HELLO!

We are from Croatia!

There are many beautiful places in Croatia.

DUBROVNIK

KORNATI

PLITVICE LAKES

PULA

VARAŽDIN

CROATIAN SYMBOLS

CROATIAN FLAG

CROATIAN ANTHEM

MONEY: HRVATSKA KUNA

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia.

The Republic of Croatia has around 4 500 000 inhabitants. Almost 1 000 000 people live in Zagreb.

ZAGREBMAIN SQUARE

ST.MARK'S CHURCH IN ZAGREB

CATHEDRAL

Maksimir

Park

Football stadiumZoo

The official language is Croatian .

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Croatia is famous for its beautiful

national parks.

The Plitvice lakes are probably the most famous one, consisting of 16 magnificent lakes that are connected by waterfalls and cascades.( www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr)

Brijuni

Kornati

Krka

Sjeverni Velebit / Northern Velebit

Paklenica

Risnjak

Famous people from the past coming from Croatia

He was an astronomer, physicist, mathematician and theologian

Ruđer Bošković

He was an mechanical and electrical engineer and inventor

Nikola Tesla

He was engineer and inventor, he invented a mechanical pencil

Slavoljub Penkala

He was a chemist and Nobel prize winner in chemistry

Vladimir Prelog

He was a scientist and Nobel prize winner in chemistry

Lavoslav Ružička

- SPORT -

He won a total of three crystal globes for the 2011 season including the overall, slalom, and combined titles .

an alpine ski racer

top female high jump athlete 201

0World Indoor

ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 1s

t2.00 m

(o)European Championships Barcelona,

Spain1s

t2.03 m

(xo)

a Croatian handballer, world and Olympic champion

-was a Croatian professional basketball player. He initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989. Petrović's life and career were cut short by a car accident in Germany when he was 28.

Table Tennis Champion (Greatest non-Asian in the World)

Croatian handball players

This year they were at the World Championships and won the bronze medal

Croatian handball players

This year they were at the World Championships and won the bronze medal

Croatian hockey players

They are named after the brave bears

Croatia basketball players

They are named after the fresh drink cedevita

FOOD

TRADITIONAL FOOD

MEĐIMURSKA GIBANICA-layer cake with cheese, apples, poppy and walnuts

MESO Z TIBLICE-meat

SLAVONSKI KULEN

DALMATINSKI PRŠUT

OREHNJAČA, MAKOVNJAČA

FRITULE

PAŠKI SIR

ZELJE

Handmade silk ties are one of the best-known Croatian souvenirs.

CROATA KRAVATA

PAŠKA ČIPKA

LACE FROM THE ISLAND OF PAG

Lavander - Lavanda

Penkala

Delicious nougat, produced by Kraš, consists of a creamy hazelnut and almond filling between two layers of milk chocolate

Lovely red ornaments, which are in fact biscuits made of honey dough, decorated with coloured sugar paste and small mirrors, most commonly come in the shape of the heart, horse, mushroom or a bird.

Traditionally, they were used for decorating the Christmas tree and it was customary

to give the heart -shaped ones as a declaration of love.

LICITAR

PRIMARY SCHOOL STRAHONINEC HEART

We live in a county called MEĐIMURJE. Međjimurje is the northernmost and

smallest county in Croatia. It is between two big rivers MURA and

DRAVA (the name means between Mura).

MEĐIMURJE FLAG

MEĐIMURJE

Our county is very green, people are hardworking and kind.

The biggest town in Međimurje is ČAKOVEC.

CASTLE OF THE ZRINSKI FAMILY MAIN

SQUARE IN ČAKOVEC

Specialities from Međimurje

MEĐIMURSKI TUROŠ -it’s a kind of cheese

MEĐIMURSKA GIBANICA-layer cake with cheese, apples, poppy and walnuts

MEĐIMURJE COFFEE-coffee, rum, eggs mixed with sugar, cream

MESO Z TIBLICE-meat

StrahoninecMost of pupils from our class are from Strahoninec. It is located close to Cakovec. Our school is in Strahoninec.

Class 7B

CARTOON

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