Osijek Things to Do

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Tvrđa is an old town complex in Osijek, very near the Drava river. It's a beautiful place with very old houses, streets, squares, colourful facades, museums, cafes... It's especially lovely by night when everything is illuminated with romantic lights. It's one of the most popular spots for going out in Osijek.
Also by day it's pretty, especially on sunny days!

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There are tow Sphinx figures in the park near the river, looking like Egyptian made indeed, and even damaged in the appropriate way, as if they've been through a lot throught the yeards! I found it very weird to see Sphinx in Osijek, but the weirdest thing of all is that they are near the monument to Pablo Picasso!!!!????

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There is a wonderful promenade along the river of Drava. There are nice cafes and restaurants, and it's a very LONG quay, suitable for long walks, rollerblading, cycling (there is a bicycle path), it leads up to the Tvrđa complex, and further. It's especially spectacular by night, when the bridge is illuminated!

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The main church of Osijek is very impressive and they call it a Cathedral, although it's not. The Cathedral is in Đakovo, but still this impressive imposant church deserves all the praise. By night it is beautifully illuminated. It's called the Church of St. Peter and Paul (crkva Sv. Petra i Pavla), and it's a neogothic church.
The only daylight photo I have is on the postcard I scanned, because I visited it by night.

Almost the whole history of Slavonija from the dinosaurs till now.Nice folk clothes.Plakats of the first cinema.Uniforms of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy.Lots of coins of Bela IV. (For Hungarian: Werbõczy's Tripartitum!-I have seen nowhere else!)

Osijek is not a town for tourists:I was born there and after the long war(between Serbia and Croatia),when I went there the first time,I was sitting on the bank of the river(Drava)all day long,watching the destroyed buildings,and the cold river,as it would have been able to take away the memory of my died relatives.Sorry for the boring story,but at that moment I wasn't thinking about monuments,museums and restaurants;I was just mourning the hero-town,and that was my activity...