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Observatories that I have visited:
Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022


Content:

  1. The walkway up to Rijeka observatory
  2. The panorama terrace and old wooden Newton telescopes
  3. The 16" Schmidt Cassegrain telescope
  4. The planetarium
  5. Old archive photographs

1: The walkway up to Rijeka observatory

At our travel in Croatia 2022 we found three astronomy related things, this is about the observatory in the city Rijeka at Croatia. If you find it interesting about our travel along the coast in Croatia you can read the full story here: Croatia 2022 (during work).


Already the day before we arrived to Rijeka I was in contact with the observatory in Rijeka. I sent them my page over the observatories I visited over the years on our travels and they find it very interesting. They offered us to come over for a guided tour.

Our walk to the fortress and the observatory:

With not so many days of our stay in Croatia we must be effective. Not far from the observatory is the fortress Trsat which we also want to have a look at. First we planed to take the bus, no 7A, but it would be complicated to wait for it at every place. Looking further on the maps, measured the distances and found it be 2 km to the fortress and then another 2.5 km to the observatory. Not very long distance but both of them are at a top of a hill.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

We walked from our stay to the street Titov trg, where the river Rjecina is. Here is the hill's foot and we must start climb up the hill, not really, there is a stairscase around the corners of the building.


Petar kruzic Stairway:

A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

At this gate the stairs starts, the Petar kruzic Stairway, they start to built this already in the 16th. It's told to be 561 steps, but all the way to the observatory there are a lot more of them.

More information about the staircase:


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

We start climbing the stairs.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

This view is a big reason to not take the bus up the hill. In the 16th it was of course no railway or bridge here.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

More stairs, moving on.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

What, an E-bike ! How it come here ?


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Not even halfway up the staircase. In the background an old road that looks to missing some part. Below it the new motor way, that one we came from Porec to Rijeka with the bus.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

First staircase finished and we cross the street, what we found on the other side ? Another staircase !


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A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

More beautiful view over the city Rijeka and its harbor.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

A water outlet for thirsty walkers and benches to rest on, we need it.


Trsatska Fortress:

A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

We have reached the fortress, luckily there were a coffee place here and we could take a rest. You can read more about this fortress in the full story of: Croatia travel (not finished yet)


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

After the fortress we continue our walk, now we are at the top of the hill and it's a flat walking. Far away on another hill we can now see the observatory.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

We walk over a bridge and cross the railway deep under.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Just a few hundred meters left now, but more staircases are waiting for us. This is the street Ul Svete Ane where it connect to Ul Franje Belulovica. Good to know if you have the same idea to walk all the way to the observatory.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Gunilla is quick and waiting for me, why I'm slower ? I must take a lot of photos and videos of course.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Following the staircase and passing by a private villa. Up here we have views to the Northeast.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Finished the stairs and continue walking the walkway towards the observatory.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

At last, our first glimpse of the observatory from a near distance.


A walk to the Rijeka Observatory, Croatia 2022

Here it is, this is how it looks today, but we was told that they have rebuilt it three times because of wars. More information about the observatory's history at last page.

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