Kostrena ( it, Costrena) is a
Croatia
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n municipality east of
Rijeka on the
Kvarner Bay
The Kvarner Gulf (, or , la, Sinus Flanaticus or ), sometimes also Kvarner Bay, is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian Littoral mainland. The bay is a part of Croatia's internal wa ...
. It is famous for its beaches and a long tradition of seafaring and seamanship. Because of its rocky beaches and a walkway that goes along the shoreline, it is very popular for recreation and sports. A scenic hill walk called Trim-staza is located on the northeast side of Kostrena. There have been some archeological excavations in Kostrena, discovering ruins from the Roman times. Lately, urban development has been increasing. Kostrena is also an industrialized suburb of Rijeka. An oil refinery and an oil power plant are located at Urinj and a shipyard
Viktor Lenac
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* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
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is located in the bay of Martinšćica.
Buildings
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TE Rijeka
Sports
The local soccer club is
NK Pomorac
NK Pomorac 1921 is a Croatian football club based in Kostrena, a suburb of Rijeka which currently plays in Croatian third tier 3. HNL West. Kostrena is known for its maritime tradition, which is reflected in the club's name, as the word " pom ...
.
Kostrena is a popular place for
scuba diving
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, offering a number of dive centers to do shore dives as well as some close
shipwrecks located in the Kvarner Bay.
Monuments and sights
Art installation "Lacing Svežanj"
The art-design collective Numen/For Use devised the design of
site-specific urban beach equipment and plans for the reorganization of the Svežanj beach in Kostrena. One piece of each such equipment, a prototype, is permanently placed on and around the aforementioned beach. The prototypes consist of new showers, a changing room, 3 types of benches that can be used on the renovated lookout, a refurbished lifeguard tower and a mast for the
Blue Flag.
References
External links
Municipality of KostrenaKostrena Tourism Office
Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Tourism in Rijeka
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