtung the church and its con- play, participate in cre- des Licht- und Schatten- struction and position in ative workshops and listen spiels ein außergewöhn- regards to the Sun’s posi- to interesting lectures by liches Erlebnis für Kinder tion throughout the year scientists and experts. und Erwachsene, Wissen- depends on the winter ••• schaftler und alle Besuch- and summer solstice and Dieses Festival ist so einzi- er. Durch die Schönheit des spring and autumn equi- gartig wie die weltweit Licht- und Schattenspiels nox so it also serves as a kleinste Kathedrale, in der in diesem einzigartigen Ge- sundial and solar calen- es abgehalten wird. Jede bäude sowie die Aufregung dar. Observing the play of Kirchenseite hat eine ovale des aktuellen Sommerbe- light and shadows is an Öffnung und ihre Konstruk- ginns, hat dieses einzigar- exceptional experience for tion sowie Position hängen tige Festival immer mehr children and adults, scien- in Bezug auf den Sonnen- Anhänger, die das Licht- tists and any other visitor. stand das ganze Jahr über und Sonnenspiel genießen, Offering the beautiful light von der Sonnenwende im an kreativen Workshops and shadow play in this Winter und Sommer (Solsti- teilnehmen und sich inter- unique building and sig- tium) und von der Tagund- essante wissenschaftliche nalling excitement of the nachtgleiche im Frühling Fachvorträge anhören. PERVAN IVO 4 AdriaticTIMES POWERED BY HTZ CALendaR OF EVents Veranstaltungskalender 21 JUNE 2019, FRIDAY 21. JUNI 2019, FREITAG 5.30 unforgettable sunrise - Unvergesslicher Sonnenaufgang 5.39 first rays of sunshine from Mount Velebit – photo contest - Die ersten Sonnenstrahlen des Velebit - Foto-Wettbewerb 9 photo exhibition, art workshop for children - Fotoausstellung, Kunstworkshop für Kinder 10 solar noon - Solar-Mittag 17.54 summer and spring kiss - Der Kuss des Frühlings und des Som- mers 18.30 treasure hunt - Schatzsuche 21 watching the Moon and stars, con- cert - Beobachtung des Mondes und der Sterne, Konzert HRVOJE MAVRA HRVOJE PERVAN IVO CHURCH OF SAINT CROSS HEILIGENKREUZKIRCHE (SV. Križ) Did you know that the Church of Saint •••Wussten Sie, dass die Heiligenkreuz- Cross from the 9th century was con- kirche aus dem 9 Jh. wie eine Sonnenuhr structed as a sundial? It is the most fa- gebaut wurde. Sie ist das berühmteste mous sacral monument in Nin and one Denkmal des Kirchenbaus und ist eines of the few buildings which defied de- von wenigen Gebäuden, welches in tur- struction during Nin’s turbulent times. bulenten Zeiten den gewaltigen Zer- It is located practically in the cen- störungen Nins trotzte. Sie befindet sich tre of an islet, constructed on top of fast in der Mitte einer kleinen Insel, auf wall foundations from the Antiquity. den Fundamenten antiker Mauern. Wegen The magical play of rays of sunshine, der magischen Darstellung des Sonnen, light and shadows inside the church Licht- und Schattenspiels innerhalb der often evokes comparisons with the fa- Kirche, wird diese oft mit dem berühm- mous Stonehenge. The English architect ten Stonehenge verglichen. Der englische Thomas Graham Jackson described the Architekt Thomas Graham Jackson gab Church of Saint Cross as the smallest der Heiligenkreuzkirche die Bezeichnung cathedral in the world. „weltweit kleinste Kathedrale“. POWERED BY HTZ AdriaticTIMES 5 BOŽIDAR VUKIČEVIĆ/HANZAMEDIA BOŽIDAR IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD TROGIR WATERFRONT TIME FOR TROGIR RIVA TROGIR A wonderful seaside promenade FÜR TROGIR IST IMMER ZEIT lined with bars, restaurants and a marina for yachts and The small Dalmatian town, with a city centre mega yachts. packed with history, where every stone built •••Die eindrucksvolle Hafen- DUJE KLARIĆ/HANZA MEDIA into the walls and the narrow streets tells its promenade mit zahlreichen Gas- own story from the time of Ancient Greece tronomieobjekten ist auch eine Anlegestelle für Freizeitschiffe and Rome or Venice. Due to its beauty and und Luxusyachten. TOWN HALL importance, UNESCO included Trogir’s old DOGENPALAST city centre onto the World Heritage List. (Knežev dvor) ••• Die kleine dalmatinische Küstenstadt ist The Town Hall (Knežev dvor) dates back to the 13th century bekannt für die glanzvolle Geschichte ihres and it holds historical graves Stadtkerns, in dem jeder in die Mauern und of Venetian dukes. There is an inscription stating that only no- engen Gassen eingebaute Stein seine eigene DUJE KLARIĆ/HANZAblemen MEDIA may enter on the door Geschichte aus den Zeiten der Griechen, Römer above the staircase.. •••Der Dogenpalast stammt aus und Venezianer erzählt. Sie ist für jeden ein dem 13. Jahrhundert. Darin be- Genuss. Wegen ihrer Pracht und Besonderheiten
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