The greatest croatian carnival that takes place in Rijeka at the end of january and beggining february. The first Rijeka Carnival took place in 1892. Only three carnival groups with a bit more than a 100 participants performed then.
The festival was instituted in 1950 and since then it’s still being organized on an exact same dates, from 10th of July to 25th of August. Today, the festival is the symbol of Dubrovnik – the most famous and the most attractive touristic destination on both Adriatic and Mediterranean coast.
Mayor of Dubrovnik Andro Vlahušić just met with representatives of the Berlin Philharmonic (Wilfried Strehl and Marcus Rudolf Axt) to arrange details of performances for next year.