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Rijeka international Airport Railway in Rijeka Ferry in Rijeka harbour The Port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, with a cargo throughput in 2017 of 12.6 million tonnes, mostly crude oil and refined petroleum products, general cargo and bulk cargo , and 260,337 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). [ 75 ]
The port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, handling the largest portion of the country's imports and exports. [19] [40] In 2008, 2418 ships docked at Rijeka itself, 872 at Bršica, 818 at Bakar, and 268 at Omišalj—a total of 4376. [41] In 2010, the Port of Rijeka transported 10.2 million tonnes of cargo, a 9% drop from 2009.
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (Croatian: Primorsko-goranska županija, pronounced [prǐːmorsko-ɡǒranskaː ʒupǎnija]) is a county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar.
The Roman arch (Rimski luk), the oldest architectural monument in Rijeka and an entrance to the old town. Though traces of Neolithic settlements can be found in the region, the earliest modern settlements on the site were Celtic Tharsatica (modern Trsat, now part of Rijeka) on the hill, and the tribe of mariners, the Liburni, in the natural harbour below.
In Rijeka, the river branches into two parts: Dead Channel (Mrtvi kanal, the old basin), and the new channel, which was created in the 19th century, when Dead Channel was used as a harbor. The best-known sight is the Gaspar Mill ( Gašparov mlin ) in Martinovo Selo, which was restored in the 1990s.
In 1882 one of Europe's first oil refineries was founded in Rijeka, and during the 1880s the port and station were expanded with new warehouses. The station building as it stands today was built from 1889 to 1891 after plans of the Budapestian architect Ferenc Pfaff , who build 14 station buildings in total in the Hungarian countries.
The Franjo Tuđman Bridge (Croatian: Most dr. Franja Tuđmana) is a cable-stayed bridge carrying the D8 state road at the western approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia across Rijeka Dubrovačka near Port of Gruž. The original bridge design was developed in 1989; however, construction was stopped at the onset of the Croatian War of Independence.
The first electric tram appeared on the streets of Rijeka (Fiume) on November 7, 1899, replacing horse-drawn vehicles, and thus marking the beginning of organised public transport in the town. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A single-track line that was 4,400 metres long [ 1 ] [ 2 ] carried passengers from the bridge on Rječina to the Railway Station .