International Rijeka Carnival

The carnival of Rijeka looks back on six centuries of tradition and is influenced by the Venetian and Austrian Carnival.

The carnival of Rijeka evolved into an international event with several thousand participants from all over the world.
The Carnival madness starts with the Carnival queen contest and the opening ceremony with the Mayor's symbolic delivery of the City keys to the Master of the Carnival. Concerts, exibitions, parties, performances and other festivities precede the major event - the International Carnival Parade. Hundreds of floats, thousands of masks and streets crowded by spectators are the result of a competitive spirit based on originality, inventiveness and wittiness. Thanks to the Carnival, the city of Rijeka has gained its "5th Season" - a season of party and parade, painted in blue, with no time and space limits, for the young and the young at heart.