Just a heads up that I’m going to be in #Zagreb in April to continue my research into comparative #municipalism. If you are or have been involved in Zagreb je NAŠ!/Možemo, or have opinions about them you’d like to share, I’d love to talk to you.
If you are in or around #Zagreb, come and listen to my talks at #dorscluc
The first one will be about bringing our fun back in our work lives by contributing to #foss projects like #Thunderbird Project with some #heavymetal inspiration.
The second will be for #OpenStreetMap on how to start as an absolute beginner and why to do so. I'll cover tools, ideas and show lots of examples.
Next to #Zagreb‘s 🇭🇷 main train station: the memorial for the victims of the #Shoah and the #Ustasha regime.
About 800 Jews from Zagreb were deported from here to #Auschwitz, in August 1942.
Many more, including Serbs, Roma and others, were murdered by the Ustasha in #Jasenovac concentration camp, about an hour away.
Here's a piece by me for Traveller, from my visit to Croatia last year. In Zagreb I joined a food walking tour and learned all about štrukli, one of the nation's most popular dishes...
"I’m surrounded by štrukli admirers in the attractive surrounds of the restaurant’s courtyard, with its picturesque stone wall and shady trees. Though to tell the truth, my fellow diners are rebels of a sort – as La Štruk daringly ventures beyond classic štrukli to produce modern variants containing ingredients such as walnut, honey, apple, roasted capsicum, and even (gasp) truffle paste..."
This tiny chapel is within the last remaining gate protecting the upper city of Zagreb. There was a fire here in the 17th century and the only thing to survive was an image of the Virgin Mary; the chapel has been a pilgrimage destination ever since. People come to light a candle and thank Mary for protecting them.
🇸🇮🚂🚃🚃🏔🌫 What an amazing way to wake up! Good morning, this is EN 40237 from #Stuttgart🇩🇪 all the way to #Zagreb🇭🇷. While winding through the southern Alps🏔 on the way to #Ljubljana🇸🇮, breakfast was served in my HŽ🇭🇷 sleeper compartment: Coffee & Žemlja! #nighttrain#nachtzug
Aus Zagreb wieder rauszufahren war bedeutend einfacher und entspannter als der Weg in die Stadt im gestrigen Stossverkehr. Zuerst durch das Labyrinth der Wohnviertel, dann etwas, das mit seinen Glashäusern und diversen Gewerbebauten an Simmering erinnert und dann auf einem vorbildlichen Radweg ins Umland. Ab hier ist es vorbei mit der radfahrerischen Anarchie, es kehrt wieder geordnetes Landleben ein. Gemütlich schlängelt sich der Weg durch die von der Save geformte Ebene und nachdem die keine Siedlungsformen vorgibt, finden sich die Häuser einfach irgendwo, d.h. meistens entlang der […]
🇦🇹🇸🇮🇭🇷 These are the last sad remains of the once direct #EuroCity-service "Croatia". It's a two-2nd-class-carriage-train from #Graz🇦🇹 via #Maribor🇸🇮 to #Zagreb🇭🇷 with a classical loco🚂 change at the border stations. Nevertheless a lovely ride through the golden hour of the Slovenian Alps⛰️!