Losinava
Lošinj's deep maritime heritage is celebrated each September with traditional sailing regattas, boat exhibitions, and sea-themed cultural events anchored in the island's long history as a centre of Adriatic seafaring.
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"The 51st edition of these intimate chamber concerts takes place inside the Romanesque church of the Assumption in the ancient village of Osor, where extraordinary acoustics have shaped a world-class classical music programme since 1976."
Osorske Glazbene Veceri
"In a uniquely Adriatic twist, musicians perform from the ornate balconies of Mali and Veli Lošinj's 19th-century captain's villas each mid-August, turning the island streets below into a natural open-air concert hall."
Festival Balkona Lošinja
"A centuries-old white-wine fair rooted in the 1400 Kastav town statute, Bela nedeja celebrates the first pressing of belica, the indigenous Kastav white grape, with craft stalls, folk traditions, old trade demonstrations, and a lively village market in the medieval old town."
Bela nedeja
"The small harbour village of Veli Lošinj celebrates the Adriatic mussel with a dedicated summer festival of seafood tastings, local wine, and live music on the waterfront of one of the Lošinj archipelago's most charming coves."
Veli Lošinj Mussel Fest
"Croatia's oldest and largest medieval fair, rooted in a 1364 royal tribute, fills Rab's stone old-town streets with 700 costumed participants, crossbow knights, and artisan workshops for three saint's day nights."
Rabska Fjera
"The oldest medieval fair in Croatia, dating to a 1364 royal proclamation, fills Rab's walled old town with crossbowmen, costumed craftspeople, a recreated fishing village on the beach, and the whole island of 3,000 people dressed for the occasion."
Rapska fjera
"In this tiny Dalmatian coastal village, locals race donkeys through narrow cobblestone streets in a knockabout tradition that began in 1952 as a tribute to the working animals of island life, accompanied by food stalls and live music."
Magareće trke u Tribunju
"Barban's centuries-old ring-tilting race, first recorded in 1696 and revived in 1976, sees sixteen horsemen in Istrian folk costume galloping a 150-metre track to spear a hanging iron ring in just twelve seconds."
Trka na prstenac
"Teams of up to 18 rowers from Neretva river villages race 22 kilometres of the delta in refurbished traditional wooden lađe to Ploce, a centuries-old river custom that draws crowds waving flags along both banks in a celebration of the flat-bottomed boat culture unique to this part of Dalmatia."
Maraton lađa
"Registered with the International March League, this annual walking festival winds through Otočac's Gacka River valley and on to Gospić, attracting walkers from the Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, and beyond for multi-distance routes through some of Lika's most unspoilt river landscapes."
Hrvatski festival hodanja