Photos from Rijeka City Museum - Sugar Refinery Palace, Trsat Castle, and Sablićevo Beach 

Impressive past, particularly industrialization and growth during the 1950s, 60s, until the late 70s, and accomplishments of Jadrolinija, 3. Maj Shipyard, Kraljevica, the Whitehead Torpedo Factory, the Paper Mill, Richard Benčić, Boris Kidrić Oil Refinery (most of which collapsed and were privatized). A city that rapidly grew in size in Yugoslavia now faces high emigration, losing approx. 40,000 people over the last 25 years. Restructuring and re-imagination are underway...