CITY PHOTOGRAPHY - From Zagreb in the East to Glasgow in the West
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Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb is the capital of Croatia. (the link is to the official website of the city)
Since joining the EU, Zagreb has seen many changes.
Not that positive, I dare say.
I'll not post any facts from elsewhere, I'll just say that I have been living here since 1987, with almost full 2 years spent away from Zagreb, because of the war in 1991-1995 and my 1st year as a Postgraduate at the Pannon University in Veszprem, Hungary,
Since the Zagreb earthquake in 2020
The Zagreb earthquake in 2020, coupled with the global pandemic, left an indelible mark on Zagreb.
Mayors come and go.
With the current Mayor not investing funds into restoring the city. Enough, I'd say.
So, you can see scaffolds, buildings behind sheets, wooden panels, showing their worst to the public eye.
If something is going to get a new face sooner, it's the buildings which are in the interest of the political parties or the incumbent government.
But I can't say which those building actually are, because I can't spot any slight signal of any of them getting more attention.
Zagreb is a city of coffee - you'll see that, especially if you're into specialty coffee. But even those desiring a coffee like they make it in Italy can also enjoy it.
The Vienna kind of coffee vanished. You can have some Julius Meinl, established in 1862 in Vienna, but no a Wiener Melange made accordingly in Zagreb. You could enjoy the latter in prepandemic days, maybe in 2017, when Aida, a well-known patisserie and coffee place in Vienna, was opened in Zagreb. Then it closed within 2 years, I think.
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is some 60 km to the north of my birthplace, Székesfehérvár.
The Queen of Danube.
Whenever I can, I visit Budapest on my travels through Hungary.
The most I got to visit Budapest within a year was 2 times.
Certainly not often as much as I would like it.
The connection between Zagreb and Budapest (train and traveling by car)
The connection between Zagreb and Budapest is a very bad one.
Although Hungary and Croatia were once within the borders of one greater country (the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy), this link hasn't been much strengthened since the 1990's, when Hungary became an independent country, shedding its socialist past.
Maybe the motorway could be named one bigger achievement that both countries can pride themselves on, but the train connection is certainly not one which will get you from Zagreb to Budapest quickly.
There's only 1 train to Budapest from Zagreb - the one leaving at 4:35 PM. You'll arrive to Budapest by 10 PM.
Zagreb-Ljubljana and Zagreb- Vienna are more popular connections, if you like to travel by train. You can choose between more options on any given day than if you heading for Budapest.
Rastoke, Croatia
Karlovac, Croatia
Rijeka, Croatia
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
My birthplace.
Székesfehérvár - Szek being "chair", Feher being "white" and "Var" being "castle". So, it's English name in translation would be The white castle, the county seat (chair).
It's the county seat of Fejér county (old Hungarian for Fehér or "white").
The city of kings - Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (the link is to the official website of the city) is known to be the crowning city of Hungary.
A city where many kings were crowned.
More in the Middle Ages than kings who you might know from other European nation's histories.
Read more on the research on the remains of Hungarian monarchs buried in the former royal tombs in Székesfehérvár.
Székesfehérvár like Varaždin in Croatia were once capitals of their respective countries, Budapest taking over in 1863 and Zagreb, most probably in the 19th ct.
Győr, Hungary
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Salzburg, Austria
Graz, Austria
Heidelberg, Germany
Manchester, England
