Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea.
Rijeka is also an important European transit port. The development of the town increased in the 19th century by the construction of the road to Karlovac and the railvay connections to Vienna and Budapest. Today is Rijeka an inportant commercial and naval centre with developed industry (shipbuilding, oil raffinerie, diesel engines, ship cranes, ship equipment, paper, etc.). Rijeka is also a cultural and artistic centre with a large number of cultural and educational instituions and schools. In Rijeka proper as well as in its surroundings chief occupations are tourism, farming, forestry and fishing. Rijeka is an important traffic intersection connecting the Central Europe with central and southern parts of the Adriatic coast.
Coordinates: N 45° 19’ 52", E 14° 25’ 60"
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