Kostrena ( it, Costrena) is a
Croatian municipality east of
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
on the
Kvarner Bay. 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
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to:
* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
* ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...
is located in the bay of Martinšćica.
Buildings
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TE Rijeka
The Rijeka Thermal Power Station ( hr, Termoelektrana Rijeka, TE Rijeka, also known as ''TE Urinj'') is an oil-fired power station east of Rijeka at Kostrena, Croatia. It was built between 1974 and 1978 and it has one generation unit with capacit ...
Sports
The local soccer club is
NK Pomorac.
Kostrena is a popular place for
scuba diving, offering a number of dive centers to do shore dives as well as some close
shipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...
s 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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