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May 4th 2020
News

Letter from the Mayor for Culture, City of Aarhus

By: Rijeka 2020

Dear both, I am sending this note to express my sympathy and compassion to the city of Rijeka and to the Rijeka 2020 organization. The global covid-19 crisis is impacting all areas of life – regrettably also our cultural life. To be the E...

Apr 29th 2020
27 Neighbourhoods, News

STILL.Mrkopalj – An international virtual live performance

By: Rijeka 2020

On Saturday 2 May, Hoge Fronten / Lieke Benders will present ‘STILL.Mrkopalj’ – a virtual performance that can be watched live by a maximum audience of 85 via an online platform. The online performance is part of the series of perform...

Apr 27th 2020
News

The cultural mobilization in the COVID-19 pandemic

By: https://www.uclg.org/

The COVID-19 crisis is having an impact on every dimension of our lives, including the cultural life of cities all around the world. The Live Learning Session on culture and COVID-19 aimed at better understanding how cities and local gove...

Apr 17th 2020
News

Majority of the activities of Rijeka 2020 – European Capital of Culture temporarily suspended

By: Rijeka 2020

RIJEKA, 17th April 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic has touched the whole world in a very rough way, it has deeply changed our way of life and has forced people into confinement and social distancing. The protection of human lives and the ...

Mar 19th 2020
Kitchen of Diversity, News

Light installation Refugees Will Come by legendary nomad artist Babi Badalov in Rijeka

By: Rijeka 2020

International artist who defies wars and situations forcing people to constant mass migrations develops his art in reaction to the brutality of wires and beatings at guarded borders.

Mar 12th 2020
News

ECoC programmes scheduled to take place in march and in the first half of april, postponed until further notice

By: Rijeka 2020

All programmes in culture and arts and all public events scheduled in the ECoC event calendar by 14 April are postponed until further notice. Partner organisations participating in the realisation of the European Capital of Culture made thi...

Mar 9th 2020
27 Neighbourhoods, News

Svežanj bay in Kostrena gets new designer beach equipment provided under the Lungomare Art flagship

By: Rijeka 2020

To make the beach even more prominent, the international art collective Numen/For use will design playful and useful beach equipment which will be permanently located at Svežanj beach in June this year.

Mar 7th 2020
News, Times of Power

“Forever” closes the Needcompany festival in Rijeka

By: Rijeka 2020

On Friday, March 6th, at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka the performance of "Forever" by the Needcompany group marked the closing of the Needcompany Festival in Rijeka, held from 29 February to 6 March as part of the p...

Mar 5th 2020
Children's House, News

Open Call for Entry – 25th Review of Puppet Theaters

By: Rijeka 2020

We are pleased to announce that the 25th Puppet Theater Review will take place from the 2nd to 11th of November 2020 in Rijeka, organized by the Rijeka City Puppet Theater.

Feb 7th 2020
News, Times of Power

Needcompany festival to kick off on 29 february as part of the Rijeka 2020 ECoC programme

By: Rijeka 2020

The Belgian art group Needcompany, one of the most important representatives of contemporary European theatre, will give as part of the Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture programme three performances from 29 February to 6 March and ope...

Feb 2nd 2020
News, Programme Plus

24 hours that changed Rijeka

By: Rijeka 2020

A large-scale opening program that took place on 1st  February  2020, and lasted for 24 hours, marked a date on which the city of  Rijeka officially took over the title of the European Capital of Culture,  as well as the actual start of...

Feb 1st 2020
News, Programme Plus

Opera Industriale transforms Rijeka Port into an amazing stage, leading Rijeka into a year of the European Capital of Culture

By: Rijeka 2020

Tens of thousands of people attended the central EcoC opening programme hat communicated the courageous messages on the values upon which modern Europe is founded